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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Superb radio !- production line suspect?, 20 Oct 2007
I didnt buy my radio from Amazon but thought my experience may be useful to potential buyers.
I bought a total of three of these radios. I have a great Sony CD/FM Radio/alarm but I live in a flat with poor reception; I could only get Classic FM clearly. Missing some variety and having heard the superb quality of DAB I searched for a nice looking, small, DAB with good sound quality and levels. oh, yes - and costing about £100.
The Revo really stood out; it was easily the best that I saw on all these counts. I bought one (the first). It was ideal; it picked up about 15-20 radio stations clearly, superb quality sound, looks great (the display is white LED type on black background; none of this headache-inducing neon blue displays), easy to use and neat & tidy. That was in the daytime, with background sounds (cars, people, etc.). At night, quieter, with no background noise the radio seemed a bit loud; in fact it was a distraction. I like the radio to be just heard sometimes, so I can nod off to it. But the volume was on the lowest setting. A volume fault I thought; took it to the shop and compared it to the display model; with all the shopper noise the radio sounded quite low and was the same level as the display model. I decided to keep the radio for all the good points above.
Then my Mum said she wanted a radio for the bathroom. The Revo is ideal; splashproof and with builtin rechargeable batteries (no power sockets in the bathroom). I gave Mum my radio and bought another from the same name shop in Mums home town. Got home and found the tuning control was not turning properly. Swapped it in the original store for my 3rd Revo. To my surprise the volume level could be turned much lower than the 1st radio. So good and lucky result all round.
But, out of the 3 Revo Pico's I bought 2 had faults; plus the volume issue was also apparent on the shop display model (assuming the 3rd radio with the lower volume levels is the correct one).
This is a superb radio, I cant fault it; it is so versatile, yet looks great, sounds superb, works well, is splash proof, portable, small, easy to use, has an external input (e.g. i-Pod, MP3, etc.) and has built in rechargeable batteries (they recharge automaically when the radio is on mains). yet there appears to be a good variation between individual production models. I suggest buying it and if need be change it until you get one with proper volume control - but this could be a pain if bought mailorder (Amazon).
Revo, please, please get the production sorted; you have an absolute winner when everything works as it should. A 5-star radio with 3-star manufacturing; 4 stars overall.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW!, 24 Jan 2007
i have made the best purchase ever with this product! what a cool little radio. Sound quality is fabby and I love the way i can have it anywhere in my flat with me as it is portable. It also looks funky and lets me plug my i-pod in . all my friends and colleagues are buying them up! definitely a product and company that's going places. loving it!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Design, 22 Jul 2008
There is a huge choice of DAB radios now on the market and I wanted to choose a design that was modern but not retro as most DAB radios seem to be, so after evaluating the competition I choose the Revo Pico. What a wise choice is turned out to be. This radio looks the business and sounds very clear and the first scan found over 40 stations. The internal rechargable battery is very useful and I can now listen to the radio whilst in the bathroom or in fact anywhere. The mp3 player attachment option (cable included) is another advantage but perhaps for me the best part is the understated style of this radio. It sits mainly in my modern kitchen and its unobtrusive compact design looks very cool in silver. Highly recommened.
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