Sony SRF-18 Portable AM/FM Stereo Speaker with Built-In Amplifier

We wanted a small portable radio to move around between the workshop, the truck and the below-grade basement. As expected, this radio (and none of the other radios and antennas we've tried) cannot pick up AM stations here in the mountains. But this little guy picks up FM stations from as far as 200 miles away, even in the basement. Other than a low price for good quality, though, we also really wanted an mp3/cellphone/iphone port so we can listen to audiobooks and our music files while travelling in our truck, which is too old to offer an mp3 plugin to the truck speakers. Now, even when driving down an interstate in the rain, this little radio allows us to listen to a book, our music, etc. The sound quality is perfectly acceptable, though not as good as the truck speakers. NOTE: this radio does not plug in to AC or to cigarette lighters. It is solely battery powered, but we use the Eneloop batteries and a smart charger to make recharging simple, quick and relatively inexpensive. After a month of use, we found this radio to be a good buy that looks pretty durable.

I can't stop smiling :) this radio is that good! Buy one and join the "be happy" clubhouse. Hap-Hap-Happy! this radio is so fine. I'm totally biased in my opinion for your information. Sony fanboy forever. Features I like about this radio: * FM Stereo....through headphones...through it's own dual speakers. * Audio in...plays back in stereo! * AM Reception is fantastic, will do a band scan in the future. * Audio out. * It's a Sony. * Nice analog controls...so easy to tune. * Headphone port is clear with no noise at low levels..sweet! * Overall look, its so sleek. * Audio quality is great for small speakers..I'm not into bass..it's perfect for me. Features that could be added or improved on: * LED power indicator. Important. * Dial on front instead of top. If you have $45 to drop, buy this radio now and enjoy some sweet tunes! Its so good. Really, pass up all those smaller portables, even the 306...this radio will make you smile...I'm still smiling :)

This is a stereo radio, and it seems that the last SRF series radio was produced in 1980s. So I purchased it at once when I saw it on sale. By the way, look around, I purchased it lower than $30. In terms of functions, it has a stereo sound, which is very rare in today's radio market. Its small stereo speakers do provide clear and fuller sound for a single people indoor listening. Its reception is very good, better than my $10 Sony ICF-S10MK2, and Sony sw-33 shortwave radio's Fm reception. Besides, this radio has a stereo earphone jack. For many people, stereo earphone jack may be thought as a of-course function in any audio piece today, however this is the only Sony FM/AM Radio in today's market coming with both speakers and stereo headphone jack.(Before the coming of this one, i think that only Sony short wave radio priced more than $100 has stereo headphone jack ). This jack is a great plus to many people need it. This radio has another function: to serve as a media dock to play the music put into it. For this function, its small speakers provide the sound what they can provide. I have no complain for this part. Now, why do I give 4 star? its stereo headphone jack is not as good as Sony sw-33 I have. I think that main problem is output power. It can not drive 300ohm Sennheiser HD600 headphone properly, though it can handle sony v6 headphone. But sony has the tech in its shortwave radio to drive 300ohm headphone. So hope that sony can upgrade this part in the new update of the radio. By the way, if sony can make this radio drive 300ohm headphone as its shortwave radios, then this radio can even be used as a headphone amplifier. In short, if you do not know what I am complaining about, then this is a five star radio. Maybe, I expect too much for $30 bulks. ----------------------------------- Update 12/07/2018 I come back to buy another one for my office. This small radio has magic in filtering the digital feeling of songs from laptop and iphone, and make them feel like old radio warm songs. Now, when I am working with my laptop, I connect this radio to the laptop and play youtube music at the background. The sound from this radio is so different from the sound directly from speakers of the laptop. It is also different from any Bluetooth connection speakers. The sound is simply warm and sweet for 1 ft or 2ft away one person listening.

I like this small radio just fine. I knew it was going to be small but it turned out to be smaller than I anticipated. I keep it on a high shelf in my bathroom. The sound quality is excellent. There are two reasons why I rated it less than perfect. First, the power button is located on the right side of radio. When I reach up there to turn it off or on I often move the tuner wheel that is on the top. This happens because I have to steady it on top as I turn it on/off. This happens because it's so small…and I keep it high on a shelf. Also, I've found it cutting out some times. I'm not sure what's happening there. I think the tuner had gone off station perhaps. I'll have to watch this and see if it continues. All in all, I can recommend this radio. If you're looking for a small radio with excellent sound then you'll like this radio.

Works all day on a set of batteries. Nice and small too which will make it great for camping or listening to the game.

Design and quality is too good. Reception quality is great. Is compact and handy. Has Audio - IN and OUT feature which make it cool.

very very good

This is almost perfect -Sound was as expected -Even smaller than I thought -still running on the same batteries after at least 50 hours use -I knocked this in the pool by accident and took 30 seconds to get out, took the batteries out right away and let it dry.. still works the same -the only disappointment is a lot of the stations blend in together with the tuner being so small and its really hard to get it just right -frequencies don't match up with the numbers on the radio too well making it even harder I'd sacrifice some battery life for a digital tuner

Great sound and perfect for a black out