Victrola Wooden Desktop FM Radio with Bluetooth, Mahogany

What a great radio! A lot more sound and volume than I was expecting. I bought this for my small home office thinking that I’d put it on the desk in front of me. But it’s too much sound. I ended up putting it on top of the file cabinet away from me because of its volume. The unit is also bigger than I expected.Although only one speaker it has great sound. Almost a little too much bass. So I not that one negative thing about this unit is the lack of treble control. I also miss AM because that’s where the sports are where I live. So I have to stream it on the phone and connect via Bluetooth.Finally, the tuning is pretty amazing. I even get the University radio station which is probably the weakest signal on the dial. All stations come in loud and clear without even extending the antenna!So far very happy with this radio.

If you need a Bluetooth speaker, or an FM radio, or even an amplified speaker to run a turntable through; go back in time and buy this five minutes ago. I cannot express how impressed I am with this speaker. The bass is surprising for it's size, it has good clarity and the radio picks up stations I typically have a difficult time with.There are a couple downsides but I've figured out a work around that works well with my set up. I have an AT turntable that needs an amplifier, so I typically have to run it through my bulky, immobile 5.1 sound system. This makes it much easier to move room to room. I do wish it had some bass/tone control other than just volume, but I've fixed that by getting a vintage five band stereo tuner to run in between my turntable and the speaker.Bluetooth works great, that being said I wish the range was larger and I wish there was a way to set the sleep timer on the Bluetooth. It disconnects from my phone after fifteen minutes or so of inactivity, and while I understand that from a power saving perspective; this is plugged into an outlet in my house and that's not a concern; it would be nice to run the alarm from my phone through it.None of those critiques affect how impressed I am with this speaker for the price though, I would go as far to say I would pay more for the same thing with those features added.

Sound quality is great, with the oversized speaker working especially well with rap and other bass beats. I've never had to dial it past half of the max volume. Bluetooth picks up just as crystal clear as if you were listening to the radio. Wood and metal finish makes for a beautiful piece of retro-style furniture. Also really like how the station dial lights up to indicate what mode you're on. It's not a $150 bluetooth radio quality of sound but it more than delivers at its price point. Only real downside is a slightly oversensitive radio dial that's hard to read, but it's a very minor inconvenience.

The radio worked OK out of the box when it arrived six months ago. After a while, the Bluetooth kept disconnecting. I'd have to turn the unit off and on again to get it to reconnect. (I see other reviewers have this same problem.) Finally, I had to do it so often that I gave up on the Bluetooth entirely. I attached an Amazon Echo to the radio and ran it as a Bluetooth receiver through the aux port. But the sound quality was also diminishing. I heard weird, staticky interference when playing anything. I could ignore it at first, but the static has become so bad, I can't even make out the words of people talking. I have to throw this item away.

So far ok. The sound is not that great, it's more bass than treble, but too much. I use this at work for listening to classical music and it's too bass-y for this. Also, the volume knob is too touchy and so it's hard to get a range of volume at relatively low levels. Not very happy. Got what I paid for I guess. Ugh