Sony ICF-S10MK2 Pocket AM/FM Radio - Silver

After reading 300+ reviews on Amazon. Com I decided to buy this amazing radio as I am a radio lover . currently I have 5 radio device but this radio has left behind all my previous radio. My pros and cons are:-Pros2) Excellent reception quality no distortion while travelling through bike.2) 2AA batteries required as I can use rechargeable batteries currently using 2800mah rechargeable batteries playing non stop 24 hrs daily.3) very light weight.Cons:-1) costly as this imported radio2) plastic is little flimsy but ok with it but needs extra care as I spend 1500 for this radio.3) sound output is good not excellent as increasing volume may cause distortion.Overall GOOD SHOPPING EXPERIENCE WITH AMAZONMust buy for those persons who love listening Radio as I do!!!!

Classic product from SONY Corporation, Japan. I bought this with a nostalgic value as I remembered using an much older model my dad bought in United States in 1970. When the package arrived I was delighted to see that SONY has maintained the classic look and feel with analog controls and Tuner dial and also maintained the product quality. The sound clarity and volume is awesome for such a small radio. I love it !!!!

This unit is good and as expected. The delivery took more than 5 days. Should include ear phone too with the set. Then it is as good as going to the shop and buying the whole unit with ear phone. Online purchase avoids moving out and spending time in traffic and other anomalities.

It is nice handy radio with lot of clarity of voice. Good quality parameters strictly adhered too. I am enjoying my morning walk with pleasant hearing.

Good product.Sound clarity super .But price very high.

Overall having good experience with this. Sometimes issues of catching signal inside home but overall a good buy.

Excellent !!! Best radio.. Good quality of sound n all...

I'm really enjoying the radio since it remembers my college days and Enjoy walking for 12 kms daily by hearing it

I bought this for use at our cottage when the power goes out but have used it at the beach and out in the yard at home. The sound is fine for a small radio, the reception is good even in the mountains and the batteries last a long time. It is also light and small enough to pack even in a large purse or small tote or suitcase.

J'avais déjà acheté ce poste il y a environ 15 ans, il commençait à donner des signes de faiblesse de fixation de l' antenne.J'ai voulu racheter le même qui me donnait toute satisfaction pour mes déplacements.Pas trop simple de régler les fréquences (sans doute à cause de la petite taille), mais très bonne réception, et son parfait.Donc très satisfait.

We bought this little radio for someone who had to be in hospital for a fairly long time and it proved to be ideal. It isn't stereo which would be an instant no-no for some avid radio fans but for our purposes it was a really good buy. It's a resilient little thing having been accidentally knocked off an over-bed table several times by accident. It was used practically all day every day and the batteries seemed to have a pretty long life. It's size and small weight meant it was easy to be carried around in a wheelchair, or in a large pocket and the old-fashioned dials for volume and tuning were sturdy and easy to handle for someone with a disability and frail hands. Like in the old days there could be a bit of fiddling to get it in the right physical position to have it tuned in perfectly but after a fair bit of rough handling, dropping, having things spilled on it...it still goes strong. It was a bargain for us in our circumstances. The only slight, but very slight, downside was that sometimes the volume would either be completely off or when you moved the dial it would only be really loud. But this may have been with the unusual amount of wear and tear it had. It worked well indoors and outdoors and was absolutely reliable during months and months of a hospital stay and is still going strong.

Auch im Zeitalter von Internet-Radio & Co. ist so ein kleiner Radio-Empfänger praktisch. Man darf natürlich kein High End-Gerät erwarten. Der Empfang ist gut bis sehr gut, je nach Sendestärke der empfangenen Radiostation. Das Einstellrad für die Sender lässt sich gut verstellen, ohne dass man mit einer Berührung den Sender verliert. (Also fest, aber nicht ZU fest)Am Design gibts nichts zu meckern. Obwohl ich nicht verstehe, warum die Empfangs-LED nicht gleichzeitig als Skalen-Beleuchtung Verwendung findet. Aber das nur am Rande.Die Lautstärke wird erst bei Maximal-Einstellung unangenehm scheppernd, was sich bei abnehmender Batteriespannung relativiert. Aprópos Batterien, mit einem Satz Discounter-Batterien läuft der Empfänger jetzt schon eine Woche lang täglich etwa vier Stunden, also etwa dreißig Stunden ohne Ermüdungs-Erscheinungen.Fazit: Ein preiswertes, stylisches und sparsames Radio-Gerät für unterwegs und für die Beschallung von Räumen, wo eine Anlage kaum Sinn macht.

Anyone who thinks AM/FM radio is dead needs to read the article over at Slate from Dec 14, 2014 entitled "Don't Count AM/FM Radio Out Just Yet". Broadcast radio is still extremely profitable and big here in America and isn't about to disappear anytime soon. Besides, everyone should have a good, portable, low battery usage AM/FM radio at home in preparation for natural disasters.Given the large number of Taiwanese and Chinese brand portables on the market, why stick with the Sony brand even though it is also made in China like all the other brands? Because Sony has developed some excellent AM/FM chip technology for radio reception and these Sony proprietary chips are used in almost all of Sony's portable radios. The ICF-S10MK2 is one of these Sony radios. Reception of AM and FM is surprising good for such a lightweight, inexpensive radio. Unlike some of the recent "Fully Digital" radios that are based on the Silicon Laboratories chip, I find that the Sony radios handle Automatic Grain Control (AGC) functions much better on the AM band. You won't be treated to the irritating digital "pumping" AGC effect on weak AM stations like you find on many of the radios based on the Silicon Laboratories chip sold by Sangean, Kaito and Tecsun. The Silicon Laboratories chips are getting better in this regard but still have problems in the area of effective AGC functions.The speaker on this little gem is also a big plus. It puts out decent sound for its small size. Tuning is analog, which is a bummer, but the advantage of this over a digital display tuner is that you get much better battery life. The size and weight is a little too high to consider this a shirt pocket radio. Quality of construction is OK, considering the low price of $10 - $12 US dollars. I've seen much worse in this price range from some of the "no-name" Chinese producers.Along with the ICF-S10MK2, I also own Sony's SRF-59 AM/FM Walkman (ultra-small, analog dial) and the much pricier but much sturdier SFR-M37 AM/FM Walkman (small, digital dial, sporty model with presets). The SRF-59 is very small with amazing battery life and it can easily fit it a shirt pocket. However, it requires you to use headphones. The SFR-M37 adds the weather band along with AM/FM and also has no speaker. It runs on a single AAA battery and has acceptable battery life. All three of these Sony portable AM/FM radios are good buys.On the high end, I own a much larger Tecsun PL-880 that has AM/FM plus shortwave that I absolutely love! It has great sound from the enclosed speaker and does an excellent job at shortwave reception. However, in that class of portable radio you are looking at something that is about the size of a paperback book and that is much heavier. The price (~ $160 ) is also much higher than what you'll pay for these small Sony AM/FM portables.If you know some people that don't have any AM/FM radios in their household, consider buying a couple of these small Sony ICF-S10MK2 AM/FM radios and handing them out as and inexpensive but useful gift. When natural disaster strikes (and eventually it will) they'll appreciate having one of these little gems to turn on after the power goes out and their internet goes dead. Most broadcast stations have emergency generators and can continue to broadcast on the airwaves even after the power goes out.