However, it will be a little bassy for some in our test a DJs with a low voice did sound rather boomy. A result of its wooden cabinet housing a mid-size driver, the sound quality is warm, detailed and has plenty of bass, but isn’t designed for high volumes.Īs its styling suggests, you’ll hear warm, round tones perfect for voice, and for music radio, too. (Image credit: TechRadar) Audio performanceįM and DAB broadcasts sound excellent on the RD70, but it won’t be for everyone. The RD70 is also not waterproof, so be careful taking it outside. We would expect the next version of the RD70 to be a rechargeable unit. If you only plan to use them irregularly that’s fine, but think twice before you buy the RD70 intending to take it everywhere, since you’ll need a stash of rechargeable AA batteries and the patience to frequently replenish them. They’ll add up to 25 hours of portability. In place of a built-in lithium-ion battery that’s easy to recharge, the RD70’s undercarriage includes a slip-off hatch for four AA batteries. Does the RD70 work well as a portable Bluetooth radio? It can, but it comes with a catch. You just toggle to Bluetooth on the source button and find the RD70 in your phone’s settings. It’s hardly a necessary feature, anyway.īluetooth streaming is easy enough. In theory you get album artwork on the display from DAB and via Bluetooth, but this didn’t work in our tests. It makes use of the sheer size of its color display to show a digital version of a clock face. It offers six display themes to choose from, including ruby, emerald and sapphire-coloured backlights. There is another reason to keep it away from the bedroom its 36 x 48mm colour LCD display is ranged on the top of the device so it makes for a less than perfect clock radio.Ī colour display is pretty advanced for retro products like this and it comes with some interesting options. The latter is obvious from its provision of a sleep timer (for up to 90 minutes), two alarms and a snooze function (you just hit the right-hand knob), though we think its bulky size is a little too much for the average bedside table. It’s mostly aimed at kitchen sides, window sills, bathrooms and bedside tables. In fact, you could argue the vintage styling is a tad overdone, and the RD70 more museum piece than truly retro – but either way there are few more design-led DAB radios out there, save for the Ruark R1 Mk4. Styled as a 1950s ‘wireless’ in the old sense of the word, the RD70 now tackles the modern meaning of that phrase to add Bluetooth streaming from smartphones.ĭo you remember what radios were like in the 1950s? Nope. If there is an iconic design in the world of DAB radios, it’s Roberts’ Revival.
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