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very disapointing I bought this one. I have been buying this version of radio from Sony for 20 years and loved them. The last version was discontinued and on ebay were over $100 dollars. Sounds great , great design, but has no AM of distance.
I use these in the shower every morning. Sometimes reading instructions is necessary :).The operating instructions do state that the battery compartment is not sealed like the rest of the unit and wiping it dry is required. I have two of these and am pleased with their performance.While they don't have the reception range of Sony's SRF HM33, they are water resistant.I only use these at home in conjunction with an FM transmitter for my XM radio. After ruining one set, I figured out that after exposing the unit to water, you MUST wipe the battery and battery compartment dry.If you don't, the battery terminals will rust.
[.]. This poor performance was determined under ideal conditions: radio sensitivity was set to 'distant', testing done outside and away from houses, trees, etc., new battery, clear weather and head oriented for best reception. The Sony SRF-HM10 S2 headphone radio was not able to receive most of the Bay Area stations at all (all static) and the few strongest stations were filled with static. While I don't expect perfect reception from such a small portable radio, this performance was well below unacceptable. The Sony SRF-HM10 S2 Sports Street-Style FM Radio Walkman is a well designed product except in the most important feature/function - I live in the San Francisco Metropolitan Bay Area where the FM radio spectrum is filled with stations, most of which are high powered. Even my worn out 20 year old walkman radio doesn't have any difficulty providing clear, static free programming from most of the stations (including the weak local college stations). Any variation from these ideal conditions degraded these strong stations with even more static.
I figured it must have weak batteries, but I always bring an extra set of brand new ones and they didn't help one bit.The problem is simple - FM radio reception is terrible. This one was the only one I've ever tried that could not be made to give acceptable results. Just incredibly bad. Reception inside the arena is usually excellent. On the rare occasions when the reception is good, the sound is quite good (making it all the more frustrating).Ergonomics are also not great, it's really hard to adjust this while wearing it, and the general comfort and feel isn't good.Buy anything else but this one, this model is a real clunker. I was amazed at how bad it was.
I tried it elsewhere -- in the car and at home, on stations that I normally get good reception, there was no joy from this model. I bought this specifically to take to the San Jose Sharks hockey games, where we like to listen to the FM radio play-by-play as we watch, which is broadcast inside the building on a separate channel. I own 4 different FM headset radios to take to the games, so we can accommodate everyone when the whole family goes. It's worse than useless in many situations where my other three devices (all Sonys, all different, all significantly less expensive) work fine.
I have owned nearly every Sony Walkman radio and have quite a collection - this one will definately see a lot of use. I am very happy with it and reception is great everywhere I've used it. The main radio station I listen to is nearby with a strong signal so I gambled and bought this radio. I was also worried that it might not stay secured on my head but it works very well and doesn't bother me at all while running. After reading the previous review I hesitated to purchase this radio. I liked how compact it was and the digital tuning but was worried about reception. I agree with the previous reviewer that reception might be a conern if it is already marginal with your current radio.
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