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By Richard BH (Hampshire, UK)
We needed a replacement for an old Sony FM radio in the kitchen that was going on the blink, which had done us excellent service for many years. The Roberts Elise has proved ideal for the job. FM and DAB reception are fine - at least in the spot where we have the radio - as is the sound quality. We are not hi-fi buffs, but for speech and, say, Classic FM in a kitchen it gives us all we want. Set-up was easy using the automatic tuning, and the 4 pre-sets plus a "Favourite" button cater for more stations than we normally ever listen to. Indeed, the "Favourite" button is over the top for us, but it does no harm. We only use the radio on mains supply, so have no experience of how much of a drain it is on batteries. The instructions say the radio must be turned off at the wall (and not merely with the radio's "Off" button) when not in use for any length of time, presumably because the wall plug/transformer still continues to draw some very small amount of electricity otherwise. This could be tiresome in some circumstances, though not in fact in ours. (The old Sony had no external mains transformer, just a simple mains lead.)
By BWV1008 (Exeter)
We were looking for a DAB radio for my mother who is a 90 year old technophobe. Most of the models we looked at had small control buttons - particularly the station pre-set buttons, or in some cases the pre-set facility required two actions. The Elise has very simple, well laid out controls with the added advantage of a large, tactile volume control. It was very easy to set-up and the sound is really quite good for a single speaker radio. We have not yet tried it on FM stations as the digital reception is excellent for all her favourite stations. Her verdict is 'absolutely marvellous'.
The only criticism is that battery life appears to be quite limited (even though the display does dim when battery power is used) - it would help if Roberts were to incorporate their 'Ecologic' functionality into the Elise.
By M. Wilson (Sheffield, England)
Bought a radio at my wife's request, didn't know what I was buying, really. Choice of colurs black or white, either of which would have suited the decor of the kitchen. Inexplicably the white one was half the price of the black one, Q.E.D. We are pleased with the performance so far, but have heard many tales of the unreliability of digital radios, so we shall see!
Malcolm Wilson
By Matthew Whyndham (London)
Functional, but a bit thin sound-wise. A more substantial case and speaker is probably what I want, but this is fine for cleaning teeth to the Today programme. It's light and easily portable for domestic pottering in other words.
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