Sangean WFR-39 FM-RBDS/Internet Radio with Spotify Connect, AirMusic Control Rechargeable Portable Digital Radio

I am very pleased with my Sangean W-32 Internet Radio I purchase last year and wanted a portable edition for travel and listening in another room of the house. I like that I could use the same remote APP on my phone. I saw a lot of reviews mentioning problems with connectivity or issues with the radio holding a signal. I have not had these issues. Maybe there has been an update that addressed this since those reviews were written? It does take a while to connect initially, but channel changes have taken little time to connect. Battery life could be longer (6-7 hrs at a time?) but this tends to come with a portable unit. I did purchase a USB plug that is compliant with what is recommended for the unit and this eliminates the battery issues. Charging time is average or a couple to three hours for a full charge which is what can be expected. I do wish the internet channel selection was more extensive as is with the W-32, particularly with local channels. That is not to say it is not acceptable but it is just not as good as the W-32. FM reception is very good. The FM tuning can be tiresome but I can save enough stations so it is not an issue unless I travel and have to find the local stations. But, I will usually go to the internet channels when I travel. Not a biggie. Overall, I am pleased with the radio and it does what I was looking for it to do.

Pedí esta radio porque ya tengo una radio wifi con conexión a Internet y me gusta mucho escuchar emisoras de todo el mundo y de España con calidad: en mi zona, por FM, se cogen bastante pocas. El caso es que pedí esta Sangean para subir de nivel, ya tuve una Sangean FM y me gusta la calidad en los materiales y su sonido.Y, la verdad, en cuanto a sonido y calidad de los materiales, este producto cumple expectativas: es preciosa, sólida y suena muy bien para el tamaño que tiene y lo que se espera de una radio portátil de sobremesa. El problema, y por eso la devolví, es que tarda una barbaridad en encenderse, conectarse a la wifi y pillar la emisora; comparada con mi Soundmaster (mucho más 'básica') que usa un software diferente es muy notable la diferencia de tiempo, en detrimento de la Sangean.Por otra parte, y también un motivo decisivo a la hora de devolverla, es que en la pantalla NO aparece el estado de la batería (las fotos del producto que aparecen en Amazon son engañosas en ese aspecto, cuidado) y eso es muy importante para saber cuando la tienes que poner a cargar y tenerla disponible cuando la quieras usar.Comprobados esos dos aspectos, procedí a devolverla pues son decisivos para mi, de modo que acerca del resto de especificaciones del aparato no puedo opinar.

I had a WFR-28, but it suddenly stopped connecting to my wireless network. After some research, and probably against my better judgement, got another Sangean. Initially I was very pleased with the new radio, and to be fair, I still am. The interface is much much better, and connecting to my wireless was/is a simple and flawless process. The app used to tune and configure it is a little wonky, but that's fine. My only problem is what others have reported, and it's that annoying low tone crackle. Did they add this to make it sound like a real radio? I wish Sangean would address the issue.

Radio is constantly buffering. It was ok for about the first month or two and then started to loose the stations to the point it was not functional. Not all stations are this way but the worse ones were theiheart stations. I have no trouble wit my other internet radios on the same stations and the radio in question is located 5 feet from the wifi router. NOT ACCEPTABLE. Unfortunaty the return time is one month past or I would return it. Maybe I will just throw it away. No more Sangean products. They use to me best buy for the money. No longer looks this way. This is not the only radio. This is the way all internet radios from Sangean are reacting from other owners as well.

* Small portable beautiful gem with solid build quality.* Good sound quality, given the size. Largely it depends on the wide band strength of a broadcasting radio station.* Wide choice of stations worldwide, especially BBC 1-6.* Software outlay well designed. Wish software would have allowed making categories of favourite Presets. After all there are 250 Presets. But this limitation applies to all existing internet radios that I am aware of.* Needs fast/strong internet, otherwise would be momentarily disconnected.* Read Manual carefully and refer to it more frequently. I also called Sangean with a few questions. They were very helpful.* One important point. While Charging, the moment cable is connected, power outlet will become Green. It means charging is in progress. When fully charged, light on power outlet will Off. At low power, the light will become Reddish. Be ready to charge.* So impressed with this small wrf-39 that I ordered the bigger unit, wrf-32.