{"id":20362,"date":"2016-08-04T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20362"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T21:02:17","slug":"the-sangean-hdr-16-dan-takes-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-sangean-hdr-16-dan-takes-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sangean HDR-16: Dan takes notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HDR-16-e1470343297282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20365\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HDR-16-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"HDR-16\" width=\"625\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Hawkins, who comments in reply to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/sgnhdr16.html?gclid=CKilseGOps4CFQMFaQodboUA2Q\" target=\"_blank\">our post about the Sangean HDR-18<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Darn. Just when you thought you read a review of the latest Sangean radio another one comes out. I have yet to find a review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=196&amp;cid=\" target=\"_blank\">Sangean HDR-16<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[The] HDR-16 is a portable AM-FM HD radio with stereo speakers. Runs on household AC power or four C cells. At 10? long this is not exactly pocket sized but small enough for beach or nightstand duty. I wonder how fast it eats up the C batteries?<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think HDR-16 will hit the shelves until mid-September.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dan then followed up with pre-order prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2axCsvG\" target=\"_blank\">Sangean HDR-16 on Amazon<\/a>. Pre-order price is $159.99.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/sgnhdr16.html?gclid=CKilseGOps4CFQMFaQodboUA2Q\" target=\"_blank\">Sangean HDR-16 on Adorama.<\/a> This looks like another pre-order offer for the HDR-16 but <em>the price is only $99.99<\/em>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That Adorama price is correct! I just noticed that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/spcialty\/4516.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio also has a pre-order price of $99.99.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>$100 US\u00a0is\u00a0not a terrible price for a quality portable AM\/FM stereo analog\/digital radio. Indeed, that may be the best price I&#8217;ve seen for that particular feature set. I bet four C cells will power it for quite a long time, too.<\/p>\n<p>At second glance, the HDR-16 has an impressive feature list (via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=196&amp;cid=\" target=\"_blank\">Sangean<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HD Radio digital and analog AM \/ FM-Stereo reception<\/li>\n<li>10 Memory Presets (5 FM, 5 AM)<\/li>\n<li>PAD (Program Associated Data) Service<\/li>\n<li>Support for Emergency Alerts Function<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Multicast Re-Configuration<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Simulcast Re-Configuration<\/li>\n<li>Auto Ensemble Seek<\/li>\n<li>Real Time Clock and Date with Alarm and Sleep Function<\/li>\n<li>2 Alarm Timer by Radio, Buzzer<\/li>\n<li>HWS (Humane Wake System) Buzzer and Radio<\/li>\n<li>Snooze Function<\/li>\n<li>Tone &amp; Bass Control<\/li>\n<li>Information Display for Channel Frequency, Call Sign, Radio Text, Audio Mode, Service<\/li>\n<li>Mode, Signal Quality and Clock Time<\/li>\n<li>Easy to Read LCD Display with Backlight<\/li>\n<li>Battery Low LED Indication<\/li>\n<li>Auxiliary Input for Additional Audio Sources<\/li>\n<li>Record Output for Connecting to Hi-Fi System or Recording from Audio Program<\/li>\n<li>I\/O Jacks: DC In, Line-Out (Rec-Out), Aux-In, Headphone and HD \/ FM Rod Antenna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The feature set sounds like something that would appeal to my buddy <a href=\"http:\/\/herculodge.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff McMahon<\/a>. He&#8217;s been looking for a bedside radio for quite a while. This one has a &#8220;Human Wake System&#8221;&#8211;perhaps meaning the alarm gradually increases the volume? Of course, I question if the HDR-16 will perform well on the AM broadcast band&#8211;I suppose it depends on how well the receiver is shielded from CPU noises, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I might be tempted to grab one of these and test it. I like the price tag much better than that of the HDR-18, though I&#8217;m not sure its audio fidelity will be comparable. While I doubt I can receive an HD broadcast from my home, it might be fun trying.<\/p>\n<p>Have any <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers pre-ordered the HDR-16? Care to do a review?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Hawkins, who comments in reply to our post about the Sangean HDR-18: Darn. Just when you thought you read a review of the latest Sangean radio another one comes out. I have yet to find a review of the Sangean HDR-16. [The] HDR-16 is a portable AM-FM HD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,3,26],"tags":[5259,5317,600,5316],"class_list":["post-20362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-news","category-radios","tag-daniel-hawkins","tag-hdr-16","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-hdr-16"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5iq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29265,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/sangean-hdr-14-a-new-am-fm-hd-pocket-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":20362,"position":0},"title":"Sangean HDR-14: a new AM\/FM HD pocket radio","author":"Thomas","date":"November 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Steve Lekuecher, who writes: A technology forum friend recently noticed Universal Radio listed a new Sangean HD portable (HDR-14) on their website which is very similar in form to the Sangean DPR-65 and I was curious if you are considering reviewing it. https:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/spcialty\/0214.html Thanks for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sangean-HDR-14.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sangean-HDR-14.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Sangean-HDR-14.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32628,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/a-review-of-the-sangean-hdr-14-portable-am-fm-hd-radio-is-in-the-pipeline\/","url_meta":{"origin":20362,"position":1},"title":"In the pipeline: a review of the Sangean HDR-14 portable AM\/FM HD radio","author":"Thomas","date":"June 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Based on readers correspondence, the most anticipated non-shortwave radio to hit the market this year might be the Sangean HDR-14 AM\/FM HD radio. 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