My daughter has just....

[plastic penguin]

...purchased a Roberts BT radio -- it's the revival Uno. Very good sounding. It's my first experience of Roberts and it's pretty impressive.

 

[michael hoy]

I purchased a Roberts radio for my wife a few years ago, can't remember the model.
It was very good.

 

[plastic penguin]

I purchased a Roberts radio for my wife a few years ago, can't remember the model.
It was very good.

Not only does it sound good but the leather (leatherette) surround is a nice touch.

 

[nads]

I grew up with Roberts radios. Don’t think they are the same company any more but you would not know by the looks.

 

[Oxfordian]

Bought a Roberts Radio when DAB became the in thing for listening to the radio, I have to be honest it was a disappointment, build quality wasn't great, after a while it refused to work on battery became a mains only device and then stopped working completely.

Not overly impressed with Roberts and not bought anything with their name on since.

 

[Gray]

...yes I think it might just be another case of "not as good as they used to be".
An Auntie insisted on Roberts, one of her newer ones went intermittent.
Another she gave me, looks OK and to be fair, I listen to it daily, but it's nothing special.

Best I can say is that it's probably no worse than other current makes 🤔

 

[plastic penguin]

My daughter loves hers, and it sounds good for such a tiny box.

Think my daughter, now aged 20, realises that spending a little extra on a well-known name pays dividends over unknown rubbish you get from the internet.

 

[Edbostan]

Bought a Roberts Radio when DAB became the in thing for listening to the radio, I have to be honest it was a disappointment, build quality wasn't great, after a while it refused to work on battery became a mains only device and then stopped working completely.

Not overly impressed with Roberts and not bought anything with their name on since.

Was it the model with the fake wood side cheeks and bass boost which muddied the sound? If do it was a disappointment.

 

[Oxfordian]

Was it the model with the fake wood side cheeks and bass boost which muddied the sound? If do it was a disappointment.

No, it had a sloping top and made from what appeared to be a quality plastic, it was the start of the DAB era the sound was okay, we bought it to have as a kitchen radio but it just fell apart rather quickly although outside of the warranty period. A big disappointment as my parents had a Roberts FM radio and had had it for years and years, so that's why I went for a Roberts DAB radio.

 

[chebby]

Long time fan of Roberts from the 1980s up until today. (R707, R737, RP26-B and - lately - an iStream 3L among quite a few others throughout the last 4 decades.)

This week I took delivery of a refurbished, near mint, R606-MB from 1976 with overhauled power supply, new capacitors and a Bluetooth card built in!

Needless to say (with that 7” elliptical speaker and solid wood cabinet) it p@sses all over my iStream 3L and the built-in Bluetooth is the cherry on the 50 year-old cake! (Plus it looks great.)
https://www.flickr.com/photo_downlo...=9703b82026&size=w&source=photoPageEngagement

 

[Cricketbat70]

I remember my dad having Roberts radios in the 70's and having to put those stickers on the fm, am bar when radio stations moved frequencies.
We sell Roberts at work and I remember seeing the inside of a revival when one came in for repair and I just thought is that it? A little black box for the DAB tuner and a speaker the rest was just an empty void.