Roberts Revival RD70DE FM/DAB/DAB+ Digital Radio
Roberts Revival RD70DE FM/DAB/DAB+ Digital Radio with Bluetooth – Duck Egg
Dimensions: | 9.92 x 4.09 x 6.3 cm; 1.6 Kilograms |
Model: | RD70DE |
Manufacture: | Roberts |
Dimensions: | 9.92 x 4.09 x 6.3 cm; 1.6 Kilograms |
This digital radio is without doubt the best I have ever owned. Tell Robert I send my heartiest congratulations on a superb product. I ordered it on a whim, but when I heard the sound quality I got so excited I fell off the whim and broke my arm, but that is a minor inconvenience.
I knew the sound quality was something extraordinary when my next door neighbour shouted angrily that he hated Placido the dingo. I thought I was listening to the Sex Pistols and it was only when he started banging on the wall that I realised I had tuned in to Classic FM by mistake. I’ll remember to switch my hearing aid on next time. But my neighbour is the sort of person one likes to annoy so this was well worth the money.
The radio is a lovely colour and is such a beautiful shape it reminds my of my nose.
I’m slightly disappointed it doesn’t get the light programme or Radio Luxembourg. I hope these can be added to future models. I would be willing to buy again.
Not sure what happened to the duck egg. Maybe it hatched in the Amazon van, but I’m allergic to them anyway so I got lucky.
Excellent sound quality and very easy to use. DAB radio stations are easy to find and save as favourites. I have it plugged into the mains so I can’t comment on battery life. This is my first Roberts Radio and I am extremely pleased with it. I bought it in Duck Egg and it looks great in my new kitchen.
Whilst the radio is very good, I am less pleased with the fact that the delivery driver did;nt knock or ring at the door but left it on the step ! How silly is that. It could have been stolen if my husband had’nt noticed that the porch light had come on. Please tell drivers to alert the people inside first before leaving it outside. It’s obvious, is’nt it.
Excellent sound quality, even when in max volume. Easy to use and Bluetooth works great to stream music from iPhone. It was Christmas present for my wife and she loved it.
Love this little radio it keeps me company while I cook etc:
It sounds suprisingly better than I would have imagined. Easy to use and stylish.
Great quality and looks lovely. Used plug as batteries didn’t last long at all.
Superb sound quality and 100+ radio stations + Spotify via Bluetooth , very happy.
Superb radio in design and quality. Not my first Roberts and won’t be my last.
So far so good, very expensive but the ‘ Wireless’ is my main source of information & entertainment it’s on almost 24 hours a day . ‘Duck Egg Blue is beautiful , sound quality is fab . one other reviewer suggested using the ‘ Jazz ‘ sound . I tried the rest & he is right . Jazz setting is the best for me too…. rather sad to see it’s made in China. however there seem to be few products that are not ……….
This radio is great. Really easy to tune-does it itself. Bluetooth to Spotify, or your chosen music streaming device. It also looks great. I haven’t yet tried it with batteries as I wanted it for my kitchen and just use it plugged in. My only criticism-and it’s for all Bluetooth speakers, is that it can’t switch between users easily. You have to turn off your Bluetooth if someone else wants to play something. Standard annoying blue tooth speaker stuff. Still a 5 star product. Looks cute too!
Reduced price on this colour which I find is not offensive in the least. Hubby set it up as he likes gadgets and being all masterful! Sound quality is excellent.
Unsure about the purchase initially, but one we received and have used it, are now delighted with it. Well screwed together, sound quality and signal strength (in the countryside) are 1st rate. Definitely recommended.
Great quality radio as you can expect from Roberts. It looks and sounds A1. The box was a bit battered so I’m guessing it was returned previously which annoyed me but I wouldn’t be messing around returning it.
I spent some time researching my purchase of a new alarm radio. I’d had an old Roberts alarm radio which was great and still working fine, but it wasn’t DAB. This RD70 in Duck Egg Blue is expensive, but worth every penny. Because the time display is small and set on top of the radio, I also purchased a simple digital alarm clock https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09277XRZ6?ref_=pe_27063361_487360311_302_E_DDE_dt_1 (not bothering with the alarm of course) so that I can see the time easily. This way I get a quality alarm radio AND a visible clock, albeit in two products.
The instructions with the RD70 are really clear and it’s relatively straightforward to operate/set up. The sound is rich and quite ‘bassy’. It’s good to have the opportunity to adjust bass and treble, BUT my only slight beef is that on low volume the treble (in voices for example) is lost. If you’re hesitating, DON’T. It’s a great product if a little pricey.
I hope this helps
User manual linked from Amazon product page says 4 x LR20 (D) batteries, but it’s actually 4 x AA cells.
That manual also shows power/aux/aerial on the rear side, however the connections are below & the aerial is on top & cannot be angled
This is a superb radio. The sound is crystal clear with optional adjustments depending on the style of music you are listening to. It is very easy to tune into the channel of your choice. The retro design comes in so many colours it would fit in any setting. A brilliant buy.
The (very) bright red covering and gold trim could be regarded as blingy or slightly feminine, but one gets used to – it simply looks very smart and very retro … until one spots the LED screen! Excellent build quality. Excellent sound quality, with equaliser to set tone/bass levels as desired, or use the pre-set genre options. Bluetooth pairs immediately with tablet or other device. Battery life (4x AA Alkaline) is perfectly acceptable for a DAB radio … using radio for low background music in my small home office a new set last at least 20 hours … presumably more volume would reduce battery life significantly. Very pleased with my purchase.
Did my usual thorough research before I purchased this, you can get similar traits in a radio for a lot less money but the feedback on the Roberts Revival seemed solid, so I went ahead and pushed the button.
Delivered quickly, quality build and really great sound from this radio !
Would highly recommend if you’re in the market for a superior dab radio.
It is a very good quality radio with great sound quality and (unlike earlier versions of Roberts Radios) very easy to use. I programmed all the stations in which I am interested (many) into the pre-sets without even referring to the instruction booklet, something that I still haven’t managed to do with the bedside Roberts radio that was given to me (as a present) 5 years ago (despite regular reading of the instructions booklet).
Good radio; worth the money in my opinion…
I’ve had my eye on one of these beauties for a while and finally treated myself to one and so glad I did. Gorgeous to look at, retro style, lovely colour and the sound is brilliant and I love my music at a decent volume. No crackling or distortion. Love that it connects to my iphone by bluetooth too. Easy to set up, a pleasure to listen to and trying to stop myself buying the mini version for the living room 🙂 Highly recommend, you get what you pay for and you’ll love it!
I am very happy with my radio. It looks great works well and cheers me up with its looks and companionship. It’s portability is important for me because I can’t afford a whole house sound system. I carry it to every room with me. This is why it would be so much better if this radio could come with a battery that gets charged when it’s plugged in. When you want to move it to another room or position then you wouldn’t be restricted with where you can plug it and having to carry the cable with you. I know this technology exists. Next product of this brand should come with a rechargeable battery in it. I am using rechargeable batteries inside mine, however it’s not the same practicality when you have to remove the batteries charge them and then put them in it again. Moreover, the battery compartment under the radio is rather fidgety and not easy to open and close.
I have this radio in my kitchen and I’m very happy with it. It has a lovely mellow, rich sound quality. The thing that influenced me to buy it is that you can alter the bass and treble, which isn’t always possible on some other models. Without any adjustment I find that it has too much base, but it comes with a series of preset equalizer settings dependent on the type of music you are listening to (or speech), but what I use is the personal setting, whereby you can set your own preference and save it as a ‘favourite’. I don’t use it as an alarm clock, but the option is there if you need it and I only use it plugged into the mains. It looks really retro and complements my kitchen perfectly. Since buying it I find that I am listening to a lot more radio than I used to.
I sadly had to give three stars on my purchase. I will start with to Roberts radio. As I always wanted a Roberts radio, so finally I decided To by one. The quality of the radio is very good as good when my father had in the 50s. Sound Is excellent and and the radio is very well made. Now for the bad side, I opened the package and found that the mains plug was broken. Next thing I checked with Amazon site what I had to do, to get a replacement. Amazon directed me to Roberts. So I rung them, I have to say they where very courteous, and passed me to customer service. After explaining what I need, again very helpful, the gentleman told me the they do not stock that plug, ( very strange as they are manufacturers and stockist of spare parts. But have given me a 0800 number. Which was Amazon number. That was a waste of time, as I did not get anywhere. In the end i presume I will have to go a buy one myself.so from my experience I have to say, they are willing to sale you quick enough but then things go wrong you are on your own.
I love this radio and am delighted to report that since I bought my first Roberts Revival Radio the quality of the sound has got so much better… and it was just fine before.
I was a little disappointed with the shade of the colour which was a little cooler in tone than it appears in the photos. But no big deal. If I was trying to achieve a perfect match to other greens in my room I wouldn’t have bought online. So… I’m very happy with my purchase.
The reviews were right, this is a handsome piece of well-designed kit.
Smooth sounds with cool lux looks.
Easy to set up.
It works beautifully as a radio.
One thing I noticed was that when you use it as a bluetooth connected amplifier to another device, such as my Macbook pro laptop, the volume at its highest is not as high as my Bose amplifier.
Also, unlike the Bose, it has no inner rechargeable battery so you can’t unplug it and have the speaker closer to you – but no doubt that feature is a considered one, because such inbuilt batteries fails to work so well after a few years – which is what is happening to my Bose – thus shortening the life of the piece of kit. So you have to keep it plugged in unless you use normals batteries which is a faff. That said, this is a lux listen and a lux look. It is solid and heavy and feels sumptuous. Looks great on my Smeg fridge! I expect it to last a lovely long time. I would like it louder though. If any tech person from Roberts is reading this – is there something that could be adjusted?
This is a brilliant radio. The sound quality is excellent. It even connects with with my old (2012 model) ipod touch using bluetooth so that it acts as a speaker for that device.
I would buy another one in a heart beat, but it could have been perfect. These are the points that could be improved:-
1. A built in Li-Ion battery would be better than the 4AA batteries that are required if using it unplugged. However, this would need to be done without increasing the size of the radio which is perfect.
2. A single push button to jump between stations along the frequency spectrum in order would have been useful for me. I like to scan the stations if there’s nothing much interesting on.
3. The alarm time resets to a default value if you don’t use it. Meaning that you have to set the alarm time on each occasion you want to use it if you turn it off.
I was surprised how many radio channels there are on it! :- jazz, radio1-4, various local radios, 1970-1990s channel music; also channel pop hits etc. It can also be programmed with the few that you want to hear. OLD am , radios hiss a bit from static. So you can listen to a new update, or half hour dialogue on impeachment if you wish! It does not have short wave ; so you cannot listen to foreign music , as far as I can ascertain.
This radio is very stylish to look at but also offers great sound quality. It was very easy to set up, even for someone like me who is not that technically minded. I was amazed how easy it was to set up the bluetooth connection so I could use it as a speaker to play songs from my smart phone through. I really like the fact that it has a graphic equaliser so you can choose what type of sound to have. I found the original setting a bit too base toned for me so selected one of the other settings. This is not a cheap radio but the quality of sound and additional features have justified the purchase for me.
I’m a huge fan of radio, and of Roberts radios. However, in the last few years I’ve had a couple that, despite the build quality you’d expect from Roberts, the sound has been less than expected.
Not so the RD70!
Great tone, deep and resonant, without losing the top end. Has a graphic equaliser too, with presets and the facility to customise sound to suit your ear.
No case rattle, with intuitive, easy operation.
Comes with DAB, FM and is future-proofed with DAB+ and Bluetooth connectivity, excellent for podcast lovers, audiobooks, or streaming music from your phone or tablet. It had two handy alarms, and a sleep timer, enabling you to nod off listening to the radio.
If I have one criticism, the colour screen is small, so reading glasses required if your sight isn’t what it was. Also, very much a mains unit, this radio eats a set of AA batteries in a day.
Overall though, one of the best radios I’ve owned in a long time, tajing the listener back to the time of Hacker, Grundig, and indeed Roberts during their FM golden age.