DAB/DAB+ & FM Portable Digital Radio | Leather Design | Bluetooth | Rechargeable Battery | Dual Alarms & Sleep Timer | Perfect for Home, Office or Outdoors | AZATOM Spitalfields 2 (Black)

This is a very good radio, it looks good an ideal size for use indoors as well as outdoors. The sound is brilliant and is easy to set up the pre sets. It picks up all the normal stations without any problems. The remote is small but works well. Would recommend to any one looking for a quality radio at a reasonable price.

It's lovely and lightweight easy to carry about bery sturdy lovely lovely size soft handle clear sound and easy read dial. Easy to set up and store your favourite station ideal for gifting worth every penny

So far so good. Radio seems very good, sound is fine and radio itself looks cheerful in the kitchen. Good display of time on screen but titles of music being played are very slow-moving. Instructions on quick set-up could maybe be a bit clearer.

I’ve nothing but praise for this DAB/DAB+ and FM radio. It’s neat, compact, easy to use and I can tune in local DAB stations as well as all the national ones which I’ve not been able to do with a previous bit of kit. Volume is plenty enough to fill a good sized room and the quality is great, crystal clear. It handles the bass line, mid and treble lines with no problems at all. Have not run the rechargeable battery out yet as it’s normally used on the mains, but it is an ideal partner for picnics, visits to the beach, any outdoor applications. Aesthetically pleasing on the eye with its smooth lines and slightly retro look. All round great little performer !!! Lastly the price, very good value for the money.

Brilliant value for money. Great sound, easy to use and love the fact it has battery that lasts a long time. This is the best DAB radio in this price range.

I bought this as a Bedside radio and alarm clock plus Bluetooth speaker. I have 3 other Azatom products and tried other radios at a similar price range only to be disappointed by them. THIS however, even though its not the price of a Roberts, is great value for money! It is really easy to use and intuitive. I love the preset buttons, dual alarm and the leather effect finish, very Classy indeed and it exudes Quality!!! It has a good sized clear display that is great for seeing the time next to the bed. I like the fact that when the alarm goes off it gradually gets louder so that you are not given a shock. Sound quality is far better than the other units in a similar price range soundwise, it is a very open and airy and just the right amount of Bass considering the size of the unit. It has a built-in equaliser where you can adjust the sound to your taste anyway my favourite is the movie mode which has the right balance of treble and bass frequencies I like it so much I have bought a second radio from the same company it is smaller for travelling and I will also be reviewing this. I also love the fact that this company gives a 3 year warranty and is english based ( Though of course it's built-in China). I recommend this company if you wish to have well built well thought out good sounding audio units for an unbelievably good value price!

For anyone who, like me, has searched in vain for a handy sized radio that ticks all the boxes, there is so much to like about the unusually named “Spitalfields”. Moving beyond the obvious pre-requisites of dab and fm and the presetting of stations my main need was a sustainable power supply as we often go away off grid and without a regular mains electricity I needed a radio with rechargeable batteries or built-in re-chargeables. The Spitalfields has an amazing built-in rechargeable battery which is so good that you can carry it around for ages and listen with no lead and plug and just power it up now and then with a cable that looks surprisingly just like a mobile phone lead supplied with a USB into a standard 3-pin plug. ( the discovery that it will also recharge with the USB plugged into a 5 volt socket off the campervan battery just completes its versatility - but check this with a professional first unless you want to melt your new radio!) Beyond that, the size and shape of a lot of radios is either large and heavy , or small, even pocket sized but too slim and unstable. This is a great in-between size, (a bit smaller than the A5 paper-size) but also its depth (9cm) gives it stability and a chunky presence on any surface. The product design values are excellent. The clarity and layout of the white fascia is a welcome departure from the plethora of black units on offer that have obscure interface detail and controls. This has a large clear digital screen showing everything you need to keep abreast of all content info and more. The white fascia is echoed on the reverse , this is contrasted with a black (or white) cloth covering the top, bottom and sides of the unit. I also liked the clarity and layout of the control buttons. If I had any reservations it was the lack of convenient push button presets but after months of tracking down a unit that could tick all the boxes, I figured the concession of grappling with digitally controlled presets worth the risk. (Im not a technophobe, just lazy and I like the comfort of familiar controls) When it arrived it was brilliant, everything surpassed my expectations, it even included a small remote control. Once you’ve got your favourites pre-set which was straightforward, you do have to hit two buttons to retrieve a station and then hit the ‘enter’ button to select it, but the clarity and build quality of the controls make it easy. The remote has nine buttons with which you can instantly select stations more quickly as well as volume etc. The sound is really good, aided by the sub-woofer’ speaker on the back. It has a mellow quality, capable of clear sound at low levels, yet an impressive amount of volume when you need it. ‘Spitalfields’ suggests shades of cool hipster culture in trendy London’s East End but it makes an unusual name for a radio! The design and innovation of the ‘Spitalfields ‘ to me is its strength even if the marketing angles might be slightly obscure to some. It has the sub-title ‘Retro’ which reflects I assume, the sturdy cloth covered casing and the carrying handle which has been cleverly adapted from it’s 'retro' namesake in the Robert’s range. Despite some off beat branding, it does not detract from what is a really excellent and versatile radio.

My rating of the sound quality takes into account that it's a portable radio, not a hi-fi set. It sounds good for what it is. I haven't run the battery down to see how long it lasts, but I've not yet seen it go below one bar off full charge in a several of hours of use at medium volume, so it should last at least the 6 hours they claim or better. Plus points: * Clear display that dims down really low so it doesn't light up a dark bedroom. * Full selection of information available on display including (for geeks) DAB receive errors (indicating signal quality). * The receiver seems to be reasonably sensitive. Not as good as a 12 year old Roberts set I had, but still OK with the aerial fully extended. * The FM receiver works well and also seems sensitive. * The auxiliary input is useful and works well with a smartphone plugged in for playing podcasts or the like (note that it doesn't do Bluetooth). Includes a 3.5mm jack lead. * Loads of presets, and the first 10 are directly accessible with the remote control (rather than having to scroll through them). * You can set the volume for the alarms (individually) and they fade up when they engage so as not to wake you with a jump. * Comes with a USB charger and a decent length lead. * Feels light and is easy to carry with the handle. * Nice retro concept design with a clean look. Minus points: * It takes a lot of button pushes to access things that ought to be easier to get at such as the equaliser and alarms. This is, without doubt, by far the biggest downer I have on this product. * No headphone socket. That would be a useful addition and could provide the stereo output that the receivers are capable of producing but which gets lost in the mono speaker. * The alarms only work when it's turned on or is in standby mode, and it can only go into standby mode when on charge via the USB connector. That wouldn't but so bad, but if the power drops out, it doesn't go back into standby mode when the power comes back; you have to press the power button. Hence, get a short power cut during the night and you've lost your morning wake-up call. * Away from mains electricity I tried using separate USB recharge pack to keep it in standby but the current draw once the battery was charged was too small to keep my power pack turned on. Other models of power pack may behave differently. My power pack (which wasn't expensive) also generated RFI sufficient to jam DAB reception. * The instruction manual isn't the best. It doesn't present the information in the order you need it when you start using the product. * The remote control doesn't have a mute button (but you can change the volume down to zero). * The remote control provides no access to presets 11-20 that I could find.