I chose this model because of the digital tuning and the 5 station preset buttons (stores 5 AM and 5 FM stations, 10 total). Go to your favorite station by pushing a single button - much easier and nicer than scanning through the AM or FM band, or cycling through stored presets. But you can still tune manually by pressing the left or right side of the snooze bar. When power is interrupted, the time setting is lost after about 10 minutes, but the station presets are remembered for many hours. There are several alarm options.Some people are experiencing AM noise from the AC wall adapter. The instructions also mention this (see my review pic). I'm not getting any noise from it, but, like other AM radios, I do get noise on AM from nearby light dimmers and some electronic devices - especially those which also use an AC wall adapter.AM reception is good. Like other AM radios, the antenna is directional. The internal ferrite antenna seems to be on the left side of the unit, running front to back. So to pick up the weakest AM stations, you'll have to orient the radio so that the station is to the left or right of the radio. FM reception is good with the included wire antenna that hangs out the back.There are no bass/treble/EQ adjustments but it's balanced (not cuppy, overly midrangey, or tinny like most cheap small clock radios) and has enough treble to give decent clarity for a single-speaker small clock radio. It obviously doesn't have true bass for serious music listening, but it's perfect for talk radio.my dislikes:- most of the top buttons are the same size & shape, so this is not an easy radio to operate in the dark, going by feel only- the Nap button is essentially a short-term countdown alarm (up to 120 minutes, set in 5 minute increments). It is located just left of the Power button, and the same size and shape, so it's easy to accidentally press it instead. And then be startled a while later by the alarm going off. It REALLY sucks when this happens when you're already asleep. This one wretched button ruins this otherwise very good clock radio.- the buttons and the volume wheel feel a little flimsy, but you get used to it- the volume wheel is hard plastic with a slippery, satiny surface. And it's almost flush with the side of the unit. For these two reasons, the volume knob is hard to grip.- the volume wheel is digital, not analog, so it has distinct, soft, tactile clicks when you raise or lower the volume. Which is fine. But each click makes a barely-noticeable difference in volume, so you have to turn it a lot to get much change in volume. How is it possible to screw up something as simple as a volume knob? The volume level is temporarily shown on the front display...which is semi useful.- when you change to a new station, it'll show the new frequency, but after a few seconds it will revert back to showing the time. Pressing the display button will show you the station again - but only for a few seconds. There doesn't seem to be a way to keep the station displayed permanently. This sucks for more avid radio listeners.-The on/off button has backlighting which glows only when the unit is off. If anything, it should glow when on. Or have different colors to discern on & off.But kudos to Sangean for using a yellow-orange backlight color for the power button, and the front display. Much easier on the eyes than blue. And the brightness of the display can be fully adjusted from 'off' to 'bright' by a small knob on the bottom of the unit (see my product review pic).