Costco, Teac HD-1 radio receiver, great sounding new item on sale

No, it's not on the website. Even a google search was fruitless.

Must be a really new item.

The only problem I see with it is that bass and treble is controlled by presets, but the presets are suitable choices.

Can anyone take a camera-phone picture of it? Would be neat to see what it is before I make the trek to Costco to check it out or if they even have it.

Cheers,
Eemrek

vpdsouza said: I think its on the current coupon book, if i am not mistaken...

I just checked mine (2/9 thru 3/1) which has the Vizio & Sceptre coupons... No mention of it.

I picked a unit up today at Costco. There is a $20 instant coupon that makes it $99 out the door. Has a feature called iTunes tagging that allows you to push a button when you hear a song you like and the next time you dock your iPod to iTunes it pulls the identifies the song for potential purchase. It is a clock radio with snooze feature. Dual bass opennings in the rear. Phone and line out, aux in, Video out, iPod dock, and remote.

JohnL33 said: I picked a unit up today at Costco. There is a $20 instant coupon that makes it $99 out the door. Has a feature called iTunes tagging that allows you to push a button when you hear a song you like and the next time you dock your iPod to iTunes it pulls the identifies the song for potential purchase. It is a clock radio with snooze feature. Dual bass opennings in the rear. Phone and line out, aux in, Video out, iPod dock, and remote.

How's the sound quality?

The sound is quite excellent IMHO for a $99 clock radio. The LCD provides station call sign and song title and the tuner is precise as it is digital vs analog. The Eq presets allow for ROCK, POP, CLASSIC, JAZZ, BASS, and NORMAL. Per the OP's statement, can't quite fine tune here but "but the presets are suitable choices". The unit is quite heavy for it's size (really not as much plastic as you would expect). The volume and tuning selectors have some tactile feel to them. The remote appears to be made out of thick black anodized aluminum. Overall, I am suprizingly quite please and will definitely keep the unit.

It has extenal connections for AM loop and FM antennas. You could still call it a glorified iPod device or a glorified clock radio if you want. For the price I think it performs very well either way at this price point.

You're welcome. Thanks for the great find!

It says plays and charges any docking iPod (including Nano). It comes with various adapters in the box. I don't that specific unit so I can't test for you.

Tri said: Saw it at the store and it looks cheaper than the iHome ip9 unit.

-TriIt actually looks very nice and well made. I'll probably grab one on my next visit to Costco since promo is good till end of March (if still in stock).

I picked one up last week. JohnL33 did a great job describing the features. Reception is very good, though the sound quality doesn't compare well to my Cambridge Soundworks 820HD. This isn't surprising, nor a deal breaker, since the CS radio was designed to sell for a lot more. So much so that it has been discountinued. However, the TEAC docks and charges the iPhone and supports tagging, a key requirement for the wife. The TEAC is a fine unit and for this price, is now the bedroom radio. Thx for the heads up, OP.

Full product details below:

http://www.bestbuysalways.com/servlet/the-231/Teac-HD-Radio-Receiver/Detail

Is this device only AAPL compatible, or will it accept other MP3's or phones (Storm)? TIA

mrhineh said: Is this device only AAPL compatible, or will it accept other MP3's or phones (Storm)? TIA

The dock is AAPL only.
There is however a line in jack on the back, so you could connect another device, but then the display and the remote don't do you any good. To me this is like buying a car so you can listen to the Radio. Would be a better fit to get a device that doesn't have all the extra stuff you don't need.

I bought this a week ago figuring that I could easily return to Costco. Well, I will NOT be returning it. The sound is really good for a unit this size and you can hear the stereo L vs R pretty well. The HD radio stations sound crystal clear with no distortion at all. It charges my first gen iPhone and the tagging of songs off HD radio onto my iPhone is pretty cool. I can then purchase those songs later if I wish. There are 2 alarms that play iPhone, aux, AM, FM, or buzzer.

There are a couple annoying things, but not enough to make me return it.

The LCD screen light has 4 levels - off, low, med, hi. I have to turn it off to sleep, otherwise it's fairly bright even on low. Some folks may find that it makes a good nightlight. So if I want to see the time in the middle of the night I reach over and hit the dimmer switch to low, then 3 more times to off before I go back to bed.

The LCD screen is only readable from directly in front. It's on my nightstand facing straight out (best sound into the room), so to read the time while in bed, I have to bend my face in front of it.

The alarms 1 and 2 cannot be turned off while it is being snoozed. I have to turn on the radio or iPhone quickly then back off to undo the snooze. Now I can press alarm 1 or alarm 2 to turn the alarm off.

Even with those annoyances, it's still a great iPhone alarm clock, epecially for the $99 Costco price.

Does it have a weekend/weekday alarm setting? That is the main reason I still love my iHome, and most vendors seem to ignore the fact that not everyone needs to be awake at 6:45 7 days a week...

WoozyMoose said: How good is the sound of this Teac unit compared to the Bose Wave Radio System?

Almost any HD radio will sound better than a non-HD radio. Although a few have been made with cheap, thin, small speakers. A bad speaker won't give the full clean sound.

This article mentions Bose

cleek said: There is AM radio antenna included in the box. It looks like a Black Loop. There is a white plastic connector on the end of the connection wire that mates nicely to the port on the back of the radio. The BNC cable connector (the round threaded connector on the far rear right side of the radio) is for FM. There is a BNC connector attached to the two wire FM antenna for easy installation.

Mine doesn't have the white plastic connector on the end of the connection wire, so there's no way for me to plug it in. I guess I'll have to take it back and hope the next one has it. I looked in the box to see if it fell off somehow, but couldn't find it.

Thanks for the info!

And thank you, briankh, but the back isn't set up like that.

Bah.

OP here. Guess this is OK to post as a warning.

Don't let it fall on the floor.... mine did and it's totally dead. Noting rattles in it and I might take it apart looking for something obvious like a fuse; not much more I'd know to look for.

Guess I'm stuck with it as in good conscience I can't return it for another since it's totally my clumsy fault. Was fun while it lasted!

(corrected typo)