C. Crane CCRadio-2E Enhanced Portable AM FM Weather and 2-Meter Ham Band (Black) CC2BE

After 2 months I remain pleased with my purchase of the C Crane 2E clock radio. Sound was an important consideration for me. No surprise, it does not sound as good as my big, fancy hi-fi system. However, it sounds good for its ilk (mono) through its built-in speaker, and it sounds quite a bit better (exellent stereo!) through decent in-ear monitors, including my very affordable (aka, cheap..) Panasonic ErgoFits. It sounds much better than the little Kaito KA-1107 (RIP) it replaced, and it sounds better than a Sangean RCR-40 that I bought and then sent back because its menu functions went haywire soon after I got it up and running. Bottom line, the 2E’s sound is good enough to allow me to listen past the radio, itself, to the program.The main thing I wanted from this radio was FM, particularly for listening to jazz and classical music at night via IEMs, and I am very happy using it for this, also cranking up the volume and listening via the (single, large-ish) speaker while I work at my desk. I also use and appreciate the radio alarm-clock functions. Again, for me, the clean, very selective FM reception is the main thing, and the top quality AM and the sensitive shortwave reception are bonuses.I’ve owned (and still own) a number of radios purchased over the decades. This is a substantial, solidly built radio. All the controls and functions work well, and they are easy to learn. The booklet that comes with the radio told me everything I’ve needed to know about the C Crane 2E radio. Happy Camper here!Update, 09-14-2025: Three years in and I like this radio even more. I gambled on Sennheiser HD650 headphones, and it is definitely worthy in terms of sound quality, with the excellent tone controls making for a "perfect curve"; very nice, indeed. All buttons and user interface functions are substantial and easy - intuitive - in use.

Easy to use and tune. Excellent reception. Picks up AM and FM stations could never get before. Also excellent on weather and ham reception. Sound quality is best I’ve ever had on any other radio. Spend the money, buy the quality.

Replaced a 24 yr old model with this. The old model still worked well, but the off/on switch broke. This new model gets better reception (for me). Still same high quality. I highly recommend it (so far).

Update to original post:The original radio that I received had a problem with one of the presets - I contacted C Crane and was shipped a replacement radio in 5 days. To date the radio appears to be working fine.I only use the radio to listen to AM and FM and I do not use the clock or alarm function. Having said that I was somewhat confused by the instructions in the instruction manual in trying to get the LAC panel to display and hold the frequency when I was listening to various stations.Under the Clock/Frequency Setting section (page 15) the directions should be edited to read:To change the display to show frequency turn on the power and then PRESS AND HOLD the Clock/freq button and then press the Memory 1 button until you hear a beep. It took me about 10 minutes to get this setting correct until I realized that AND HOLD was necessary.This radio, like my previous C Crane radio is a nice radio although a bit expensive for what it does. In addition it is a battery hog. I only use it on battery power and it goes through batteries 2-3 times as fast as one of my other non-LCD radios.Previous posting:Good luck getting one that works correctly. I just received the CCRadio-2E radio and it has a tuning problem. Once I set the presets to my favorite stations the radio is having difficulty maintaining the volume on one of the presets. If I just barely move the tuning knob the volume will return to normal but if I select a different preset and then come back to the original the volume is reduced again.I contacted C Crane and they are going to replace my "new" radio with another one that has been returned and "tested". I hope that it has been tested better than the new one that I just received.I previously had the same C Crane model radio and after several years the segments on the LCD display panel stopped working and because it was out of warranty I chose to replace it with this one. This radio is very expensive and I am disappointed that it was not working correctly "right out of the box".