Sony Dream Machine

(Please note: this opinion is about the Sony Dream Machine ICF-C113 which is not the same as the model pictured and described above. There are many variants in the Sony Dream Machine range.) ----------------- I have to confess that I didn't actually need another clock radio when I bought this, but I was won over by the ultra-cool and sexy looks of this model. My last clock radio was the classic 1980's wedge shaped Sony ICF-C220L (a present for my 10th birthday from my grandparents), which had done its job and looked good at the time when set against grey/red diagonal stripe wallpaper and black ash furniture, but somehow the time had ...

This clock/radio was exactly what I was looking for. I previously had a clock/radio/cassette player, which was rather large and took up alot of space on my bedside table, at the time when I bought this, I thought that it would be really useful, especially being able to play cassettes. Unfortunately it wasn’t as useful as I first thought and took up more space than I originally anticipated. So after putting up with this cumbersome clock for many years, I saw the clock that I really wanted. A compact, stylish silver finish, cube shaped clock/radio, that was definitely going to take up less space on my bedside table. I didn’t buy it straight away, as it ...

I bought the dream machine after searching long and hard for a clock radio that would wake me up for 5: 30. The only one that I found that had a volume control and also had the ability to wake me up so easily. For a rather expensive £39.95, you get a loud, grey, box that not only looks stylish but plays stylish music and preset 15 stations as well. Other features of the dream machine include the handy daylight saving button, and the dual alarm function. The dual alarm function means if the first alarm does not wake you up the second will go off every five minutes until you deactivate it. This wakes me up, and I sleep through anything. Another feature ...