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April 26th 04, 08:47 AM

In article , gray-
says...
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:09:51 -0500, Richard Beri wrote
(in article ):

Jim Williams wrote:
I'm looking for a new alarm clock radio. What are some good ones, with
good reception, etc?

Thanks,
Jim

I have the Tivoli Audio alarm clock/radio "Model Three" which sounds
great and also looks great too. It is all analog which is a nice change
to other complicated offerings. It also has a dedicated battery backup
for the clock so you will always wake up even in a power failure.

Uh, really? The /alarm/ will go off even if power has not been restored?

I've got three (or four) alarm clocks which have 9v battery backups that are
somewhat close in keeping time but not a one of 'em will work (sound alarm or
play radio) until the power comes back on. [Which is why we have two of the
little 2" analog clocks with very evil alarm and they each run off of one
"AA" cell.

I can't speak to the Tivoli, but I have a Sony clock radio that's about
20 years old. It does actually sound the alarm from the battery backup.
The only thing to fault in this regard is there's no warning when the
backup battery dies. It's very easy to forget all about it.

-- Jay