First impressions:

Very similar to the Radio Shack Accuran in sound but more sensitive, no remote.

Somewhat bigger than the radio shack. With additional menu features like base and treble control and display brightness settings.

HD-FM performance with the built in antenna is unsatisfactory ..could not get Fm HD stations just 10 miles from transmitter site. Adding supplied external dipole and positioning it correctly I got all the New York FM-HD stations.

Am performance (Analog and HD) with built in antenna ..unsatisfactory..lots of computer hash sounds..adding supplied over size AM loop.. brought in the NYC AM Hd stations easily and cleaned up standard AM

Audio quality not nearly as good as the Boston Acoustics...more like a upscale clock radio.

Sensitivity better than the BA radio on both AM and FM bands with supplied external antennas. Ability to up grade radio software over internet may be a plus one day.


...any questions?

...any questions?
Would you say it's worth the $269 + shipping? (Be honest).

Would you say it's worth the $269 + shipping? (Be honest).

I think all the HD table radios are to expensive for the average consumer... to be honest. Till we get one in the sub $100 range this technology will not take off. Being a leading edge TEC nut I am totally enjoying all my HD radios.

I haven't tried it yet but this one might make a nice tuner for a high end audio system.

Someday we will look back and say "I can't believe how much those thing used to cost"

Congratulations, K2koq! You may own the first Radiosophy in captivity.

I am still waiting for the unit they told me was shipped nearly two weeks ago. It must be in a covered wagon, somewhere between Omaha and Denver. Unless it is still sitting on the loading dock. Radiosophy doesn't have a clue.

Have you had an opportunity to test your unit in a car? Since so many competitors have beaten Radiosophy to market, there hardly seems a need for yet another table unit -- especially one that is not priced competitively.

Radiosophy's "transportability" is a desirable feature, although I'm disappointed to hear your report that its built-in antenna is not very effective. That does not bode well for use in an automobile.

Better sensitivity (than Boston Acoustics) suggests that Radiosophy's design improvements paid off (+6 dB, they claim). In HD, as I understand it, improved "sensitivity" means improved suppression or shielding of internal computer noise.

I am eager to compare the Radiosophy to the Sangean HDT-1 tuner, which I find significantly more "sensitive" than either the BA or Accurian. I'll post the results if and when I ever receive my Radiosophy.

First impressions:

Very similar to the Radio Shack Accuran in sound and performance, but no remote.

Somewhat bigger than the radio shack. With additional menu features like base and treble control and display brightness settings.

HD-FM performance with the built in antenna is unsatisfactory ..could not get Fm HD stations just 10 miles from transmitter site. Adding supplied external dipole and positioning it correctly I got all the New York FM-HD stations.

Am performance (Analog and HD) with built in antenna ..unsatisfactory..lots of computer hash sounds..adding supplied over size AM loop.. brought in the NYC AM Hd stations easily and cleaned up standard AM

Audio quality not nearly as good as the Boston Acoustics...more like a upscale clock radio.

Sensitivity better than the BA radio on both AM and FM bands with supplied external antennas. Ability to up grade radio software over internet my be a plus one day.

Have to try hooking it up to my Hi-Fi... It does have several audio out options.

After going to some trouble to upgrade the antenna situation on the BA radio, I would say I will probably use it most of the time with the Radiosophy coming in second.

...any questions?
I also received the unit yesterday. This unit will receive all the HD stations in Seattle area on FM, even KUOW which is hard to receive in S King Cnty. I also receive the only HD AM KHHO, all with the supplied antennas.

The sensitivity is better than the BAR. I had to hook up outside antennas for both the AM and FM to receive anything. The BAR sounds better and allows a better Stereo spectium.

I have looked for an HD clock radio. Yes it is expensive, but fills the bill. I also called Radiosophy and they will have an IR remote soon. They say the unit has the reciever built in now. You will have to turn the display off at night TOO bright even on the lowest setting.

Just got mine today. Initial impression same as K2KOQ: The whip antenna is useless at my location, but the supplied dipole lead gets most of the stations in the Atlanta area on FM. The AM loop can't get HD on the two AM HD stations listed by Ibiquity. I'll make comparisons to reception with the Sangean HDT-1 when I get it set up with the same antenna, to be fair. Speakers in the docking base lack sufficient fidelity to warrant serious music listening. I'll mostly use it with my Sennheiser cans or Etymotic plugs or connect it to my computer speakers.

"Have you had an opportunity to test your unit in a car? Since so many competitors have beaten Radiosophy to market, there hardly seems a need for yet another table unit"

I don't see it being an easy task getting it set up in my car.

It is a fairly chunky unit.
You would need to figure out where to mount it and what to mount it with, install and hook up a external antenna, get the audio into the car's radio. There are some nice in dash HD radios out there for around $200..don't think I would bother.

I can't say enough about how poorly the radio performs with the built in antennas. So do not count on them to work in the car. Once you hook up the external antennas it will pull in stations the others won't however.

Anybody hook it up to their Hi-Fi yet?

"I am eager to compare the Radiosophy to the Sangean HDT-1 tuner, which I find significantly more "sensitive" than either the BA or Accurian. I'll post the results if and when I ever receive my Radiosophy."

Looking forward to your report. Going to have to settle on one radio soon. running out of places to put them (G)

I know this is a thread about the Radiosophy but being near NYC I thought I'd chime in and report on my Sangean tuner. I bought mine from J&R the day they were received in mid December. I have owned the HD Receptor since last February and fortunately have one of the good ones. Mine initially came with the random wire for FM which provided fairly poor results, although it did receive some of the NY HD FM's. I bought a pair of rabbit ears and the radio came alive, although it was no FM DX machine with that arrangement. AM was a different matter. I used a Radio Shack loop and heard stations on that radio which I had never heard before, thanks to the radios DSP. When I got the Sangean I had hopes for better results because, one it was going to be connected to an external TV antenna in my attic and two, because the radios was a newer design. Well, let me start by saying that the Sangean tuner is far and away the most sensitive FM radio I have ever seen. I am able to receive every NY area HD station, including WAWZ which is approx. 60 miles from my location. I live approx 25 miles north of Manhattan and am able to receive WHCR at 90.3 Mhz with 90 to 95% quieting. What is significant about that is that WHCR is all of 8 watts. The radio also receives WSIA (11watts from Staten Island) which is nearly 50 miles from my home. Although weak I can also receive WPUR (107.3) which is a station located south west of Atlantic City, NJ. That's well over 100 miles from my house and it's located between 2 local first adjacents. Again, the TV antenna isn't on a tower, it's inside my attic and feeding 3 TV receivers! My only complaint about the radio concerns the output level on the AM side. It's really pretty hot. I should look for a 5 or 10DB pad to lower the output. Unfortunately that would also drop the FM output which is fairly good. My radio has the earlier firmwear which will decode C-Quam and I have heard WREF in stereo but to be honest my Sony stereo AM radios (SRF A 100 and SRF 42) do a much better job with weak AM stereo signals.

Ok now I have had it a few days...

AM performance a bit disappointing. Lots of computer hash sounds even on moderately strong stations. Any station less than full scale on signal strength meter may have computer crud sounds depending on dial position.

Good strong local stations come in fine.

Moved radio from ground floor to upstairs bed room and had some problem getting the FM antenna positioned to where it would work on all stations.

I don't want to give the radio bad marks because it does work as well if not a bit better, in some ways, than others. Sad to say I am still hoping for a simple HD radio that works right out of the box the first time every time. They all still need way more sensitivity and internal or whip antennas that work. Till that time HD radio will be a toy for high TEC geeks like me.

Ok, Got mine a few days ago. In a few words, I am truly disappointed! I only live about ten miles from Dallas' radio and TV antenna farm. I can see them at night from my front porch so reception shouldn't have been any problem. When the radio was unpacked and set up it wouldn't lock on to any HD broadcasts with the telescoping antenna. Moved it to higher location and connected the wire di-pole antenna that came with it. It would now lock on to the regular HD stations. Now tried to tune to the only jazz station in Dallas which happens to be a HD side band station now. It would not lock on to that station, it would play for a few minutes and then drift back to the regular station of the same frequency. Alright, I figured it was a reception problem. Went out and bought an indoor FM radio antenna and connected that to the radio. Fooled around with it for hours turning it this way and that. raising it and lowering it, moving it around the room and so forth. Couldn't get it to lock on to that side band station. It still drifted back to the regular one every couple minutes. Also discovered that it did the same thing with other side band stations at the higher frequencies. Seemed to be OK at the lower ones though. Sent an email to tech support over 48 hours ago and still have not heard anything from them. In the mean time have taken the radio down and repacked in the box. Fully expect to return it for refund if I don't hear something from tech support in the next few hours and some way to fix this. Can't see paying 260 bucks for a radio you have retune every couple minutes. I admit to having a "tin ear" and even I can hear that the sound quality is not very good. The " high end clock radio" mentioned in another post is in my opinion accurate.

--- Continuing from the above post. I wanted to try a couple more things before making a final decsion whether to return this thing. It was after all, a Christmas gift from my wife and I wanted to do my best to make it work, if only for her sake. Went home, opened it up, set it up again in a different room with no other electronic equipment. Checked to make sure the antenna setting on the back was switched to "Ext.", it was. Hooked up the antenna. Continued to try different locations and antenna configurations and settings. Thought I had it at one point and stood listening for several minutes as KMUK 107.5-H2 played. The signal strength meter was showing 6 bars which is as high as goes. Picked up a book and set down in the recliner, kicked back, and what does it do but drift back to 107.5-H1. Tried KMIX 102.9-H2, Same result, after only about 90 seconds this time it slipped back to 102.9-H1. Totally frustrated! I have no intention of keeping this. Will be requesting a return number and a full refund.

That's a shame, Till. I was about to suggest the antenna switch, but you had done it. Sounds to me like you may have severe multipath problems at your location. I had a similar experience when I found the one spot where the internal antenna captured my favorite station. As soon as I rose from my chair, the HD lock dropped out. My seating position vis-a-vis the antenna was critical.

My feeling from what I've read elsewhere is that you have a defective unit. Maybe a phone call to radiosophy is in order. I called them a few months back and got right through. I talked with one of the managers of the company who was very forthcoming. I doubt it's a multipath issue. HD is supposed to be immune to mutipath. On the other hand my Sangean is a great radio. I can listen to a 11 watt college station which is nearly 50 miles away and it's in stereo. If you want HD for the home buy the Sangean HDT-1.

After playing with the Radiosophy radio for a few days I have a few observations: Compared to the Sangean HDT-1, using the same antenna, the Radiosophy seems less sensitive, but just as selective. Noise, perhaps self-generated, renders the AM band all but useless. Similarly, the internal antenna is all but useless.

The unit runs quite warm, even in standby mode. The volume increase button doesn't respond unless pressed very hard, unlike the volume decrease button. The tuning button sometimes sticks under the surrounding edge of the case. The power lead from the wall wart is only about 5ft. long, limiting placement of the receiver. The wall wart itself seems to radiate noise into an adjacent TV, further limiting placement.

The up/down tuning control scrolls through the band very fast, making it tricky to stop at the desired frequency. The tuning SEEK button misses a lot of stations. The speakers are definitely low fidelity, but the receiver produces fine sound when used with headphones or an outboard stereo system. The optical output fails to achieve digital lock on the S/PDIF input of my minidisc recorder; don't know if that's the fault of the radio or the recorder.

The transportability of the receiver is limited by the fact that the AM antenna leads terminate in spade lugs which attach to screw terminals. Thus, undocking the receiver requires a screw driver, unlike the FM antenna which terminates in a push-on F connector. When I finally give up on AM reception I'll probably just leave that antenna disconnected. If the leads on the antenna were longer perhaps I could find a placement with better reception.

The DSP effects called up by the MENU button produce excessive reverb in all settings. Leave it off unless you are accustomed to listening to music in a cave. On the other hand, the display light level settings have no effect that I can see. At night the backlight illuminates my entire kitchen. You wouldn't want this radio in your bedroom unless you are fond of blue nightlights. That's why I haven't tried the alarm clock feature.

In short, it works; not as well as I might have hoped, but I like it. Tolerating some glitches is the price you pay for being an early adopter. Hope it doesn't take them another two years to work out the kinks.

My Radiosophy finally arrived today, two weeks after the company announced it was shipping and almost 23 months after I placed my order. After the long delay, I sincerely hoped I could write that the radio was worth waiting for. In reality, I find it underwhelming compared to the Boston Acoustics, Accurian and especially the Sangean HDT-1. "Too little, too late" summarizes my feelings.

Two of my criteria are sensitivity and selectivity, because I like to listen to several distant stations. So I set up an A/B test feeding the Sangean and Radiosophy through a Radio Shack audio switcher into the same system, manually switching the same external antenna from one unit to the other. This allowed a straightforward comparison except that the Sangean's "line level" output is much hotter than that of the Radiosophy. These results became apparent after several hours:

• The Sangean delivered quiet, listenable signals on several FM stations that appeared only as white noise on the Radiosophy.

• On a couple of weaker stations, the noise level on the Radiosophy was significantly higher than on the Sangean.

• HD reception on several "suburban" stations was marginal on the Radiosophy, although solid and reliable on the Sangean.

• With the two radios side by side, it was obvious that the Radiosophy caused noise in the Sangean's reception; when I turned off the Radiosophy, the Sangean's reception became much quieter. Yet, turning off the Sangean did not have a similar effect on the Radiosophy's noise level. From this I conclude that the Radiosophy generates noise that interferes with itself and with other nearby equipment. The Sangean does not -- or does so at a much lower level.

• On some vacant frequencies I could hear strong local stations, sometimes several, on the same channel (e.g., 90.1 on 101.7; 89.3 on 102.5). I don't know what these "images" are, technically, but to me they are the mark of a cheap radio. I have heard no such interference on the Sangean or Boston Acoustics, although I have heard it to a lesser degree on the Accurian.

Conclusions: The Radiosophy sounds "tinny" and noisy compared to the Sangean. Sangean runs circles around Radiosophy in terms of reception. With the built-in speakers, the Radiosophy sounds thin but crisp. It probably will satisfy most users, provided they are content to listen to strong, local stations.

What I like about the Radiosophy: an HD pilot light that you can readily see; instant-on for analogue (the others require a few seconds to boot up); fast-scan tuning; bass and treble adjustments (bass works but treble does not); the DSP reverb effects may help blur the background noise on weak signals!

I had hoped to plug the Radiosophy into the AUX input on my car radio. However, due to its lack of sensitivity (or excessive internal noise level), it appears that I will be limited to only the strongest local stations.

RF Burns, welcome to this forum. People are much more respectful here than the "other" place you and I sometimes post. Yelling is quite rare here!

My experiences with various audio devices reflect that a quality component tuner connected to a quality audio system and quality antenna will outperform everything and that a quality auto system will outperform a table radio or clock radio. None of the posts have condradicted this.
Richard

My feeling from what I've read elsewhere is that you have a defective unit. Maybe a phone call to radiosophy is in order. I called them a few months back and got right through. I talked with one of the managers of the company who was very forthcoming.
I called and talked to Ron at Radiosophy. He asked me a few simple questions about set up, antennas (what kind), what it was doing, what it wasn't doing, etc. Within about two minutes he told me that he thought swapping out the unit would be the most efficient means to rectifying the problem. He told me this is a problem or glitch they have not encountered yet. He said that they would just send me the receiver, not the speaker unit and rest of the accessories, and a "RMA" number. I was to put the old receiver back in the box and ship it back to them. They would "autopsy" the old unit and see where the problem was. They told me they had just been made aware of a problem with the Help Line not communicating incoming messages to the proper people and that's why nobody from tech support got back to me. We'll see I guess. I'll give 'em one chance to fix it otherwise i'll ask for a refund.
The Till

I'm new to this forum, but I've been following the conversation about the different HD tuners. I received my Radiosophy this past Friday, and had mixed reviews on it.

Pros:

- "Semi-portable" unit
- Choices of 30, 60, and 90 minute sleep modes (although on my unit, 90 minutes is actually 162 - must be a software bug!), compared with the BA Recepter, which only goes up to 60 minutes
- Decent sound quality when hooked to external receiver


Cons:

- Runs very hot, even in standby
- Buggy, BUGGY software:
- When you turn this unit off while listening to an HD2, turning it back on will bring you back to the main station and will blink "Subchannel off-air" for half a second
- PAD information (artist/song title) lags compared to the BA, Accurian, and
Sangean HDT-1. Will show previous song info while current song is playing.
- Internal antennas don't work as good as they should
- Poor AM reception, even with provided loop antenna
- Substandard build quality, compared to other models on the market
- Included speaker set not "high fidelity"
- Does not display RBDS program information on analog-only stations, just call letters

All in all, I don't think the radio is worth $270. If it was priced around $120, it might be a keeper. If HD Radio does take off (I have some doubts at this time), I'll look forward to a portable or semi-portable unit that will be reasonably priced and have decent performance. I wish I had more good things to say about the Radiosophy, because they have responsive customer service despite all the delays. Right now, I can't justify keeping it for what it costs.

My experiences with various audio devices reflect that a quality component tuner connected to a quality audio system and quality antenna will outperform everything and that a quality auto system will outperform a table radio or clock radio. None of the posts have condradicted this.
Richard

Continuing: With this in mind everyone should limit their expectations for the Radiosophy or any other table radio or clock radio since you will not get full high fidelity and full tuner capabilities. You will get convenience and a compact all-in-one unit which will serve the purpose for which it was intended. If fidelity and tuner capabilities are an overriding consideration, you will have to go with an inexpensive compact component system.
Richard

One of the most anticipated features of the Radiosophy receiver was the digital optical output port. I have now tried that output with two different MD recorders and two different fiber optic cables. In both instances the recorders respond with "Can't Lock" error messages. I conclude that there is something wrong with the optical output of the Radiosophy unit. Bummer.

I called and talked to Ron at Radiosophy. He asked me a few simple questions about set up, antennas (what kind), what it was doing, what it wasn't doing, etc. Within about two minutes he told me that he thought swapping out the unit would be the most efficient means to rectifying the problem. He told me this is a problem or glitch they have not encountered yet. He said that they would just send me the receiver, not the speaker unit and rest of the accessories, and a "RMA" number. I was to put the old receiver back in the box and ship it back to them. They would "autopsy" the old unit and see where the problem was. They told me they had just been made aware of a problem with the Help Line not communicating incoming messages to the proper people and that's why nobody from tech support got back to me. We'll see I guess. I'll give 'em one chance to fix it otherwise i'll ask for a refund.
The Till
New receiver arrived by Fed-Ex this afternoon. Within 30 seconds it drifted off the H2 station. Sending the "whole kit and caboodle" back. Don't know if it's the radio. Don't know if it's the station. Don't know if it's the particular geographic location of my home (although I don't have a bit of trouble pulling in analog FM or AM signals and pull in many more stations than the the Seek feature finds on the Radiosophy). Don't know if it's the antenna. Don't really care anymore. Enough is enough.

It seems from all the different opinions of this unit that Radiosophy should have had an engineer go to their Chinese OEM factory and supervise the manufacture of its first batch of radios to make sure the quality control is there. Of course, that would have created even more delays.

Being a relatively new company suffering from so many delays sure also hasn't helped them keep their unit competitively priced. I wonder whether or not they would still be losing money if it had a price point around $150?

New receiver arrived by Fed-Ex this afternoon. Within 30 seconds it drifted off the H2 station. Sending the "whole kit and caboodle" back. Don't know if it's the radio. Don't know if it's the station. Don't know if it's the particular geographic location of my home (although I don't have a bit of trouble pulling in analog FM or AM signals and pull in many more stations than the the Seek feature finds on the Radiosophy). Don't know if it's the antenna. Don't really care anymore. Enough is enough.

All the HD radios I have tried are quite sensitive to antenna placement.

First I assume you are using the supplied external antennas. This is a must.

Try orienting the antenna to get better reception...this is not a problem unique to this HD radio.

Continuing: With this in mind everyone should limit their expectations for the Radiosophy or any other table radio or clock radio since you will not get full high fidelity and full tuner capabilities.

Well that's not what Radiosophy advertises. They call their radio "totally receptive", they claim it has "excellent sensitivity" to pick up "everything your area has to offer", and they describe the "scientifically tuned speakers" as having "excellent frequency response 150 Hz to 20 kHz +/-3dB" to deliver "rich, sweet sound."

Since there are so many engineers with test equipment in this group, it would be especially interesting to see that last claim put to the test.

At nearly $300 with those kinds of marketing claims, I don't think it's unreasonable to be disappointed with Radiosophy based on the reports we're seeing here.

Audio presentations are more an art than a science. From my perspective, I would act accordingly but I could understand someone else acting differently and being disappointed. Since the gold standard for quality audio is separate quality components, it's not surprising, at least to me, that presentations lean in that direction.
Richard

First I assume you are using the supplied external antennas. This is a must.

Try orienting the antenna to get better reception...this is not a problem unique to this HD radio.
I tried the flat wire di-pole that came with it and I also went out and bought a FM radio antenna. I also fiddled with the antenna for more than two hours moving it around the house and trying different configurations. ( horizontal, vertical, diagonal, etc. Keeping in mind that the area around Dallas is relatively flat and I can see the broadcast towers from my house at night I wouldn't think reception would be too much of a problem. I found a place on top of a cabinet where the FM radio antenna was about 9 foot off the ground. What I find strange is that I will be receiving a strong signal according the meter on the radio, it will be showing a full six bars and will still drift off the H-2 station back to the H-1 station. Nothing I did seemed to help one bit. Tech Support at Radiosophy finally contacted me and asked me to call them. I am going to do that today to see if they have any suggestions. Finally, whether these two problems are related or not I don't know, but the sound quality is rather poor for a radio that costs$260+. I noticed a lot of hissing and buzzing that I don't get with my radio receiving analog signals. What HD radio and HD radios are advertising just isn't there, at least for me yet.

Did you change the small switch in back from internal to external antenna ?

...It is easy to overlook.

Did you change the small switch in back from internal to external antenna ?

...It is easy to overlook.
Yep. (tried it both ways just in case it was installed upside down)

ITech Support at Radiosophy finally contacted me and asked me to call them. I am going to do that today to see if they have any suggestions.
I called Tech support and they asked me a few questions. They offered a few suggestions but nothing I hadn't already tried or checked. They told me that they found this problem unusual and he took my number and said he would have an engineer call me. That hasn't happened, yet. In the mean time the radio is making it's way back to Omaha. I did stop at RS on the way home work and look at the two models of HD radio they sell there but am a little "gun-shy" now. The Accurian floor model seemed to be picking up HD stations better than the BA floor model. It was hard to tell about the sound quality because there was so much ambient noise (a small store and several customers and salespeople talking and TV's blaring away not far away).
Till

I called Tech support and they asked me a few questions. They offered a few suggestions but nothing I hadn't already tried or checked. They told me that they found this problem unusual and he took my number and said he would have an engineer call me. That hasn't happened, yet. In the mean time the radio is making it's way back to Omaha. I did stop at RS on the way home work and look at the two models of HD radio they sell there but am a little "gun-shy" now. The Accurian floor model seemed to be picking up HD stations better than the BA floor model. It was hard to tell about the sound quality because there was so much ambient noise (a small store and several customers and salespeople talking and TV's blaring away not far away).
Till
It appears that quality is a major consideration for you. Would you consider Sangean's HD Tuner(or the next one that's coming out) and two quality compact speakers and an inexpensive quality stereo receiver? Also you would need a decent antenna. Obviously this would not be as compact as a Table Radio or Clock Radio but you would now have quality which has eluded you to date. If a clock or table radio is a major consideration then a compromise in quality is necessary. An outstanding component system would be as follows:
1-Sangean HD radio Tuner-$200
2-Sherwood Stereo Receiver @ 100 watts per channel-$89
3-Pair of Paradign Atom Speakers(Absolute Sound-Editor's Choice)-$159
TOTAL-$448
There is no Table or Clock Radio in the world that will beat this system. I almost forgot that you will need an indoor antenna such as Magnum Dynalab($30).
Richard

Thanks for the list of equipment. That sounds like an option that's not all that much more expensive than the Radiosophy. Since she bought the 12v. auto power cord and the cassette adapter too we had just over 300 bucks already wrapped up. What you listed wouldn't be all that much more especially since I already have an antenna that might work, given my proximity to Dallas' broadcast towers.

Thanks for the list of equipment. That sounds like an option that's not all that much more expensive than the Radiosophy. Since she bought the 12v. auto power cord and the cassette adapter too we had just over 300 bucks already wrapped up. What you listed wouldn't be all that much more especially since I already have an antenna that might work, given my proximity to Dallas' broadcast towers.

You could start off with the receiver and speakers only($248) and then buy an HD Tuner later.In that way you can start listening to quality sound immediately which would include analog AM and FM and sound better than any table or clock radio. Also you can give consideration to adding a cd player at a later date or for that matter anything else you want to hook up to the receiver. You can add or replace one component at a time as the future dictates. IMPORTANT-The Paradign Atom speakers have been improved and their new price is $249 retail a pair which you can negotiate downward with an authorized dealer( I was looking at an old price.)
Richard

Looks like the speaker enclosure will come apart easily on this thing. I'm going to take it apart and see if I can find a better set that will fit in there.

Looks like the speaker enclosure will come apart easily on this thing. I'm going to take it apart and see if I can find a better set that will fit in there.
If you're willing to do that, you may want to return it for a refund.
Richard