The Technisat deserves the good grade with its good equipment. A CD player is also on board, as are various charging options. However, muffled voices and thin basses make you want to press the snooze button quite quickly in the morning.
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stereo playback
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CD player
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Moderate sound
No other playback source and connections
buttons a bit small
Good music helps you get up: clock radios play your favorite station instead of an annoying beep, for example. The compact devices often only offer radio reception. However, the TechniSat DigitRadio 52 CD can do more. COMPUTER BILD reveals what’s in the musical pick-me-up in a test.
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The variant without CD is significantly smaller.
Manufacturer Technisat offers the DigitRadio 52 in a version without (test score: satisfactory 2.5) and with a CD player. The variant without a player is slightly smaller and costs around 50 euros less. The rest of the equipment, however, is the same.
At 18x13x20 centimetres, the DigitRadio 52 CD is pleasingly compact. The front is adorned with a pleasantly large black and white display that offers enough space for the time and program names. Below the display is the CD drive with the corresponding playback buttons. The snooze button and the volume and channel change buttons are on the top. The buttons are easy to reach, albeit a bit small.
The inductive charging pad supplies smartphones with juice.
On the surface, however, there is something much more exciting than the buttons on the TechniSat clock radio: at the rear end is an inductive charging pad that can be used to charge compatible smartphones wirelessly. This means that users can place their mobile phone on the radio alarm clock to charge it – practical. Alternatively, a charging cable can be connected. A corresponding USB socket is located on the back of the DigitRadio 52 CD.
Despite its compact size, the DigitRadio 52 CD has enough space for a CD player. This is a rarity for clock radios. Bluetooth, on the other hand, is more widespread. For example, music fans can use the radio standard to play tracks from their smartphones. The pick-me-up doesn’t have any other connections such as a stereo input, but there is at least a headphone socket (3.5 mm jack) on board.
This is how the DigitRadio 52 CD sounds
The strength of the TechniSat clock radio clearly lies in its equipment. The sound is overcast and lacks brilliance. There is hardly any bass, and the DigitRadio 52 CD cannot be described as a musical treat. But it is sufficient for news and background music. Music fans who want to get up to more pleasant tunes will have to dig deeper into their pockets and heck Radio One. However, the Berliner does not offer an inductive charging pad and no CD player.
TechniSat DigitRadio 52 CD in the test: conclusion
TechniSat
DigitRadio 52 CD
stereo playback
Bluetooth
Moderate sound
No other playback source and connections
The Technisat deserves the good grade with its good equipment. A CD player is also on board, as are various charging options. However, muffled voices and thin basses make you want to press the snooze button quite quickly in the morning.
