CCRadio-EP

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Walter B.	1/10/2012
	Lanoka Harbor, NJ
I purchased 2 EP radio's and 2 SoftSpeaker speakers Christmas 2011. They are high quality and the EP picks up distant AM stations clearly at night. I listened to T. Hendel’s review prior to buying and it was accurate.

Roger C.	11/30/2011
	Byron Center, MI
Just receive my new CCRadio-EP and I just love it. Great product, thank you C. Crane

Robert T.	11/26/2011
	Willow Street, PA

William H.	11/25/2011
	Delaware, OH
This radio really pulls in the stations! Well worth the price. I bought two of them!

Darryl K.	9/22/2011
	Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Excellent radio for the price.darryl

Douglas S.	9/7/2011
	Hanover, MD
very dissapointed with the reception. poor at best. need to work on this one.

Darrell P.	9/2/2011
	Puposky, MN
Excellent quality!

Watkins W.	7/6/2011
	Heath, OH
I am very disappointed in this radio. It has some excellent features that I and others in the house really liked. But it has a major problem and that is it will not hold a local station for very long and then we cannot find it even using the helper knob in the side that is supposed to bring in stations clearer. CC Crane needs to go to work on this problem. We have six other radios in the house and not one of them behave as this one does. Stations drift some but not just totally loose it and than cannot tune it back in.

David S.	5/17/2011
	Red Bluff, CA
I am very satisfied with my EP radio. I had an original CC Radio that I purchased many years ago and it had finally been beaten into submission after years of faithful use and abuse. This radio is exactly what I wanted. I like listening to Giants games on KNBR from my home in Red Bluff -- the games come in great, day and night, indoor and out. Both bands get clear, clean reception -- good sound quality. I like the analog tuning -- you can tweak it here and there. The fine tuning knob is fun to play with but not something you use a lot. This is a great, elegant, high performer at a great price!!! I have already recommended it to two close friends.

Vincent H.	4/8/2011
	Woodland Park, CO
Excellent radio, very sensitive, worth every penny. Just ordered a second one.

William T.	3/23/2011
	Turlock, CA

Keith N.	2/26/2011
	Etobicoke, ON
Bought this for my father for Xmas. It has great sound. Tuner dial lights up nicely and very simple to use. Overall great sound. Mine had tiny spot near nameplate looked liked QC issue with glue or something dripping but not significant enough to worry about. Overall radio so good I just wanted it to be perfect.

Clay B.	2/23/2011
	Fredericksburg, TX
Disappointing and inferior to even an old GE Super radio. Unlike my Super radio, this one drifts; when you turn it on, it is always off from the last tuned station, and while it is on, it has to be frequently re-tuned. I had hoped for near-CCRadio performance without having to deal with a dead LCD display, but this radio is not a contender.

Gregg K.	1/4/2011
	Easthampton, MA

Sammy C.	12/29/2010
	Spangle, WA
Excellent - as usual - product and service!

Dorothy A.	12/16/2010
	Bel Air, MD
nice little radio.

Charles B.	12/11/2010
	Dade City, FL
Used it for the first time last night. It worked beautifully, pulling in distant AM and FM stations very clearly. Overall it reminds me a lot of my old GE Super Radio III. But its smaller and better with a back light for the dial, an AM fine tuner and a switch for turning the optional external antennas either off or on. Chuck 12-11-10

Randy Brown	1/25/2012
	Medford, OR
We had trouble with our first EP, station would drift!! C Crane, sent us another one, fine but it also drifts. We listen to our local KMED, in Medford, that happens to be the Station for Coast to Coast Talk Radio. The Oldest Station in Oregon and they also advertise C Crane. However the Radio Drifts for the first 1/2 hour. We bought it to pull in the station in our Motor Home but we can't even get KMED, two miles from the Station.

D K	1/7/2012
	Henderson, NV
Outstanding radio, very satisfied with this purchase. Found this gem from the Radiointel review: http://radiointel.net/radio-receiver-reviews-info/c-crane-cc-radio-ep/

William Patalon	11/16/2011
	Fallston, MD
I'm a longtime SW and MW DXer from Baltimore who recently purchased two of your CC Radio-SW receivers and one of your new CCRadio-EP. I'm thrilled with the purchases. On my first night with the EP radio, with the slight aid of a Radio Shack Tunable Induction Loop, I pulled in a 1,000 watt AM station from Georgia with pretty solid signal strength and clarity. I'd arrived home late from work, and just wanted to give this a "test drive," and made this reception as a lark. I'd never even HEARD that station before. I also own several of your Twin Coil Ferrite AM Antennas.... I love the antennas. My goal during the next warm weekend is to see how to mount the ferrite bar unit outdoors, and with some elevation. I think that will really enable it to bring the AM band to life. Or I may keep it indoors, but find a way to mount it high on the wall of my house.

Dale Schaefer	10/29/2011
	Des Moines, IA
Great radio I really like the dial light and the am antenna tuner.

Angelo Vecchio	10/14/2011
	Vienna, VA
I''ve had my CC-EP for about a year---and have used it just about every day. I''m a collector of radios, particularly the nice vintage sets. I decided that I wanted something new, but with a more traditional layout (i.e. analog tuning instead of digital). This EP quickly became one of my favorite radios. It''s extremely easy to use, right out of the box. Sound quality is great for the price point----and it really pulls in the stations, particularly on AM. Build quality is on par with other newer radios---which is to say it isn''t a mid-1970s Sony or Panasonic, with the heft of a boat anchor and plenty of chrome and other metal----but I''m impressed with the materials and finish considering the affordable price. This is a terrific everyday radio. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best---a basic radio that anyone could figure out without a manual, with strong reception and nice sound, at a fair price. Strongly recommended.

Donald Cuffe	7/26/2011
	Forsyth, MO
Recently I purchased my first CCRadio, the CCRadio-EP. Wow! I have been a radio fan for over 35 years now and have owned many a radio in my day. I decided it was time to buy a radio from the best radio company in the world. I was going to order the CCRadio plus, but then I saw this on your website. I have to tell you that this is the greatest radio on the planet earth! I live in a small one stop-light town in Southwest Missouri and since I got this EP radio, I have been able to listen to the Kansas City Royals baseball games on my am dial, something that was hit and miss on my many other radios. I have about 35,000 old time radio shows in mp3 format, collect and listen to them now for over 15 years, and with the EP i can plug in my iPod touch 4th generation device and listen to them through the EP's speaker! I can't tell you how much this makes me happy also, besides the fantastic am reception! Best radio ever I swear! I love the design, the feel and the overall quality of this radio. It is truly amazing and I just wanted to say "Thank you" for producing and selling such a wonderful radio! Thanks again!

Brad Keller	6/26/2011
	Fridley, MN
This is a five-star radio for sure. It''s sleek, it''s modern, it''s old-school, and has perfect reception. I bought one for my mom who is 72 years old and has gone through more radios than I can count. She never could get used to digital anything and she can''t stop raving about this radio. The reception is excellent (never even have the antenna up since it''s just not necessary), and it''s such a mixture of modern and retro. I''m really thinking about getting one for me now. The LED light is such a great feature, as is the fine tuner. Just a couple of buttons, dials, and switches are what make this radio so simple. I can''t recommend this radio enough.

Bob Ziel	6/13/2011
	Rigby, ID
I really like the latest addition to your line-up. It was worth the six month wait. I liked it so much that I ordered another one to give to a good friend of mine as a Christmas present. Sensitivity on the AM band is exceptional and almost as good as the CCRadio-2. Sorry to have to say this but the fine tuning for the AM twin coil ferrite antenna is useless. It does not good, especially when fine tuning a weak station next to an adjacent strong station. However, I'm happy to state that it's not offensive to me since the CCRadio-EP has exceptionally good selectivity so it isn't necessary. I just leave the knob in the middle detent position for the best reception and I don't even bother to use it anymore. I especially like the tone of the speaker with a nice, clean response across the entire audio spectrum. Also, I like the music/voice switch. When it's in the "music" position, the wide band audio on AM sounds almost as good as it does on FM!

Jim Stewart	6/13/2011
	Black Hawk, SD
I just received the CCRadio-EP and wow; it's got great sound for such a compact radio. I've been very pleased with all the CCRadios I have purchased over the years.

M. M.	5/28/2011
	Bear Creek Towns, PA
Hi, my wife was looking for a quality bedside radio and I got her a CCrane EP radio. Both she and I were surprised at the quality of the radio. Also I enjoy medium wave radio and the EP radio matched up well against my old Sony 2010 radio in sensitivity. Keep up the good work!

John V.

5/22/2011

Falls Church, VA

Before I ordered the CC Radio-EP I read all the Reviews and Testimonials, giving special attention to the negative ones. The primary reason a few owners did not like the Radio was because of Frequency drift. But some frequency drift is to be expected on the FM Band of an Analog Radio without AFC (Automatic Frequency Control). The question is "how much drift is there"?. There is only one way to find out, so I ordered the CC Radio-EP. Now I have the answer.

When the Radio is turned on it should still be tuned to the station it was tuned to before it was turned off.

The EP is not, BUT, in a very short time, if it was tuned to a strong or moderately strong signal, it will drift back to the station frequency by itself. However, if the signal is weak, it may be necessary to retune the radio. The following is a summary of my opinion of the performance of the CC Radio-EP

Function	FM Performance	AM Performance
Sensitivity	Very Good	Good *
Selectivity	Good	Good *
AGC (Automatic Gain Control)		Good
Drift **	Moderate	Slight
Tunning Backlash	Slight	Slight
Dial Accuracy	Very Good	Good
Audio Quality	Good	Good

*	NOTE: Under certain conditions the Sensitivity and/or the selectivity can be improved significantly with the fine tuning control. (I have a very strong signal on 1120 AM, and it interferes with a signal on 1160, but by using the tuning control there is significant improvement. I am very much impressed with the dual coil ferrite antenna performance).
**	See the opening comments related to frequency drift.

Performance evaluated on battery operation only .

OPINION OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE	GOOD
COST EFFECTIVE	YES
RECOMMENDED	YES

Steve B	5/14/2011
	Portland , OR
This is a superb radio! I just bought my second. A friend was so impressed with it, I gave it to him and ordered another for myself. Excellent sensitivity and it locks onto signals, strong or weak. The lighted dial is a really nice touch. Battery life seems to be excellent. I am pulling in stations hundreds of miles from where I live. I am impressed with the audio fidelity of this radio. My only nitpicks are it sometimes drifts from the station you are listening to, and on my second EP, the silver strip located below the tuning window is loose on one end. Other than that, no complaints.

Scott S.	5/13/2011
	Helena, MT
This CCRADIO-EP is the best radio I have ever had. I only have 4 or 5 local AM stations and I can?t move the dial without picking something up clearly. Even Wyoming before dark. The FM is crystal clear too. This is the radio I dreamed about.

D. M.	5/10/2011
	Fort Worth, TX
I ordered the CCRadio-EP as a result of Tim's review and can tell you his review is spot on! His work is most excellent and accurate and helpful.

David Overman	4/28/2011
	Ponca City, OK
Great Radio strong recption. Fine tuning works better with external antenna. Leave on setting for twin coil with internal antenna. Only improvement I would like to see is vernier reduction on tuning dial. This would help in tuning in weak stations. Very satisfied will buy another

Joseph Hester	4/23/2011
	Douglas, GA
The ccradio-EP is a simple, classic radio with cutting edge tech going for it. This is no whimpy radio. It feels very solid, and works as well as it looks. The backlight dial feature is very useful if you use this unit in a low light area, and the tuning knob is very accurate. The radio will reach out and grab weak stations with ease. Bottom line, it works, and works well. 100% worth the price if you want a get-it-done no non-sense radio, with decent sound quality.

Jim Tedford	4/16/2011
	Bothell, WA
Received my CCRadio-EP today. Just wanted to tell you what a great radio this is. I've spent the last four hours just playing with it - tuning around, seeing what I could hear. It's very sensitive, selective, and the sound quality is very rich and wonderful. The coolest thing about this radio? The dial light stays on when on battery power! I have dozens of high-end portable radios, and very few of them has a dial light that stays on more than a few seconds when on batteries. This is a subtle touch that only a true radio buff would understand. Thanks, Bob Crane. The EP will sit on my nightstand to entertain and inform me for many nights in the future. And put off the same kind of warm glow that my old tube radios did. You hit a home run with this product.

Terry Jones	4/15/2011
	Plankinton , SD
I recently purchased a CCRadio-EP. This is an excellent radio. Simple and effective. I also have a Sangean PR-D5 that I use for DXing. The CCRadio-EP is superior. The sound from the CC beats the Sangean in every way. I was running the CCR in my office today and a friend stopped to see me, he asked me if that was a CD playing, he was very impressed . This is the 4th radio I have purchased from C. Crane. I also have purchased several of the CCTrek flashlights some as gifts to friends of mine. This is without a doubt the BEST flashlight ever. C. Crane gives us excellent service and good products you can''t beat that.

C M L	3/21/2011
	Florissant, MO
I have had the CC Radio-EP for several months and really like it. I use it with my VersaCorder and it works perfectly. The lighted dial is a nice touch as well as being able to use it with batteries whenever the power goes out. It stays perfectly tuned.

Bill Ives	3/5/2011
	Spokane, WA
I purchaced my (orphan) radio via the toll free number on 2-9-11 as a birthday present to myself. The person I delt with on the phone was very nice, knowledgeable, and helpful. My radio arrived on time, and has performed as advertised. For some unknown reason AM signals are at best difficult to recieve in our home, but the EP holds a signal very well and is crystal clear. It works well with both local and distant stations. So far the most distant signal I''ve tuned in is KFAB, Omaha, NE in the evening, some 1300 miles away. It isn''t unusual to listen to LA, Reno, or Sacramento stations here, but Omaha surprised me. I''m very pleased with my orphan!

Jaime Barbosa	2/13/2011
	, TX
What can I say that hasn''t been said before about this radio? It is a superb piece! Is it normal to receive stations from as far away as Cuba on AM band? Well, I do. I live in deep South Texas and not only get stations from Cuba, but also Acapulco, Mexico City, Tulsa OK, Dallas, New Orleans, and more far away places. The Twin Ferrite fine tuning is simply amazing! Trust me, you have to try it. This radio blows away my original GE Superadio. In fact, it blows away every radio I own in terms of AM reception. The FM reception is quite good too. It delivers a pleasing clear and powerful sound, much like the Superadio. Its construction reminds me of a well-built vintage unit. Again, its much like the original Superadio. This radio exceeded my expectations in every way. Oh, and if you call CCrane, you actually talk to a person and not a machine! Superb customer service! My experience has been perfect in every way.

richard fleury	1/31/2011
	rhinelander , WI
If you prefer,or are looking for a solid am/fm no frills radio this may be it. I found that am reception is outstanding, and fm reception is top notch too. While there may be no reason to use an additional antenna for am,the one i have puzzles me. I just happened to flip the am antenna to external to see how it affected the reception, and the radio seems to go dead, nothing at max volume. So, i wondered how hooking up an external antenna could possibly work? Seems this is not right. On the fm side, the reception was affected,but i could still pull in a few stations with volume. I suspect that there may be a possible short or something wrong with the am part of the switch. anyway i do not plan to use an external antenna, as the internal antenna works like a charm.......a good solid, simple radio you just can not find in your local stores.

Joe/Stan/Dave	1/24/2011
	Hartford, CT
Well we waited 5 months with great expectations for the CC-EP radio to come in...we are an oldies club in Connecticut and were frustrated trying to listen to great oldies stations like LNG on Long Island with our old radio then a small miracle happened...your radio finally arrived and it proved to be everything we hoped for in performance and more...now we enjoy our favorite oldies on those weaker am stations with little or no static and through a speaker with beautiful sound quality...we call the CC-EP "super radio"...please use this letter to you as a testimonial on your website to the best am/FM radio in America!

Steve B	1/22/2011
	Portland, OR
Very nice radio, pulls in distant AM and FM stations. Very good audio quality. I haven''t had a need to use the TCF knob to fine tune. The only thing that keeps me from rating it 5 stars is I have noticed a tendency to drift on AM. Other than that, I have no complaints. I highly rate C.Crane. In addition to the EP, I own the SW and SWP, very fine radios in their own right.

doris HELTZ	1/20/2011
	denham springs, LA
The station needs adjustment several times within several hours. It does not hold it''s station setting once it is turned off in the evening and turned on in the morning. I got tired of adjusting the station dial and returned the radio within several weeks of receiving it. I do not recommend.

Mike	1/12/2011
	Rogers, NY
To Bob Crane and his engineers, here is a review of EP that I put into e-Ham a few days ago. I hope you will find it useful! This radio is reviewed based on CCRadio-EP's performance in Queens, New York City, a difficult rf environment, loaded with 50kw local stations: 660 WFAN, 710 WOR, 770 WABC, 880 WCBS, 1010 WINS, 1050 ESPN, 1130 WBBR, 1190 WLIB, 1280 WADO(50 kW day), and 1560 WQEW. I used a GE Superadio III as a "benchmark", or, rough comparison. Both radios fared pretty much equal. Audio response defined primarily the difference between these two radios. CCRadio-EP pleasingly favors more mid-range and high frequency audio response, giving a very perceptible clarity, while the GE SR III has more bass, with the mid-range brought out by diminishing the bass response. Selection of "voice" (narrow BW) on CCRadio-EP sometimes further cut through interference. Daytime testing involved reception of a selected (for their relative difficulty) group of radio stations on the ends of the band. My house has high definition TV's, cell phone chargers and computers, which at times virtually destroy reception of most out-of-town and some local stations (WABC and WINS get the TV buzz saw!). At times these things are not in use, leaving only the house wiring and the aluminum siding to produce one nasty effect: most stations come in from only one direction. Results: WICC, 600 from Bridgeport, listenable. WTIC 1080 Hartford received, but somewhat noisy for continuous listening. WPHT 1210 Philadelphia, listenable, good. Small oldies rock station from central-southern New Jersey, 1410, listenable, good, a "nice catch". Reception basically equal on both receivers up to this point. However, for the CCRadio-EP, the end of the band, from 1530 to 1700, is rendered useless by WQEW, Radio Disney 1560, not even allowing in the least, reception of another local station, WWRL 1600! In fact, all stations above 1560 suffer that same fate. The exterior tuning trimmer helps marginally, at best. I fail to understand why a tuned front end rf stage was not designed into this radio, with which it could have trumped the performance of most of the other competitors on the market. The GE S R III handled these same frequencies above 1560, utterly impervious to Radio Disney's presence there. Most of the other vintage transistor radios in my collection do the same. In all fairness, CCrane-EP does fine in this location at the high end, if 1560 is nulled out off the end of its ferrite antenna. Moreover, nowhere else on the BCB was this overload problem found. Selectivity of both at night is adequate, with WJR heard next to WABC, and WHAM 1180 heard next to WLIB 1190, and therefore, so on. I want to recognize the CCRadio-EP and the Superadio III as basically well crafted long distance receivers, worth being listened to, in order to come to a decision based on one's own preferences. Without the high end problem, the CCRadio-EP would deserve a 5. In light of the overload I would call the performance a solid 4. The GE SR III also gets a 4, not for its performance, which is itself a 5, but for its catastrophic AM dial calibration. Mike Rogers KC2TOF 73's!

Kevin Shields	12/17/2010
	WINSTON SALEM, NC
I'm Kevin Shields and I am totally blind and am employed at the Winston Salem Industries For The Blind in manufacturing. My CC Radio EP came last Monday, and I've been blown away every time I use it. Today we had an ice storm which made the streets treacherous, and impossible to get to work, so I took 2 hours to do a side by side comparison with this CC Radio EP with 7 other radios I have in my collection that have excellent AM's. These radios are, Panasonic RF2200 Grundig Satellite 750 Grundig E5 Grundic Yachtboy 400 The first CC Radio GE Super Radio 2 GE super radio 3 The AM on the CC Radio EP is as good as the AM is on both GE Super Radios, The Panasonic RF2200, The First CC Radio and the Grundig E5. But with the antenna trimmer on the CC Radio EP, you can zero in on a weak station and it brings the signal in very nicely, and gives it a bit of a kick so it sounds great. As for the AM on the Grundig Satellite 750 the CC Radio EP blows that one right out of the water. And The AM on the Grundig Yachtboy 400 isn't quite as sensitive as the AM on the CC Radio EP. But again that antenna trimmer makes all the difference in the world. I live close to a couple of AM stations that, when they're on full power splatter quite a ways up and down from their main frequencies, but with the antenna trimmer, that pretty much takes care of the splatter problem. I found that the FM on the CC Radio EP was much better than the GE Super Radios, in selectivity and that the CC Radio EP picked up stations that those GE Super Radios couldn't receive. As for the first CC Radio, The Panasonic RF2200, Grundig E5, Grundig Satellite 750, and the Grundig Yachtboy 400 The FMS were pretty much the same, great selectivity and excellent in pulling in weak stations The only criticism I have on the CC Radio EP is when you connect an external AM antenna and push the switch to external, even with the external twin coils antenna, the radios performance is practically worthless. Even when I tuned the external antenna to the same frequency as was on the CC Radio EP, the radio didn't pick up the local signal like it did with the radios built in AM antenna. As for distant signals with an external antenna, it was worthless. As for an external FM antenna, I used the CC FM in door Reflect antenna and the CC Radio EPs performance was as good as it is with the radios built in telescopic antenna. But with the telescopic antenna I had better results of zeroing in on a weak station, and receiving it with less noise than with the CC FM in door reflect antenna. As for the selectivity on the CC Radio EP on AM it's excellent on the low setting, but it's not bad on the high setting. But the high setting gives this radio a richer sound quality than on the low setting. Even with talk, to me it sounds better on the high setting. But the antenna trimmer gives better results in eliminating splatter from strong local stations on the low setting. In summery, the $69 was a great price to pay for an excellent AM FM analogue radio. Once again CCrane has put out a high performance AM FM radio for a very reasonable price. Ask Santa to put one of these radios under your tree for Christmas, believe me you won't be disappointed.

Dan Tonge	12/14/2010
	Mount Vernon, WA
My critique of the CCR EP is that is an excellent radio. I think the A.M. is better when fine tuned than my CCRSW, and the FM is just as good or better. The only weakness is that with a very, very strong A.M. station, it blocks out the signals for about 30 khz on each side of the signal. This can be substantially improved by detuning the fine tuning. Wonderful radio.

W D	12/13/2010
	Mount Shasta, CA
I recently received the CCRadio-EP. It excels in performance. I live in Mount Shasta CA. Radio reception has been terrible but with the EP, I can pick-up both AM and FM signals (day / night) with no problems. Again, I can't say enough great things about this radio. Thanks,

Dave	12/7/2010
	Hampton, VA
Hi y'all, I want to say I'm a very pleased customer (again) with my recent order from C. Crane. If it has anything to do with AM or shortwave listening, I've ordered just about everything in the C. Crane catalog over the years. I love AM / Shortwave and the CCRadio-EP has quickly become a favorite! Finally, a simple, excellent AM radio with AM fine tuning, good audio and a tuning bar back light! Happy Holidays!