Homerton

Having recently parted company with my large separates system I needed to purchase a replacement sound system. Previously I had purchased the Majority Snowdon sound bar for my tv and was impressed with the quality of sound so i made the decision to purchase the Majority Hometon internet radio and I wasn't disappointed. It took 5 minutes to set up the system with the internet and to find internet and dab radio stations where you can add your favourites without the need to scroll through all the stations again. The system also comes with a CD player, Bluetooth connectivity and a USB port for listening to music from other sources. As with the soundbar the sound quality is awesome and has different equaliser modes depending on your choice of listening. There is also a alarm clock for you to wake up too and an analogue clock when in stand by. All in all I would highly recommend this product if you are looking to purchase a small but mighty sound system. Having had this system for nearly a month I am still impressed with the sound quality and how easy it is to navigate between the different radio settings ie internet fm and dab it also has a great cd player that is my favourite part as I can now listen to my music collection that spans many genres and years. One other great addition is the 3 year warranty so you also get peace of mind should your system suffer a setback. The remote is also easy to navigate the different radio stations and cd player. Another good feature is being able to connect with your phone via bluetooth to listen to your favourite podcasts or music you have on phone.

I've had this for a few days now and got to know it better, so if Amazon get round to publishing the first version of this review, which seems to have disappeared into the ether, then this one is the one to read. In the interests of full disclosure, I am a 'content creator' for Majority, which means I expect to get paid for this review. However, I spent my own money buying it, and I'm not being paid enough to sugar-coat the review. This will be just as I see it, regardless of the finance. So, what's it like? It's a pretty little thing out of the box. Mine is in an oak veneer, with a bit of a '50s Ercol feel to the rectangular, radiused enclosure. The prominent speaker grill on the top looks perfect for spilling coffee into, but the front face is nice and clean. The top face also has the button controls and rotary knob which is important in set-up but virtually redundant thereafter due to the dinky remote control. Set-up was pretty easy, except for connecting to wi-fi. Putting in the password required several tries due to the unintuitive nature of the input controls. To move to the next letter, you use the 'next' button, not 'go'. The tiny little manual didn't cover that, but eventually it worked. Tuning the internet radio and DAB services was a breeze. I have read some other reviews where there were problems with disconnection, but I haven't experienced that. There is no Spotify/Deezer/Apple Music connect, but if you're desperate there is Bluetooth and you can control the unit through the mobile phone. There's also a 'plug and play' option for compatible devices, USB, a CD, and AUX port and an FM Radio for real dinosaurs. I've used them all now and they all work nicely. I like the information centre. It shows you a real-time weather report which is useful in the mornings, and an analogue clock which is easy to read with your eyes full of sleep. Apparently there is a dimmer function if it's too bright, but it hasn't bothered me. I'm still learning about some of the other functions after a week of trying it. Sound quality is pretty good for a box of this size. It's not going to shake any stadiums, and vocals get a bit distorted at 'very loud', but it handles enough to the point the neighbours get unhappy with no issues. Bass is solid, separation of instruments so you can follow individual lines is more than adequate and vocals, particularly female vocals, are rendered with sympathy and liveliness. My first choice of sample CD, 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell, sounded so good I listened to the whole thing rather than just playing a sample track. It struggled a bit more with Metallica, but at moderate volumes coped pretty well. Planet Rock and Kerrang come over nice and clear, with a real sense of 'air' - proving that this is not just for talk radio. The manufacturers are offering a 3 year warranty if you register the product, so they must be confident in the build quality. I've only had it a week. So far, nothing's broken. This unit is ideal for what it's designed for. I wish I'd had something this good to take to my first bedsit. I would buy one in a heartbeat for my niece when she goes to University. It's just perfect for that small space. It does everything you need - and sometimes more than you want. I spent about five minutes just trying to navigate internet radio. There are literally thousands of stations to choose from. As it is, it sits in the bedroom but it would be equally at home in the kitchen or the workshop - anywhere that you want background music but aren't really 'audiophile listening'. I have to admit, I haven't tried it with headphones. What would improve it? A USB-charging facility, perhaps? Definitely the possibility of connecting external speakers. The electronics are good enough, but the fact it's only a single (therefore mono) speaker does mean you loose some depth and perspective from some broadcasts and performances. These are only minor gripes, however. I really like this little box. I'm keeping it.

As always, I did a lot of research of expert reviews, small print in extremely good and bad customer reviews before deciding to buy this machine, and I haven't been disappointed. It looks great and the user interface is easy to read and mostly easy to operate. Sound quality is very good from all sources, or at least as good as you might expect from a single speaker which, if you're used to stereo through two speakers, can be a bit disconcerting at times. Having recently moved to the wilds of Scotland, I was concerned that DAB and/or FM reception might be poor, particularly as the previous owner had installed a fancy radio aerial in the loft with outputs in a couple of rooms. Enquiries on local Facebook pages elicited a mixed response, but it turns out we have very good reception for both and I was surprised that I can't really discern any difference between FM, DAB and Internet for the same station. I always start by reading the manual and this one is very good when compared to some of the poorly written (or poorly auto-translated) documentation that comes with some consumer electronics nowadays. Having done that though, there are a couple of things that confuse me still, e.g. I expect to Favourite channels and see them all in the same place, but it seems to differentiate between DAB and FM so when I click on the Fav button my favourites are empty. Then I find them again elsewhere which is frustrating. Could just be me! Channels are listed in alphabetical order with no search facility (leastwise not one I've found) and there are a lot of them so finding the one you want can be frustrating. I haven't tried the USB input, but I hooked up with Bluetooth without any problem. Spotify Premium is on the menu, but I found that by using bluetooth it would play whatever was playing on my phone directly, including my non-sub Spotify playlists. My only real gripe is with the CD player which requires a lot more force than I would like. The mechanism is as reluctant to accept discs as any I've found in thirty years of playing cds, to the point that sometimes I'm sure the disc will break. There's probably a knack to it that I haven't got. It seems odd to me that if you introduce a disc to the slot in another mode, e.g. radio, that the mode doesn't just switch automatically as it's fairly obvious you want to play it! So far, so good and on a week's use I would certainly recommend it. [Afternote: Everything was fine when I wrote this, and continued to be for a while until, eventually, none of the functions behaved exactly as they should. I re-configured, checked for software update, but still had problems so returned it without problem. Ghost in the machine I guess - other reviews indicate this was unusual, not sure if I'll get another one though.]

While searching on Amazon, I was attracted to Majority radios as a relatively new company apparently based in the UK, and after purchase I was initially very impressed with the look and feel of this Homerton “internet radio and music system”. Unfortunately, although the sound reproduction is fine, it otherwise promises much more than it delivers. I have decided to return it. My main problem is that I have been unable to connect it to Wi-Fi (either manually or WPS) even when placed next to the router. But even aside from the wi-fi showstopper, there are a number of other annoyances which gave me the overall feeling that I was testing a prototype rather than the great little piece of kit I was hoping for. My main reason for purchasing was for use as a kitchen CD player and radio (it has a sleep mode and alarm mode, so perhaps it should be marketed as a bedside unit). Tuning FM and DAB radio is straightforward, however the subsequent operation is different. FM stations must be scrolled via the FAV button, and they are numbered rather than named so you have to ‘learn’ which number is associated with which station. Jumping between stations can only be done via the FAV list, and annoyingly the FAV list always begins at 01 rather than the current station. The station list in DAB mode works differently, and thankfully much more intuitively. The stations are named properly, although some are duplicated in the list. Disconnecting the unit from mains power does not lose the presets (although it does reset the clock time to 00:00). Conclusion: the radio is okay as FM and DAB, but user operation is clunky compared to my existing set. CD digital information and artwork is never displayed (I have tried many old and new discs). The screen indicates the number of tracks on the disc when in stop mode, but not when playing. The track time is counted down to zero rather than counted up from zero, which I find bizarre. Tracks have to be skipped by using buttons on the unit because, contrary to what it says in the manual, the remote cannot be used for changing tracks. More weirdly, the same track will sometimes get played over and over in a loop, as if it is the only track in a program list. Pressing stop will stop the CD from playing, but the display still shows the track number and the helpful message “Stop Playing”. Ejecting the CD in a different mode (e.g. whilst listening to the radio) takes you back into CD mode, which is annoying. It is possible to program the order in which songs will be played from the CD; I didn’t bother testing this function. Conclusion: as a CD player, this unit has got so many quirks and minor failings which mean that I would not recommend it even for occasional use.

I recently discovered Majority as a brand and I am so impressed by the sound quality and design of their products, that this is my third Majority product purchase. So far I have the K2 soundbar+subwoofer and the Oakington radio for our living room and I decided to buy the Homerton Digital radio as an addition to our bedroom. My partner and I have travelled to different countries and we always found a radio station that we liked. Back home, we sometimes want to listen again to those stations and remember the feeling of being there again, and this radio provides that experience through its variety of online stations from all over the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, America - you name it!). The Majority Homerton Digital radio includes all the features you'll ever need in a radio! There are so many ways to listen to your favorite music - DAB/DAB+/FM stations, lots of internet stations, CD player, Bluetooth, AUX-in and USB, all with clear, powerful sound throughout. We really love the internet radio and the fact that we can save our favorite stations, but also browse whenever we want some variety in music and genres. There is a separate favorite list for DAB/DAB+ stations, so you can personalise your music collections and have an easy access to all your favorite music. The only tiny thing that can improve this already amazing radio is the option to include batteries, so it wouldn't have to be plugged into mains all the time, allowing the flexibility to easily move the radio wherever you want. I am very happy with the purchase and I definitely recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a big variety of features in one product at an affordable price.

A very solid product with modern design. The many features all work well and are relatively easy to access and set up. DAB radio self setup was quick and easy to follow and found all the stations you would expect in the UK. The Wi-Fi setup using the routers "WPS" button is to be recommended over manually keying in the security password, this can be frustrating using the rotary dial on the top to select each letter and character in the password, especially if the the password is long with special characters. A lovely product with a nice sound and many useful features. My only niggle was that the unit kept switching itself off after 15 minutes, I later found that one of the settings was set by default (??) to close the unit down after 15 minutes, once this was set to "Off" all was well again.

We bought this for our bedroom when our old player finally gave up the ghost. It's a really neat, good looking design and the sound quality was surprisingly good, with clear, warm sound across from bass to treble. I really wanted to like it, but there were so many annoying things about it which made it a disappointing purchase: the volume graduations were not equal, so it would go from not loud enough to hear speech on the radio clearly, to too loud just one volume level up; the CD player was *unbelievably* slow at reading a disc or changing track and the display of the track number was way too small (on what is a big screen) to read from 10 feet away; the menus for adjusting settings are pretty painful, but at least most of the only need to be done once, however, some settings seemed to randomly change themselves and others wouldn't work as they were supposed to; I never managed to get the DAB radio working properly, as regardless of following instructions, it either wouldn't tune at all or retuned every time I selected a station. There were things to really like about this player if it worked properly, but overall, it just didn't perform as expected. It just felt like the whole thing needed a bit more thought about user-friendliness and reliability. When the speaker started randomly cutting out after 9 months, that was the final straw. I had to return it under warranty for a refund, which was done efficiently by Amazon with no quibbles. I'm afraid I won't be replacing it with another Majority unit, I'll choose another brand.

I don't normally write product reviews, but given I'm very happy with my new Homerton DAB radio/CD player I felt it only right to give credit where it's due. I'd bought a small prortable Majority DAB radio (Histon) a couple of years ago for use in my caravan and boat and it's been excellent. So when I was looking to replace the radio in our home I obviously looked at another Majority radio and chose the Homerton model. As expected it's a quality product with great sound and easy to use for a very competitive price. I chose this particular model as we've a lot of CD's we like to listen to and it's relatively compact in size. The availability of such a wide range of Internet station is also impressive. I haven't used the sleep mode so didn't enter a rating for that. The fact that it also has a 3 year warranty is just icing on the cake. A very satisfied customer.