In 1915, Peter Jensen and his associate Edwin Pridham "invented the loudspeaker and the rest is history." The company's claim to fame includes providing loudspeakers for president Woodrow Wilson's speach in San Diego in 1919. Over the years, the brands coming out of Jensen include Jensen, Advent, Acoustic Research, Phase Linear, and other famous brands. Later, Jensen has been credited with inventing the car speakers as well and is today perhaps even more well known for the car radios and speakers than for the in-home speakers. For this review we selected a beautifully designed Talk n' Set Jensen Alarm Clock JCR-290.

This beautifully designed modern alarm clock impresses with its large blue LCD display in its front panel and with the well positioned control buttons right on top of the unit. It is a celebration of design and functionality merged in one unit. With the highest dimmer setting the model makes a clear fashion statement by being bright enough to read a book with. Even with the lowest dimmer setting, it still provides for a usable night light.

It is great that Jensen JCR-290 will be such a good looking addition to your bed table. Indeed, the blue 1.8 inch LCD display will be easy to read and stylish. You can wake up to the sound of your favorite am or fm radio station, built in nature sounds, or an alarm. You can even set dual alarms one for him and another for her. You can attach your favorite mp3 player such as iPod, Zune or others. And you will wake up on time even in case of nightly power failure. The unit includes two lithium batteries for backup.

But the most characteristic and the best feature of the Jensen JCR-290 Alarm Clock is its Talk n' Set feature. Talk n' Set allows you to set the time and the alarm using your own voice. No more searching for the right buttons that you thought you knew. No more unintuitive button depress combinations just to set your alarm to a new time. Just follow a simple sequence of words and your alarm clock is programmed correctly for time or alarm.

With its size of H:3.5 x W:7.37 x D:2.5 inches and its weight of two lbs.,this Jensen alarm clock is large enough to sit stably on the bedside table yet still not occupy too much space.

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