Sumitronics SP-103 MP3 Dock Station radio for your Top-40 MP3s

By Ryan Block

Docking station? Not really. More like a "smart radio" (or something along those lines) with a line-out; the SP-103 claims to record music (specifically, Top-40 hitsss) off FM radio with no talk or commercials (sure, we believe 'em)
and then make individual MP3s from the files. According to their Chief Engineer, "Users just need to plug in their MP3 Player, press the recording button and go to bed. Next morning, their MP3 Player will be filled with music." There are so many technical issues here we're not even going to get started, but for the $300 they're asking we're definitely going to believe it when we see it. And even if we believe it, it's still going to be pretty worthless.

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