Clock + radio = Model 88

When we auditioned the Model 88 table radio from Cambridge SoundWorks, (Gizmo, April 1999), we were quite pleased with its performance. We did find it a bit odd, however, that although the unit looked like a clock radio, it did not actually include a clock. There was a "sound" reason for the omission: Designer Henry Kloss intended the Model 88 to be placed across the room from the listener, not off to the side on a night table. We mentioned that the company planned to sell a combination remote control/clock as an accessory to the radio-well, it's arrived.

Dubbed the Control Clock 88 (49.99), the device (like the Model 88 itself) is a fine example of function over form. The 31/2- X 23/4- X 13/4- inch box has a digital clock on its front panel and an array of dualalarm and radio control buttons on its top. A small cylinder, looking like a tank turret protruding from the top, houses the infrared remote-control emitter. The...