Summary:
We got this, we hate it.
The iPod is continuously going on the fritz and the clock-display goes to bit-salad and everything has to be re-set. Since it does it even without the iPod I'm not sure what the problem is - something in firmware - it's unreliable as an alarm-clock and doesn't catch the automatic time-set.
But mainly you can't set the alarm volume at an adult level of your own choice. It comes on loud and gets louder and louder as the alarm proceeds until it's extremely too damn loud, whether it's the radio/iPod/beeper. It's loud enough to wake the neighbors through three layers of insulation and sheetrock. There should be a cutoff volume.
This is meant for a 17-yr old slumber hog who could sleep through a nuclear blast, not an adult with neighbors.

Pros:
Sound quality is good, even at earsplitting volumes which you WILL hear if you forget to turn it off and are in the shower when the snooze goes off...

Cons:
No volume start or range setting, increasingly loud until the entire building and all neighbors are awake. Radio won't sync time accurately and often fritzes-out losing all settings. Much counter-intuivity going on.