They are both good radios. The Receptor can have a little too much false
bass
response on talk radio stations.

I used to feel that way about the bass also. Especially when placed in the
corner of a room.
But my ear has learned to like it. At lower volume the bass is not so
exagerated. For music
it definately fills the room.

I like the digital tuning and 20 memories
slots on the Receptor along with the alarm clock(s). I like the looks of
the
Model One but dislike fumbling around for stations without my glasses.

The Recepter ergonomics and digital tuning is nice. I feel Heenry Kloss was
just
too much a purest when it came to audio - avoided any use of digital
circuits as
much as possible to reduce internally generated hash. Of which I can hear
none
on the Recepter. I have opened mine out of curiousity and found the entire
RF
section to be inside a shielded box away from the digital circuitry.

The
model One does a nice job tuned into a NJ 1160 AM big band station she
listens
to all the time.

For locals any radio will do. But it is well known that the Tivoli is not a
very hot AM receiver.

If you have $5 to waste head to a Family Dollar Store or WalMart and look
for
the Lennox sport radio, your choice of multiple colors in a blister pack.
The AM performance for $5 and a couple of AA cells will surprise you .

LOL! So why did you buy the Recepter and convince your Mother-In-Law?