New surface

The much-criticized surface has been replaced by a smooth metal layer with my new (Feb 2013) model. Looks great and is easy to clean. Sound, receive, design and operation are as usual very good. One can easily hang the piece and operate with batteries. Like all Tivoli models is also the songbook outrageously expensive. But sound and look are unrivaled in my opinion, therefore, it had yet bought. One star deduction for the price, not for the quality