Showing posts with label audio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label audio. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Monitor Audio AirStream 10 Internet & DAB Radio
-Monitor Audio AirStream 10 Internet Radio- With an Uncomplicated user interface and luxury design AirStream 10 lets you experience internet DAB and FM radio stations. It even lets you plug in your MP3 player and hi-fi system... -Your Radio- Monitor Audio’s AirStream 10 is an entirely new way to enjoy radio. By combining the power of the Internet with an easy user interface and luxury design AirStream 10 lets you experience over 15 000 Internet radio stations global music services and every music file on your home network. It even reaches into analogue to give you FM with RDS and full digital DAB and also offers a way to plug in your MP3 player and hi-fi system. The design of AirStream 10 is not just for looks. Its unique shape enables you to utilise two different rotational options optimising its versatility around your home: stand it on a shelf or lay it flat on a bedside table: it’s up to you! What’s more the use of high quality materials like real wood veneer and aluminium casework greatly improve the sound quality and durability of AirStream 10 as well as providing the style and tactile quality that will sit perfectly in any traditional or contemporary interior. Choose a way to listen to your music AirStream 10 can connect with any Wi-Fi network at home or in an office. As soon as it's turned on it will automatically find the network allowing you to access thousands of internet radio stations and podcasts from anywhere in the World. If you keep your music on a hard drive or storage device AirStream 10 will connect to it via Wi-Fi - it'll even update whether your computer is on of off: as long as there's power to the router the Airstream 10 is finding music for you. Easy. Let AirStream 10 bring a diversity of music from anywhere in the world right into your home or office... -Design- Ultra Low-Resonance Aluminum Shell Rather than a cheap plastic shell we have constructed an all aluminium shell to house the workings and drive unit of the AirStream10. This prov
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Pure Sensia Digital Audio System with Wi-Fi and Colour Touchscreen - Black
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By Stephen J. Lyons (Exeter UK)
This system is fantastic!!!!
So much it one box - DAB radio, internet radio, streaming music player, and wireless digital picture frame.
This does everything you want and more and to finish off it looks fantastic sat on the sideboard.
Having had the logitech squeezebox, there is no comparison. Both have a fantastic sound output, but the ease of use of this is unparalled. The menus are easy to follow and the quality of the screen is very good.
Set your music to play and then let the whole screen take over with your favourite photos.
Even the 'Lounge' software that has to be installed on the computer is easy to use. Use this to set up all your favorite radio stations and they are automatically transferred to the Sensia.
My tip - Go and buy it now!!
By Linopolis (London)
I bought this as an upgrade from my Pure Chronos (Which, in itself was an upgrade from the old Pure Bug), the main reason for buying it was as a bedroom clock radio. Both the old Bug and the Chronos would allow you to set the volume for the radio on alarm, but guess what? The Sensia doesn't. Pure's ever so helpful helpdesk confirmed this and said "Yes, we'll pass this onto our software developers". Brilliant, maybe their software developers could also fix the laggy OS and the fact that it'll randomly reset itself while they're at it eh?
By Carles
The Pure sensia is a great product, easier to set-up than I thought.
Audio quality is not too bad considering the size.
Just two faults:
- When the alarm goes off it does it a the volume you left it last time. Would be better if the volume was progressive.
- It only has one alarm, dual alarm would be good specially when your partner wakes up at a different time!
Also more applications are needed, webmail would be amazing or news feed.
By Mr. M. J. Appleby
Its a great Dab radio internet radio but having differculties with music streaming worked great initialy on my computer but when the computer died and I tried to set up another computer the troubles started. 5 emails from pure help desk and I still cannot getPure flowserver software from Pure. Again its a great Radio and it was great at music streaming but since trying to establish music streaming on a replacement computer the Pure Sensia has died
By SeaBass (Devon, England)
This is a beautiful product to look at, it comes out of the box, you plug it in - and then what? The abysmally brief, incomplete and frankly uninformative 'Getting started' leaflet is inadequate.
Go online to the Pure website and look up Sensia and you get a similar result. If like us you receive a poor DAB signal you'll need to receive transmissions via one of the many other routes available with this product. But HOW?? The touch screen is very good, if only one knew WHERE to touch and in what order, and the hierarchy of the menus. There has been much trial and error and irritation while we have had to learn to master our new toy. Come on, Pure, help your customers!
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Revo Domino D3 - Network audio player / DAB / FM radio tuner with iPhone / iPod cradle - Last.fm - white
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The do-it-all, multi-format Domino. DAB/Wifi Internet/FM Radio with iPod Dock in White
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- Portable Design- DAB/Wifi Internet/FM Radio
- iPod & iPhone Docking
- Wireless Audio Streaming
- Sharp, clear OLED display
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Revo IKON - Network audio player / DAB / FM clock radio with iPhone / iPod cradle - display: 3.5" - satin black
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Digital radio takes a generational leap forward with the introduction of IKON, a multi-format digital radio that combines the benefits of a full colour 3.5 touch-screen, icon-driven user interface, multi-standard radio capabilities and iPod and iPhone docking. IKON is capable of receiving the full roster of digital radio standards including DAB, DAB+ and internet radio as well as conventional FM radio with RDS. Where available from the broadcaster colour station logos, station descriptions, track and artist information, news headlines etc. will be displayed on IKONs colour screen.
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- Portable Design- Full Ccolour 3.5 Touch-Screen
- DAB/Wi-Fi&Wired Internet/FM Radio
- Wirelessly Stream Music
- 345mm x 207mm x 123mm
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By B. Roberts (UK)
I purchased a Revo Ikon at Christmas, shortly after they did a software update.
After contacting Revo to ask why since the update i have no Bass and Treble controls they informed me it would be fixed in the next update. The Ikon still hasnt been updated and it sounds poor set to all of the presets.
The internet radio works brilliant on it sometimes, then other times it disconnects all the time. I have an old Piko WiFi radio and never get problems. DAB reception in my area is medium and the Ikon does not pick it up well at all, yet my Pure radios all have a great signal. FM is rubbish, cannot even get a station based 5 miles away without continuous hissing.
Final thing is the optical out on the back, great idea but when linking into my surround sound system with TV, V+ box and PS3 it is the only device that doesnt give enough signal so i have to plug it in on its own which is really annoying!
Overall feels cheap for the money and needs a big software update. I have since seen much better docks for less :-(
By Tech Shopper (Hampshire, UK)
Very Dissapointing - a truly great concept let down by poor build quality, with a low definition screen, very poor FM reception (could only find 4 channels on auto search and no DAB) compared to 30 odd on my aging bedside radio with a simple wire aerial and I'm in a DAB reception area!
iPod connection was also iffy and worse of all the sound was atrocious - with once speaker clearly not working at all well - so quality control also an issue. I returned as faulty for a full refund. It did however connect wirelessly and very simply to my network, and did pick up internet radio well.
However if you want network connectivity to pick up on-line content, internet radio and any CDs ripped to your music collection etc and you are not worried about an iPod dock, rush over and get the Logitech Squeezebox Boom. Beats this Revo Ikon hands down with much greater functionality (other than direct iPod connection but even this can be done with the supplied aux audio jack). You'll get enormously richer and clearer sound and save yourself £100 in the process!
By Pedro38 (West Sussex, UK)
.REVO IKON WIFI/DAB/DAB+/FM WIRELESS NETWORKED TOUCHSCREEN INTERNET RADIO WITH iPOD DOCK
I bought the Revo Ikon, partially influenced by the two preceding reviews, from Peter Tyson, via Amazon, for my study and because it provided both wireless and wired connection to my LAN for the internet radio. Peter Tyson's delivery efficiency and prompt refund, when I returned it, was first class.
I read all I could about the Revo Ikon, including Revo's website, which didn't fully reveal the detail (unlike the Roberts and HomeVision websites, which included the fully detailed manual, for the functional, very connective and almost half-the-price Roberts Radio Stream 83i which I am now buying#. I live in a poor FM/DAB area,unless you have roof top antenna - which I do# and when I set up the Revo and scanned for FM via its sole telescopic aerial input, there were several stations, but the background `mush' made them unlistenable. As for DAB, same input, but when I scanned, I got NO stations at all #compared with about 12 DAB stations I get on my very basic antenna-connected DAB radio in the kitchen. I'm sure the Revo Ikon is great in good FM/DAB reception area but I think it's a big mistake on Revo's part to assume everyone has good FM/Dab reception, by not providing a co-ax aerial socket input, in additional to the telescopic aerial #both of which the Stream 83i does provide.
Undoubtedly, the Revo Ikon is a very sleek design, but for circa £280, as far as I'm concerned, it is style over substance and if my broadband goes down, effectively I have no radio. I couldn't fault the Touch Screen and Internet radio functions and the ease of set-up but the remote control, minimally described wherever I looked, and with only about 25 percent functionality, compared with the Roberts, which is fully functional#, was not worth having. The location of the radio is on a wall shelf above and in front of my desk and the limitations of the r/c would have meant me standing up to select requirements via the touch screen for 75 percent of the time - not inviting as a senior citizen. Before buying the Revo Ikon, I suggest, apart from its touch screen, that you carefully compare its specs against other, significantly less expensive offerings
By Alex Bennee
I'm very happy with the Revo Ikon. I brought it as a replacement for the Kitchen DAB radio mainly so I could use it's dock to listen to podcasts on my Rockbox'ed iPod while working in the Kitchen. It does support an auxiliary 3.5mm Jack just in case nothing else works but I've the dock has been fine. It supports the basic Stop/Play/Forward/Back interface to the iPod although to be honest I often just navigate on the iPod itself.
The touch screen is a little sluggish in response but perfectly usable. The interface is consistent and does a good job of integrating all the various digital features including streaming Internet radio, podcasts as well as my personal favourite of last.fm integration.
While I wouldn't want to compare the sound quality with a proper Hi-Fi setup it's more than up to the task with a pretty wide volume range when required. For shear range of features it does exactly what it says on the tin and I'm sure it will give good service for many years.
By Richard Host (Australia)
I bought the Revo Ikon clock radio for the wife to use in the kitchen with her iTouch. Her old unit had poor radio reception and the iPod dock was broken.
I don't normally write reviews, but felt compelled to do so because this unit exceeded my expectations.
The iPod dock is good with custom plastic inserts to ensure a good fit for the iPod and so it won't move. The colour touch screen makes navigation of everything so much easier. The FM radio is very good and much better than a regular clock radio unit - probably because it actually has a proper telescopic antenna. The DAB radio is a huge improvement over AM radio and it handles DAB+ which is the standard here in Australia. The unit streamed music off my PC without me ever touching the PC or having to load anything onto it because this unit understands the Windows PC file system - nothing has been that easy before. Being Wi-fi enabled, I didn't have to wire anything, so it sits easily on the kitchen bench, The sound quality doesn't blow me away, but is better than the previous unit she had which was supposed to be the best around, so I'm not disappointed. My daughter commented this morning that she would have to get used to AM radio (via DAB) sounding like FM radio. Best of all, the internet radio works perfectly which allows the wife to listen to her favourite station in the US. An unexpected surprise is that she can listen to internet podcasts streaming directly to the unit without having to load them into her iPod. To top it all off, it has one big volume knob on the top where you can't miss it, so no pressing buttons or fiddling around for the volume. All I can say is that I like it a lot - it's like moving 30 years into the future. Congratulation to the Revo team.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Revo Domino D3 - Network audio player / DAB / FM radio tuner with iPhone / iPod cradle - Last.fm - black
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The do-it-all, multi-format Domino. DAB/Wifi Internet/FM Radio with iPod Dock in Black
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- Portable Design- DAB/Wifi Internet/FM Radio
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By Nutznbolts (London)
I loved this radio on first sight, compact and stylish perfect for a bedside table with i-pod docking. It was very easy to set up but irritatingly the speakers buzzed slightly at certain frequencies marring the pleasure of listening to mellow jazz or clasical music. I returned it after a couple of days and got a replacement in black instead of white both nice but as minor niggle the black seem to pick up or show more dust from static. Criticaly this one was realy dificult to set up as the controls kept freezing. Once set up it continued to freeze once or twice a day necessitating turning it off at the mains each time. I did a factory reset and checked for software updates without success. So sadly that was also returned and I bought a Roberts 83i instead, fantastic sound and equaly easy set up but no i-pod dock - auxilary input instead and only 5 presets per mode instead of 10 with the Domino. The Roberts is also better in that it is not as bright at night time, the volume control is graduated more smoothly and you can read the time when the radio is on (miniscule type on the Domino). A great shame looks fantastic!
By Alex (Essex, UK)
I recently bought this item after searching high and low for a suitable music system that had DAB radio, internet radio, works as a clock radio, works with an iphone that doesn't need to be put in airplane mode and does not look dull like so many other systems.
This item arrived and I was not aware that it was so compact but this works well for me as it sits on a small bedside table. The style is like no other and it is something that will lost a long time because it is so unique and has many up to date functions.
There are some negatives but haven't really put me off, these are that it only has two alarms (I need more!)and the snooze works by pressing the joystick in the middle which can be a little tricky in the morning and if you press any of the other buttons by mistake it turns the alarm off. The OLED screen is also a bit too bright for me but I just turn it away at a slight angle and it reduces the glare. I would give this item 9 out of 10 if I could but as the rating is out of 5 I don't feel it's worth as low as 4 stars so gave it 5.
The sound is very impressive for such a small unit and the remote control has a superb design. The whole unit just screams out quality.
I would highly recommend this item for anyone looking for an ipod dock that is fully functional, sounds great and has looks that you will impress and intrigue.
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