The fact that Live 365 is available along with the Reciva portal puts this over the top compared with other manufactures.
Happy Customers, I listen to Pandora all the time at work on my computer, and my family was often listening to it at home through our home theater system (via our playstation 3.) That set up at home was inconvenient for a few reasons. Mostly when I want to listen to music its when I'm in the kitchen cooking, or when we are eating dinner (again in the kitchen) so it wasn't ideal to be playing music through our audio system which is in the livingroom, especially when someone wanted to watch TV while I cooked. So I asked for this product for my birthday and my whole family loves it. It makes it much easier for us to resist the temptation to watch TV through dinner. Having the music is pleasant but doesn't prevent us from having conversation too.
I'm not a discerning audio quality consumer, just a regular gal who likes listening to music, and from my perspective the sound quality is great and the system plays louder than we would ever want to play it. My only complaint is that when I wish when I turned it on it went automatically to the Pandora station I was listening to the last time I had it on. I always have to switch it to Pandora and then select a station. Granted that process only takes about 15 seconds, but I do wish I could just push the on button and be done with it.
Internet radio as part of home theater system, (What's this?) I purchased this internet radio to be part of our stereo system for the house. I have purchased two other internet radios for our summer house and our bedroom and really loved the clarity and stability so decided to add one to the stereo system to get better reception for AM mostly and Pandora. One of the internet radios that we had purchased already was a Grace so I was familiar with its performance and was satisfied. The features that I was interested in for this GDI-IR2550P was Pandora and the stated ability to hook it into a home entertainment system. It took me only about 5 minutes to hook it up and it began self searching for the wireless network. I put in our code, which is somewhat tedious but it worked fine. The sound is about as expected for a radio of this size and price but since I was hooking it into my home theater system,that wasn't important to me. Overall, the system works as expected. I like the "My stuff" feature so I can quickly get to the precoded stations, etc. I was hoping that the remote for the theater system would be able to turn the radio on but it is apparently on a different frequency but that is minor. I think it is an excellent value to price purchase and I would purchase it again either as a stand alone radio or as a low cost addition to a home theater system.
Great... while it lasted, (What's this?) Been an Amazon customer for years and have never posted a review, but I'm so disappointed in this product I'm prompted to post my first review ever.
This Grace Pandora Internet radio was, I though, excellent. Setup is a bit tedious as other reviewers have noted, but it's straightforward and only has to be done once. Considering what it is, the sound wasn't bad at all (keep in mind that a lot of the sound quality is dependent on what your Internet music source is), and I was extremely pleased with the Pandora stations I created.
But after only a couple months, this $128 radio died for no apparent reason. No power surge (it's in a protected outlet), no abuse, nothing spilled into it, never knocked off the shelf, etc., it just died mid-song. All that's on the display is a series of lighted squares. I went to the Grace website and followed their instructions to do a master reset, which I performed several times to no effect. It's just dead, with nothing but lighted squares on the display.
I wanted to like this radio -- and, in fact, did for the few months it operated -- but I'd recommend a more reliable brand.
Grace Digital Wi-fi Internet radio review, (What's this?)
good stereo, a little uars to set up, (What's this?) The product arrived quickly and in good shape. The set-up was very confusing because you have to go to some website to link it with your Pandora account. The instructions for that seem to have been written by a non native English speaker. Now that it's linked, it is easy to use and sounds great.
I LOVE the Grace Digital radio that I purchased via AMAZON.com !, (What's this?) It does it all! I live in an area that doesn't get good radio or TV reception - my only option is CABLE. My wi-fi system for the computer works for this radio too!. Much better than streaming stations thru the laptop.
I usually dread setting up anything with multiple options/buttons/dials. Even for me - this was a snap ! I now can listen to radio from all over the world.
You can set-up many of your favorite stations on your computer / via the Grace Reciva website (this is the easiest) and they will magically populate onto your radio - and your Pandora playlists transfer over with ease.
I don't have room for a big system - and I love the small size that sits inconspicuously on top of a counter. Good sound too. MUCH better than listening via laptop. If one wants concert hall surround sound, it can be hooked to a bigger speaker system - but for me - the one in the radio is more than adequate.
I've never even tried to use the remote. (I put on a channel and listen all day). If I'm listening to a Pandora playlist and a song just GRABS me - I welcome the exercise expended in getting up and punching the thumbs up button.
I haven't tried to set the alarms either - because I don't need more 'alarm' in my life.
This is the BEST $125 I've spent in years! I'd recommend this to anyone.
Don't Buy, (What's this?) Radio unable to maintain connectivity to wi-fi eventhough signal strength is above 80%. Getting tech support from Grace is somewhat a problem however when technician finally responded by e-mail to try a "factory reset" this still did not resolve problem.
Grace Digital GDI-IR2550P, (What's this?) I would not recommend this radio. It is a horrible radio and saying that I am disappointed is a vast understatement.
1. The buttons are located on the front of a very light radio making any selections a two handed operation. One to hold the radio and the other to press the button.
2. The menu selection dial is jumpy and inconsistent. Navigating the menus is an exercise in patience and frustration.
3. The speaker is unacceptable. I could not make out what the talk stations are talking about. I finally had to hook a set of cheap self powered computer speakers up to the earphone jack to create acceptable audio.
amazing, owned for 1 week. so far so good. we live in fm desert. wife ecstatic. was concerned about quality of sound.no worry. 5 star item, 5 star delivery.
Includes a full range rear ported 4" speaker for great highs, midrange, and bass to listen to your favorite Pandora, Live365, SIRIUS, and AM/FM.Listen to Pandora and over 16,000 internet radio stations including iheartradio, NPR and NPR on-demand, BBC, ESPN, Live 365, NOAA weather reports, FOX news, CNN, and Sirius Premimum Internet Radio..Thumbs up/down, skip and pause Pandora songs directly on the front panel of the radio, remote control and free iPhone remote control.Large 4-line display with 30 backlight micro settings. Set your radio to automatically dim when turned off in the night time and stay bright during day time listening..Includes 5 alarms to buzz or play your favorite radio station. Each alarm is settable for one time, a day of the week, weekends, weekdays, or 7 day alarm.. The Grace Digital Pandora radio (GDI-IR2550p) is a combination of the best Pandora radio, Internet radio, and audio media streaming device. Simply enter in your Pandora user name and password on the Grace web site and your Grace Radio has immediate access to all of your Pandora radio stations. Now play stations, thumbs up / down or skip songs and for the first time ever pause live Pandora stations directly on the radio, remote control or the free Grace iPhone app. With the flip of a switch change from Pandora to immediate access to over 16,000 radio stations from NPR on-demand, FOX news, CNN, BBC, CBS to KROQ, over 35,000 podcast, 20,000+ On-Demand subscription streams - Free. If Sirius content is what makes your tick, simply add your SIRIUS Premium Internet radio user name and password and enjoy instant access to SIRIUS internet radio.
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