You get what you pay for..., (What's this?) I've had a Logitech squeezebox for a year and love it.
Unfortunately, my wife and kids love it too and keep taking it out of the bedroom to use in the kitchen. I purchased the Grace IRA500 to replace the Squeezebox on my nightstand. Keep in my mind, I (we) only use this for Pandora radio function.
Taking it out of the box you notice how inexpensive it feels - I though plastic was plastic but my Logitech unit feels substantial and this unit is the opposite. The menus were a pain to use as was setting up the wifi...not difficult but not easy.
sound quality was OK. The biggest gripe, which eventually led to returning this radio, was that nearly every other song would not get played completely.
Love it, (What's this?) I just recently discovered the concept of an "internet radio" and wanted one right away because I live in an area geographically and culturally different from what I am used to and I wanted to be able to listen to "my music".
Impressive Quality (Minor Design Gripe), (What's this?) This was so easy to setup and the sound is great! I plugged it into my Bose Wave Radio and I don't think it has ever sounded so good! Tying it to Pandora was pretty quick and easy and I love the variety of music I can get with it. I especially love Surf Radio! Where I live there are no jazz stations, now I have easy access to 460 from all over the world!!! My one and only gripe is that the dials on the unit are really hard to turn. It would have been nice if the indentation were deeper or they were rubber coated. Thankfully, the remote has all of the same functions.
worked for awhile, I bought this internet radio for our doctor's office in a Dallas hospital. It worked okay for about a year or so. We used it to listen to one favorite channel on Sirius radio. For the last 3 or so months, though, the music would stop randomly. The problem is the radio, which connects using WIFI, would for some mysterious reason connect to a hospital WIFI channel used for hospital guests, instead of the much stronger and security-enabled WIFI router belonging to our office. No matter how many times we tried to set it to our router, it kept going back (after various time periods) to the hospital guest channel. Unfortunately, the GDI-IRA500 does not have a wired LAN connection, so we had no reliable way to connect to the internet. We decided to toss out this and any other Grace Digital product when we tried to get support. Grace Digital has NO support phone number.
best product for the money, (What's this?)
sounds great wifi stability and app are disappointing, (What's this?) I bought this for my wife for Christmas this year. She loves listening to Rock radio but reception at our house is poor. I also thought that getting Pandora, which we have on our phones, would be a great addition. Well the set up was easy enough once I followed the directions properly and I was able to set up several stations that she likes including Pandora without much difficulty. The sound quality is really good.
Sound quality, (What's this?) I was hoping for better sound quality. This radio has analog outputs only, sonic quality is very dependent on the quality of the digital to analog converter and radio stream bit rate. I would not purchase another internet radio without digital output so that the sound is converted through a higher quality component. Also, in the off position the clock readout is too small.
An Ideal Gift For The Music-Starved Person, Having an eclectic taste in music and living rurally don't mix. For years I have suffered--either good radio stations don't come in clearly or local ones come in clear as a bell, but are just noise to my ears. Then came Pandora--too bad our computer is located in the basement. Unless I want to sit down there, music options still remain limited.
My kids are astute--they know two things--mom loves music, but is also technologically impaired. I received this Grace Solo Wi-Fi radio receiver (paired up with a Cisco Valet wireless router) as a Christmas present from them. It is absolutely wonderful. Set-up (by the kids of course) took minutes. The adapter is easy to use, music or news comes in clearly and selections are limitless. I couldn't be happier. If you have a parent who sounds like me, consider this as a gift. It is one of the best presents I have ever received.
sent it back, althought the sound is good, this needs speakers, and the so-called knobs are awful! They are hard to turn and break easily, I have to send mine back...it's such a pain! I only had it a month before the stupid knobs broke, I won't be getting this model again, now I have to pay extra to upgrade. The next model upgrade has normal knobs. This was a gift btw, so I was not able to test it out first.
Built in wireless 802.11g (Wi-Fi) connects to any wireless (802.11b/g/n) broadband router in minutes.The GDI-IRA500 connects to your home stereo via the built in RCA left and right connectors.Connects your home stereo directly to your Internet without the need of a computer.Save up to 10 station presets on the front of the radio and included remote control (alternately supports free iPhone/iTouch remote App).Listen to over 18,000 AM / FM free radio and HD stations including Pandora, NPR, CBS. The Grace Digital Solo Wi-Fi Internet Radio Receiver is a combination Internet radio receiver and audio media streaming device that brings all the audio content of the Internet to your stereo system. With it users can listen to 18,000+ radio stations from NPR, FOX news, CNN, BBC, CBS to KROQ, and over 35,000 podcast as well as On-Demand subscription streams or your personal Pandora radio stations seamlessly from their home setup. Additional features include the ability to stream files from local computer networks, compatibility with the free Grace remote control App for iPhone/iTouch and alarm clock functionality. .caption ul.indent table.callout td.vgoverview Convenient Access to Online Music in Your Home AM and FM radio stations all over the world stream their audio content over the Internet. Grace Digital Audio's "Solo" product line of Wi-Fi Receiver and Media Streamers allow you link this massive amount of free content, as well as a variety of pay Internet radio services, conveniently and efficiently to your stereo or home entertainment system. Setup is simple, all you need is access to a broadband Internet connection and a wireless router. Acting like any wireless device, once configured to the Wi-Fi signal(s) available and its security, if any, the Solo Wi-Fi Receiver provides quick access to literally thousand of Internet radio stations and podcasts from your home stereo without having to fire up a computer. In addition, users can listen to the hottest premium online music services like Pandora, Live365 and Sirius*. Easy access to thousands of free and premium Internet radio content streams without using a computer. View larger.
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