Does anyone have any experience with WIFI Internet Radios like the Acoustic Energy WI-FI Radio ----->

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The Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Radio picks up thousands of top Internet Radio stations and can even play MP3 and WMA audio from your computer!

The Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Internet Radio is the most exciting radio development this decade. That's because this revolutionary radio lets you listen to and enjoy over 5,000 Internet radio stations from around the globe with no signal problems, no pops and crackles, no international content boundaries. And if your favorite internet radio stations are not listed, you can easily add them using the Add a Station Tool. Thus your selection of stations is virtually limitless. Best of all, you'll pay no subscription fees!

Or the Tangent Qualttro (Here) ---->



I'm interested in getting one to replace the standard clock radio on my bedside table, but I don't want to spend about $300 on junk.

...gjd

Let us know how it works out...

GJ.. I use audiojack

It's just like the radio however, you can download and save EACH song played as a MP3. You can set it and comeback 4 hours, 6 hrs or more later and have hundreds of MP3's on your PC. I weed out the trash (ID's, double songs, etc) and move the rest to my MP3 player. As the radio is a cool concept, The software allows you to stream more then one station at a time, recording them as you go and there are hundreds of genre to pick from. Another good website to set up your own music is www.pandora.com (I use this at work and on my cell phone) and www.deezer.com. enjoy..

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Originally posted by Zoil:
Let us know how it works out...

Sorry for not getting back to this thread sooner, but my post was up a long time with no response -- so I gave up checking.

I did go ahead and purchase the Internet Radio. . . this model:



I bought the Sangean WFR-20 because I already have two of their CCRadios -- fine pieces of equipment -- and went with my experience.

As one review put it:

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The WFR-20 offers up "direct access to over 6,000 Internet Radio stations (and 21,242 on-demand streams) in 250 locations from 60 genres," and you can organize your favorites in the My Stations folder. Additionally, it's designed to operate with or without a PC, and if you have a networked computer nearby with Windows Media Player, you can have "full access to your digital media library using the UPnP Server." Furthermore, you'll find a three-line display, four alarms, an aux input, dual five-watt speakers, and a wireless remote to boot. . .

It works just fine, and was a simple hook up for basic operation -- just about plug and play. When it's first plugged in and connected to the Internet via Comcast and through a wireless router, it automatically connects to the net and downloads an up to date list of radio stations available world wide. Via an somewhat intuitive menu system, select a station, allow a short time for buffering, and you've got it. 12 stations can be assigned presets, and I have currently selected KGO, KABC, KYA, WABC, Minnesota Air America, BBC and WBAI as presets -- but there will be additions, modifications and deletions I'm sure. (I'm just not familiar with many of the stations, so I'll have to listen to them first.)

It has replaced the Sangean CCRadio+ I currently have at my bedside, and has made my non-sleep times at night (I have a lot of those) more interesting.

The first night I used it (actually early morning) I woke up to the usual rant of the overnight KGO "radio personality." I had heard him on the same subject before, so I just switched over to Air America Minnesota, and then to the BBC when I got tired of that.

I bought it through Amazon.com for about $100 less than other retailers.

The internal speakers provide good sound, but when going to sleep I use a mono ear-bud. I do have a problem getting as much volume as I would like through the ear bud. I have the gain all the way up, and the level is just about good enough. I think I have an impedance mismatch, but the spec sheet doesn't provide the impedance of the mini-jack connection.

All in all? Very satisfied. I guess I should go ahead and make all the proper connections so I'm able to play and record stuff off the "air" onto my computers hard disk.

One step at a time....

...gjd

Wow George, too bad that the technology didn't exist 14 years ago when, after retiring from the Coast Guard, we lived in the dinky town of Burney in eastern Shasta County, about 70 miles east of Redding. There were only 2 radio stations there that could be received due to the town's location on the eastern slope of the Cascade Range - a religious stationed owned by the local Baptist church and a low-power commercial station that played only 2 types of music, country and western.

mw