any recommendations for ipod, wifi (internet radio), clock radio unit?

thekooman

any recommendations for ipod, wifi (internet radio), clock radio unit?

hi all, have been researching this on and off for the last. need something with a clock (just to see the time at night) radio, internet radio (wifi for this) and an ipod dock.
below are 2 i have on the short list:

http://www.revo.co.uk/digital-radio/revo-iblik-radiostation.php
http://stuff.tv/Review/Revo-Blik-RadioStation/
210 euro delivered

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=319487
http://stuff.tv/Review/Terratec-Noxon-2/Page2/
250 euro + 12 euro postage

am leaning more towards the Revo as it has better sound quality.
would love to go with a sonos or squeezebox but just can't justify the money at the minute.

any recommendations would be great.

joebre

Bought a different model of the Revo last year.

http://www.revo.co.uk/digital-radio/revo-blik-wifi.php

Standard FM radio, alarm, wifi internet radio, media player from your PC and a port to connect the headphone socket of an Ipod or other MP3 player.
Bought from Ibood at around €80 delivered.
Has been on offer with them twice since last August. Could come up again, if you are not in a hurry.
I am very pleased with my unit.

Joe

thekooman

went with the http://www.revo.co.uk/digital-radio/revo-iblik-wifi.php in the end.
the wife didn't want any more cables around the bedroom so went with the integrated ipod dock.
have only 1MB broadband but i haven't heard it drop a connection to the wi-fi for the internet radio as of yet. sound is good for such a small unit. it was 125+10 pounds for it; got it in about 4 days.
very happy customer... would recommend a Revo.

Sysmod

I got mine from DABS
The FM is only an extendable antenna, no provision for plugging in an external area, needed in fringe areas.

The DABS reports 12 stations, all BBC, but when I select one it says 'not available'. I hope this will be usable when RTE DABS coverage reaches North Wexford

The Internet radio is OK for news but music quality is poor - like listening on a phone. That may be due to Eircom's 1Mb 'broadband' service here.

Sysmod

Sysmod wrote: »

The Internet radio is OK for news but music quality is poor

I now see why; it's the stream speed; Lyric is the lowest.

Station name Location Genre Stream

AVRO Baroque around the Clock Hilversum Netherlands Classical MP3 256K

BBC Radio 3 London United Kingdom Classical/Jazz/World RealPlayer 44K

Classic FM London United Kingdom Classical MP3 128K

RTE Lyric FM Limerick Ireland Public/Classical WMA 32K

akaSol

Or a real audio manufacture like Denon ?

>Sol

Sysmod

akaSol wrote: »

Or a real audio manufacture like Denon ?

Amazon says:
S-52
Buy new: £559.57

The Blik was a quarter that price.

If my NAD tuner packs in I can always get a decent separates tuner for the external aerial. The internet radio is still handy for odd occasions like last night when the signal faded and we wanted to listen to the Drama on 3.

P.

SidinNaas

A bit late now to respond but the Pure Avanti Flow seems to be well received. http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Pure-Digital-Avanti-Flow/

SK1979

Another very late reply but just want to second the recommendation for the Pure Avanti Flow, I bought one a couple of months back from Superfi and its a fantastic piece of kit. Lovely sound out of it.

Although its probably more of a kitchen unit than bedroom one. There is a Pure Digital Evoke Flow that is maybe more suited to the bedroom, although there is no iPod connectivity as far as I'm aware.

radiofoot

SK1979 wrote: »

Another very late reply but just want to second the recommendation for the Pure Avanti Flow, I bought one a couple of months back from Superfi and its a fantastic piece of kit. Lovely sound out of it.

Although its probably more of a kitchen unit than bedroom one. There is a Pure Digital Evoke Flow that is maybe more suited to the bedroom, although there is no iPod connectivity as far as I'm aware.

Would you mind saying how much it cost?