WIFI Internet Radios

radiofoot · 23-01-2009 12:10AM

Anyone have the Revo iBlik RadioStation or the Pico Radiostation? I am more interested in the iBlik, but am tempted by the Pico because it is more portable. Does anyone know what the sound quality is like on either?

DublinWriter · 23-01-2009 01:15AM

radiofoot wrote: »

Anyone have the Revo iBlik RadioStation or the Pico Radiostation? I am more interested in the iBlik, but am tempted by the Pico because it is more portable. Does anyone know what the sound quality is like on either?

I have the Pico. I listen to talk radio mostly so I couldn't offer any opinion on sound quality.

I've owned numerous wifi routers, the Pico tapped-out if I got more than 10 feet away from any of them. Portability is pretty good with the Pico, but thats a mute point if it can't receive a signal.

The iBlik just looks ugly to me - iBood were flogging them for about €80 the other day. Revo's products are also pretty costly. I wouldn't recommend a Pico to anyone to be honest. It's a nice idea executed badly.

radiofoot · 23-01-2009 09:51AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

I have the Pico. I listen to talk radio mostly so I couldn't offer any opinion on sound quality.

I've owned numerous wifi routers, the Pico tapped-out if I got more than 10 feet away from any of them. Portability is pretty good with the Pico, but thats a mute point if it can't receive a signal.

The iBlik just looks ugly to me - iBood were flogging them for about €80 the other day. Revo's products are also pretty costly. I wouldn't recommend a Pico to anyone to be honest. It's a nice idea executed badly.

Thanks for the response - it's a good thing I asked.

Apogee · 25-01-2009 10:16PM

Are any of the wifi radios able to deal with archived programmes on RTÉ? Either from Realaudio .smil files or .mp3 podcasts?

TM · 26-01-2009 03:51PM

For what it's worth you can sometimes pick up good deals on Revo refurbished units from the Revo eBay outlet store:

http://shop.ebay.ie/merchant/revo_outlet_store

2fivers · 26-01-2009 05:15PM

Just dont buy from Expansys unless you know exactly what you're looking for, have no interest in customer service standards and are prepared to wait until you're very old to receive your purchase.

jaggiebunnet · 30-01-2009 02:48PM

hi - i am looking to get this for my wife and was wondering if anyone knows whether you can pick up Classic Fm, the RTE stations and the BBC stations?

Thanks for any help
Cheers
Robert.

tbh · 30-01-2009 02:51PM

yep, you will be able to.

jaggiebunnet · 30-01-2009 03:00PM

tbh wrote: »

yep, you will be able to.

thanks.

brian ireland · 30-01-2009 08:33PM

I bought a Ministry Of Sound Internet Radio on Wednesday. Its the business!! You can stream music files from your PC as well as listening to Internet Radio. You can also add any station you want on your own wed account. this is then sent to your radio...

radiofoot · 31-01-2009 09:24AM

Apogee wrote: »

Are any of the wifi radios able to deal with archived programmes on RTÉ? Either from Realaudio .smil files or .mp3 podcasts?

As far as I know, if your radio uses Reciva you can setup podcasts on your reciva account and they will be available on your radio's menu.
Might also be dependent on the radio you are using.

yoshytoshy · 31-01-2009 08:36PM

can anyone comment on philips wifi radios. I want to order this one http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_productid_NP2500_37_US_CONSUMER/Network-Music-Player+NP2500-37

brian ireland · 31-01-2009 11:13PM

radiofoot wrote: »

As far as I know, if your radio uses Reciva you can setup podcasts on your reciva account and they will be available on your radio's menu.
Might also be dependent on the radio you are using.

My new (baby) MOSAC150 has Reciva. I sent Podcasts to it but they don't play, Got an error message. Everything else about the Radio is 100%. Love it!!!!

brian ireland · 31-01-2009 11:18PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

can anyone comment on philips wifi radios. I want to order this one http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_productid_NP2500_37_US_CONSUMER/Network-Music-Player+NP2500-37

How much is it?

yoshytoshy · 31-01-2009 11:37PM

brian ireland wrote: »

How much is it?

it's 180 euro on technicdirect.de ,but I've been going through the specs everywhere ,the OSD is portugese and swedish. It looks like thats why it's not listed on any of the other euro sites.
it's a hifi-add on ,which is what I had planned. it doesn't seem to have it's own speakers.

The unit you got is out of stock everywhere:( ,gets good comments from people:)

dub45 · 31-01-2009 11:52PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

it's 180 euro on technicdirect.de ,but I've been going through the specs everywhere ,the OSD is portugese and swedish. It looks like thats why it's not listed on any of the other euro sites.
it's a hifi-add on ,which is what I had planned. it doesn't seem to have it's own speakers.

The unit you got is out of stock everywhere:( ,gets good comments from people:)

You should be able to play most wifi radios through a hi fi system with a simple phono type lead. Not having speakers would definitely affect the flexiblity but that may not be an issue for you.

I would be reluctant to buy something that is not locally available - if you have any probs its going to be very messy to get it fixed. Look around at whats available and get a feel for what the various models are like physically.

Also bear in mind that in terms of sound quality the bit rate of a lot of streams will be sub hi fi and may sound more acceptable on lo fi built in radio speakers which are geared to make the most of that t ype of sound.

yoshytoshy · 01-02-2009 12:13AM

dub45 wrote: »

You should be able to play most wifi radios through a hi fi system with a simple phono type lead. Not having speakers would definitely affect the flexiblity but that may not be an issue for you.

I would be reluctant to buy something that is not locally available - if you have any probs its going to be very messy to get it fixed. Look around at whats available and get a feel for what the various models are like physically.

Also bear in mind that in terms of sound quality the bit rate of a lot of streams will be sub hi fi and may sound more acceptable on lo fi built in radio speakers which are geared to make the most of that type of sound.

cheers dub45 ,thanks again for them radio links.

i've got leads and stuff here from down through the years ,mixtures of co-ax's to toslink cables.
the thing that worries me the most is the portals and variants that are mentioned in the thread. i'm presuming if i pay a good price ,i'll get a good one that plays most channels.

yoshytoshy · 01-02-2009 12:50AM

brian ireland wrote: »

I bought a Ministry Of Sound Internet Radio on Wednesday. Its the business!! You can stream music files from your PC as well as listening to Internet Radio. You can also add any station you want on your own wed account. this is then sent to your radio...

is this the same radio ?
http://www.oxxdigital.com/en/product.aspx?pid=185#fragment-2

brian ireland · 01-02-2009 06:08PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

is this the same radio ?
http://www.oxxdigital.com/en/product.aspx?pid=185#fragment-2

Looks The same but mine has ministry of sound logo on it and the remote.
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/images/covers/ministryofsound/MOSAC150-300.jpg

yoshytoshy · 01-02-2009 06:32PM

tried everywhere for a radio today and couldn't find anything:( . Argos don't have a restock date for the ministry of sound radio either.
don't mind paying in a shop ,but peats are looking for 300 euro for the roberts 201 radio. no way was I going to hand over 300 notes:mad:

dub45 · 01-02-2009 07:03PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

tried everywhere for a radio today and couldn't find anything:( . Argos don't have a restock date for the ministry of sound radio either.
don't mind paying in a shop ,but peats are looking for 300 euro for the roberts 201 radio. no way was I going to hand over 300 notes:mad:

I got the Roberts 202 in the Peats Dame St branch for 199 before Christmas. I am very pleased with it and it might be a bit cheaper now. FM DAB and internet radio cant go wrong really.

yoshytoshy · 01-02-2009 07:41PM

dub45 wrote: »

I got the Roberts 202 in the Peats Dame St branch for 199 before Christmas. I am very pleased with it and it might be a bit cheaper now. FM DAB and internet radio cant go wrong really.

Cheers ,the 202 looks like a well built tidy radio ,someone is actually selling one on adverts at the moment.

if I can though ,going to try and get something that will fit in with my denon hifi. at the same time ,try and get one with speakers so it can be used elsewhere if needed.:)
the 201 looks like it's on the money ,if it's at the 200mark.

yoshytoshy · 06-02-2009 01:37PM

anyone have any trouble connecting a roberts wm201 to 2FM ?

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