I’m thinking of buying a NOXON iRadio thing for my kitchen. It connects to my WLAN and streams radio stations from the net. The alternative would be to buy another Tivoli Model One (see 2006-01-14 Gadgets). Negative points for such a webradio thing:
1. It seems that it gets the stations from a proprietary source on the web (ie. no community to support it).
2. It doesn’t play Ogg files. This is not really important for me personally, but I think it is important to send a signal to product designers.
3. There’s supposed to be a follow-up model that does the traditional UHF radio thing as well, but the price difference is astonishing.
4. I seem to need a piece of software on my computer that will allow it to stream to the iRadio (!UPnP™ AV): TwonkyVision for the PC or EyeConnect for the Mac.
Thoughts?
(In the mean time I found that my favorite local shop for this kind of stuff doesn’t have them in stock.)
#Music #WebRadio #NOXON
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the squeeze box 3 seems to do everything you want and don’t want...but perhaps not in the same price range as the Noxon iradio
– PierreGaston 2006-08-30 12:55 UTC
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Hm. I just read that the audio quality of the Noxon iRadio was bad. ¹ Too bad!
As I’d like to use the device in our kitchen, it has to come with its own amplifier and speaker.
– Alex Schroeder 2006-08-30 13:23 UTC
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The squeeze box without any hesitation... The funniest is that the software inside is using Perl and available under a free software license. ²
– adulau 2006-09-02 09:00 UTC
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I see. Well, I guess that means I’ll have to get some external speakers, too. I actually think I have a pair of active speakers somewhere in the cellar. As for price on their website: Product, UPS shipping, 7.5% VAT → USD 361 ≈ CHF 441. At my favorite portable audio shop here in Zürich I can get the Slimbox3 Wireless for CHF 429, and other shops seem to sell for as low as CHF 379 + CHF 18 shipping. But then again, I like to be able to go to the shop and actually talk to somebody. I guess I’ll give them a visit on Monday. 😄
– Alex Schroeder 2006-09-02 14:53 UTC
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I bought the Squeezebox3! 😄
– Alex Schroeder 2006-09-04 17:19 UTC
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