http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/ Engadget Comments for Pandora-lovin' Livio Radio sports 'thumbs up / down' controls http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
And that's one of the few times I'll ever utter those words.]]>Apr 15th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
I just wish they hadn't completely ripped off Tivoli with the design (http://www.tivoliaudio.com/home.php?cat=262)]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
I really think this is just kinda dumb... there are so many ways I can play pandora, through better speakers, for free. Right now.

And seriously, it's nice that they have the other iradio stations... but none of them are reasonably listenable (yeah 64kbps!) that i've found. Pandora's great, audio quality is decent, but it's still only something I put on for a party so I never have to touch it or make a playlist (or deal with poor shuffle choices) or at work when I don't have my music with me.

I personally think this is RIDICULOUSLY overpriced for the function of playing pandora over a mediocre mono speaker. Although the thumbs up/down buttons are sweet.

End Transmission.]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Jun 2nd 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
I believe his/her handle is 'dimitrix.']]>Apr 15th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 16th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/iphone FTW]]>Apr 15th 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
http://www.intempodigital.com/products/Internet-Radio/GX]]>Apr 15th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
http://www.livio.de/livio/livio_pflanzen_l/]]>Apr 15th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
]]>Apr 15th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Pandora has taken the place of a couple of different services I used to use.]]>Apr 15th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
What innovation! Who would've thought to put those particular buttons on a household electronic device before this company?]]>Apr 15th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 15th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/The wifi is not that powerful as i expect, but at least you have the RJ45 connector.
A very bad point is... if you have a Philips TV and you have this radio close to the TV, you will mess with both things.]]>Apr 15th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 20th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
Anyone else notice that no one here has yet asked the most obvious question?

SPECS ON THE SOUND?!!?!?

Seriously, it does look a LOT like a Tivoli, but if it SOUNDS like a Tivoli, I'll be impressed. I see the bass reflex, so that's a good sign.

I did a brief search and even looked over the press release, no word on the sound specs.

And to the person who complained that this is mono, the point of this kind of sound system is that you don't have to be precisely between two speakers to get the correct "image" of the song playing.

That's the inherent problem with stereo, you get out of center and you deal with phasing issues, unbalanced instruments, etc. etc.

That is why any good DJ or sound guy at a live event will mix down to mono, so not just the 20 people directly centered between the speakers can get a better idea of what's supposed to be heard. It's also why Bose L1 systems are so popular.

I'm an indie producer, and as much as I want people to hear my songs in their stereo mix, stereo mixes have their place, just as do matrix audio. I don't expect to hear a stereo mix when I'm out shopping at a mall or grocery store, in an elevator, ]]>Apr 15th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 20th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/Apr 20th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/pandora-lovin-livio-radio-sports-thumbs-up-down-controls/
The speaker specs

Total Power Consumption: 10 Watts

Amplifier Class: Bridge Tied Load (BTL)

Amplifier Output Power RMS: 4.5 Watts

Amplifier Output Peak: 7 Watts

Speaker Type: 3"4 ohm Magnetic Voice Coil

Controlling Brightness

Got to the Main Menu> Settings> Blacklight> Inactive or Standby (Inactive is better)> Set the level to 3 should be sufficient but 0 will completely blackout the screen.

Alarm

Main Menu> Settings> Clock> Set Alarm> Enable Alarm (YES)> Dial in the time

Wireless is there.

There's no auto shut off so you can listen to music for hours without any interruption.

No, we are not the vegetable oil company. Sorry to get your hopes up...

Squeezebox has more features but also cost twice as much. The Livio was made to do one thing and one thing well which is to play Pandora!

As for speaker sound and not being enough for some people, the radio has the stereo out and aux in features so you can hook the radio up to your existing system. ]]>Jun 11th 2009 9:43AM