One of the big points of having a WiFi radio is power. I have a Revo Blik and love it. Good sound quality, bad meus, looks fantastic. Even at full volume it consumes only 9W and about 4W at normal volume. I don't want to run my PC which eats over 120W just sitting still and can only sit in my office. I have a NC10 but even that is 17-20W. And on a mobile? Please! The battery would be dead within a few hours (i know, have tried) and then you either have to use headphones (not very social) or connect to external speakers (more power).
So yes, maybe a WiFi radio is a little niche, but it does have somethings to set it apart from. Low power, easy to move between rooms (even if teatherd to a wall for power), 1000's of stations more then FM (I hate nearly all of my local stations and the BBC radio). The two problems for me are the bad menu structure (for a 2x16 screen) and the way it sometimes drops out of connection, even though it is connected to the network and has internet, something that can't be said about FM admitadly.
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One of the big points of having a WiFi radio is power. I have a Revo Blik and love it. Good sound quality, bad meus, looks fantastic. Even at full volume it consumes only 9W and about 4W at normal volume. I don't want to run my PC which eats over 120W just sitting still and can only sit in my office. I have a NC10 but even that is 17-20W. And on a mobile? Please! The battery would be dead within a few hours (i know, have tried) and then you either have to use headphones (not very social) or connect to external speakers (more power).
So yes, maybe a WiFi radio is a little niche, but it does have somethings to set it apart from. Low power, easy to move between rooms (even if teatherd to a wall for power), 1000's of stations more then FM (I hate nearly all of my local stations and the BBC radio). The two problems for me are the bad menu structure (for a 2x16 screen) and the way it sometimes drops out of connection, even though it is connected to the network and has internet, something that can't be said about FM admitadly.