Wireless internet radio?

Question

Hello, anyone has any experience of wireless internet radios?

What I am after is a compact radio for my kitchen, which could get its signal either from the regular analogue sources (FM, LW and MW) or from my wireless broadband connection.

So at home I would need to leave my wireless box on to listen to the radio, but at least I would not be tied to my laptop.

And on holiday I could just use the regular analogue sources.

What do you think?

Thanks

Answer 1

internet radio is coming along... that is to say, a few companies are starting to realize the potential audience/market and are making devices to handle this.  i have a few ways to listen to webcasts that work for me.  first, on my desktop, i have a device that sends the audio from the audio output over 900mhz to a pair of headphones and 2 speakers (whichever i choose).  i got that device at home depot i think when it was on sale.  secondly, i own a reciva acoustic energy wifi radio.  it worked great when i had cable internet in the usa.  now, i am on a campus wifi network, and it uses a proxy.  unfortunately, reciva's radios do not work with a proxy.  but the torian infusion wifi radio does.  it is a small device that also has fm and mp3 functions.  i like it, but it has some quirks.  for example, you can generally only tune in to stations that torian makes available to the device.  when i try to add stations and stream addresses 90% of the time it doesn't work.  i can't tell you why that is.  third (or i guess fourth due to teh torian wifi radio) i have a dopod cell phone that gets internet and has windows media player in it.  i can connect to the campus wifi and stream stuff from there.  and fifth, i have an old tablet pc that i can carry around and connect to wifi and run streams that way.  Sixth.  I have a small fm transmitter that i can plug into the headphone jack of a computer or whatever and then send hte signal to all fm radios in an area.  so, those are some ways to do it.  there are others.  it seems that some companies are trying to allow people to stream stuff from their desktops to other parts of the house... and so a few devices are available for that...

miss kitti can you tell us the model number of your radio?

Answer 2

they are great i have a Philips i got off eBay for a smart price of just 49 English pounds sale of the century that.

i think it is brilliant a bit tricky at first to set up but then i was never the sharpest knife in the draw but once i mastered it it is a lot a fun i pick what i want to hear  for the mood i am in and it beats having to have the PC up if i am in the kitchen

kind regards x Kitti x

Answer 3

No experience here, but there's lots of links. Just put "wireless internet radio" (without the quotes) into your favorite search engine or the search for questions box above.

Personally, since i've got a laptop with really good Harmon Kardon speakers, I'd just schlep my laptop out to the kitchen. Why spend the xtra money?

Though I appreciate that Bree's taken the time to answer, I really didn't understand much. Reminds me of my chief engineers from my radio days. Or Daze when talking to those guys. Ask them for a stick of gum and 1/2 hour later they're still explaining the framistan splitter theory ;<)

Kitty, on the other hand, gives a concise answer with a good suggestion despite her unique English (Australian?) euphemisms ;<)

-a guy named duh