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Tivoli NetWorks Radio Going Into Production
Posted by Mark Wilson at 3:30 AM on May 8, 2008
Tivoli's awaited NetWorks Radio is finally going into production this week and it's looking quite different from what we saw previously. The US$600 unit features a Global Portal accessible via the system's Ethernet and Wi-Fi, allowing you to listen to music from all over the world. In addition, the unit can interface with PCs (for DRM-free WMAs, MP3s and Real Audio) and features USB for reading music off of various mass storage devices. The inclusion of a stereo speaker or CD drive will cost extra—which is a Tivoli standard. And while we're sure it sounds great, US$600 is still a lot to pay for an internet radio...even if it comes in various "furniture grade" styles of wood casing.
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bosskev
Posted 3:51 AM 8/5/08
"The inclusion of a stereo speaker...will cost extra"
$600 and not even stereo? And, even if you pony up the bucks, where would a second speaker go? Not that I really care as I find this thing to be fairly hideous. I've seen better looking chunks of wood in the cut-off bin at a lumber yard.
bosskev
Lester56
Posted 3:42 AM 8/5/08
I smell "FAILURE"
Lester56
s0crates82
Posted 3:40 AM 8/5/08
Yeah. I've heard from a lot of folks how amazing the Tivoli boxes sound... but strider's right: it's too damn much.
s0crates82
strider_mt2k
Posted 3:32 AM 8/5/08
It's just too damn MUCH!
600 bucks will...oh never mind.
It's just too damn much!
strider_mt2k
ninjagin
Posted 5:30 AM 8/5/08
I have a tivoli PAL and love it. Bought my sister a stereo table radio for her wedding gift. They sound great, but lately I've noticed that their prices have gone up. My PAL used to sell for $125 and now they're up to $200. Same thing for their other models. Not sure why this is. All the same, their products sound great. If they keep asking Bose-style prices, though, I may not be so enthused about them in the future.
ninjagin
EerikTormi
Posted 4:11 AM 8/5/08
Who would want to pay 600 for a wooden box with a black-white screen and speaker?
EerikTormi
recklessinoz
Posted 9:32 AM 8/5/08
Is it just me, or does everything look like an iPod these days. It must just be overexposure.
recklessinoz
Aaron Stein
Posted 11:46 AM 8/5/08
i have one of the original tivoli model ones. part of the charm was the price - $99. that radio was and remains amazing for that price.
but at $600 they are really pushing the envelope.
Aaron Stein
wirelessdj
Posted 12:03 PM 8/5/08
I have the Model 1 in piano black and it's f*cking nice
[www.homevisionuk.com]
To be honest, that thing is ugly and Way too expensive. I liked the prototype better!
well, there's always CCrane
[www.ccrane.com]
wirelessdj
GhostofCharlesBronson
Posted 1:36 PM 8/5/08
Couldn't I just hook up a crap laptop to a decent receiver with okay speakers and get the same desired effect for roughly the same amount of cash?
GhostofCharlesBronson
ShrimpCracker
Posted 11:49 PM 8/5/08
It would have looked better without the wood, piano black would have been perfect , but who pays $600 for a radio anyway?
ShrimpCracker
blore40
Posted 4:20 AM 9/5/08
They are going after the Sharper Image customer base.
blore40