Grace ITC-IR1000B Wireless Internet Radio (black)

December 19, 2007 10:32

4.0/5
Pretty cool stand alone internet radio - a bit pricey but the least expensive one I have seen in the market. Its worked great since I bought it last month.

- samamori

March 24, 2008 10:24

5.0/5
What an exceptional radio! Was very easy to set up once you program the radios serial # and code into the Receiva website...The speaker quality is exceptional..The range of stations available is remarkable - more than 15,000 worldwide..I couldn't be happier with this radio and wouldn't hesitate to buy another..

- atunis5804

December 27, 2008 09:03

4.0/5
I like this radio because of the sound and the style. My wife is happy it is small as she is a little uncomfortable with another audio/video unit added to the kitchen area but this one can be discretely placed in the house. Unfortunately, for Canadians we cannot sign up to the Pandora features due to licensing agreements.

- liamhyland

December 25, 2008 02:56

4.0/5
Xmas present, was on Amazon wish list. So glad someone read it. Set up took some time for me, but after getting the hang of the menu/select/trwirl the diakl/select thing I feel like a pro. I wanted it for static free internet radio and to listen to Pandora. I was surprised with the media streaming from the PC - woah that's cool, once I stumbled through the menu to find the playlsits on the PC. It really helps to know your PC's folder layout ahead of time.

Now that the hardware is set, I've been amazed at the variety of stuff that I can get piped in on the Grace. Pandora, ok. Some talk stations that normally come in only at night. Some music stations, natch. Then it gets weird. Police scanners from around the world. Ham radio. International programs. Podcasts. I put Buzz Out Loud on a preset button.

It took a while to sync up with the Reciva preferences. I expected instant results and spent some time searching the 'net for reasons. By the time I had given up and was about to post a question they were listed.

Cnet's review mentions you can't plug your iPod into it, but why do that when you can stream your library.
The workaround for onl;y 5 preset buttons - use the Reciva 'My Stations' feature. It works better than presets, I can scroll through all my saved stations and see the ID with it.
Features - I compare this to the tabletop radios of the 70s. One big speaker, a slide rule dial, knobs for Tuning, Volume and AF/FM. I'm not ready to deal with a radio that has more buttons than a Blackberry. You get it set up and you enjoy it.

If the hardware lasts I am buying another for the work location. Either way, I'm mesmerized by this.

- Justice Gustine

December 20, 2008 04:32

5.0/5

- RCori

November 15, 2008 02:06

4.0/5
This is my first time at this so I was cautiously hopeful. It exceeded my expectations. I bought it as a replacement for my clock radio. The alarm works as you'd expect, but it would be nice to have a 2 line time display when in standby. The set up was faster and easier than I expected, the station choices far greater than I expected, and the sound far better than I expected. I especially like being able to interface with Pandora, as well as playing my MP# library from my Home PC through the radio any place in the home. This is a good choice at a goo price if you like internet radio!

- simjimpson

October 31, 2008 10:58

4.5/5
There are literally tens of thousands of online audio services and with this Grace radio, along with the Reciva website, I have access to almost everything. I don't know why people have reported problems with alarms and such, since there are lots of alarm presets you can set to stations or music stored on your harddrive or a buzzer. You can wake up to one station on weekdays and another one on weekends, or a different station every day! Works fine for me, as does the sleep timer. Kinda hard to set the timer or alarms--it's menu driven and navigation can be tiresome if you're used to buttons or switches on your clock-radio. Only five presets is a bit annoying. More with Reciva, but again you have to go through the menus to get your stations. As mentioned, search on the radio is very limited--better to search and set on Reciva, but then it won't show up until Reciva reloads. Have some problems with Pandora: after a few songs, streaming would stop and got "Unable to load menu" messages in both Pandora and Reciva options until I "rebooted". Didn't happen yesterday, though, so jury's still out on that. And it would be nice if I could get my VIP Live365 stations rather than the generic one with the idiot commercials (annoying to hear an ad for AC/DC while listeing to a station playing sweet pop music from 1920s). Overall, though, an excellent product for the price. I'm very pleased.

- faboofour

October 19, 2008 11:10

4.5/5
This little box with its nice retro look has some exciting things to offer: thousands of stations organized by region, country and genre. You can create your own radio dial with as many favorite stations as you want, through the Reciva website. Other than that, you won't need a computer at all. Hook up some powered speakers to the headphone jack, pick a favorite station (right now I'm listening to "Bebop Nation", a station with no talk and no commercials, just some guys sharing their musical taste), and you won't want to go back to "regular" radio.

- fspeur

August 7, 2008 04:04

4.0/5
Bought this little jewel for my wife - a hardcore fan of Bay Area radio (KFOG, KGO) which we can't pick up here in Sacramento. It took me a while to find a live stream for KFOG because they have changed there website - but found a working one one at mms://uni4.susq.streamaudio.com/KFOG_FM

Downside is that although you can set your PC to share files and so it can play your MP3s it will not read your media player playlist into it's song queue.

It's a very cool radio - as long as you have a WiFi there are literally 1000's of stations to listen to.

- pchoate

August 5, 2008 04:33

4.5/5
If you like listening to radio, have access to a broadband Internet connection and live in areas with poor reception or limited station availability, this is a Must Have.

A wireless router is required. A PC is required to initially select the stations and Podcasts you want to be able to listen to but needn't be running while using the radio.

- dbjohnson2