I love it, (What's this?) I ordered this to give myself more options of things to listen. Fedex delivered it the day of my daughters Halloween party. Setting it up was a breeze and we actually found a Halloween station. Very appropriate for the night. I was also able to link up to my Sirius account easily, and have not even scratched the surface of what it can do. Like I said in the title, I love it.
Grace GDI-IRDT200 Tuner, (What's this?) For this price is tuner good build quality. I like his possibility to set display - light in three states ( active - not active - standby ). It's a great idea. Sound quality is adequate to received format ( MP3's some with poor quality - not fault of this tuner ). For me is a little shortage - if I push Select Dial, tuner slides back - is too light. I think, Wifi - Antenna could be a little longer. FM is nothing special, but is present. Overall I'm very satisfied.
Music Lovers-Roll Over, (What's this?) This product is awesome! It will bring you tons of commercial free stations from all over the world and in most languages. It was easy to set-up and it offers something for everybody.I hooked it up wireless and I am getting a full strength signal even while having many other wireless products being used at the same time. I had a Sirius (only) radio that would cut-out all the time. This is a great product and it will bring your favorite songs,news,sport,talk,ect; to you for free on thousands of stations with a clear quality. I am totally happy with this product and would recomend it to all.
A good internet radio appliance bargain, but its not a '5' for me, (What's this?) Most other reviewer ratings are pretty accurate as far as usability and value. The Grace GDI-IRDT200 is a unique, rare find - a true internet radio tuner made to compliment an existing audio system. Audiophiles will like its clean rack format and analog, optical and digital outputs. It has a pretty decent analog FM tuner - it picked up most local FM stations with its little 3 foot supplied antenna, where as my vintage higher end NAD and Marantz gear insist on a large attic FM antenna.
So take my 3 stars and the following with a grain of salt since this is a high value unit at $150 (a Grace refurbished unit from Amazon, which looked like brand new) - it's not reasonable for me to be too picky at this price level.
Interface: As others have noted, the interface is dated and you will be pressing a LOT of buttons. Button-city is is OK for one time setup duties, but not for daily operation since at some point you want to relax and easily change music and not be a button minion. It has the same poor ergonomics as many badly designed after market car stereo head units, so if you are OK with those, you are OK here. Sadly, basic functions like simple front panel/remote control one-push presets buttons to switch between my favorite stations and my local DLNA/UPnP media server, are missing from the Grace - and in all fairness, from almost all other modern audio gear (when did endless, serial menus, needed to accomplish basic functions, became desirable to consumers, other than for cost savings?). A web browser interface, like used for home networking gear, would go a long way.
Operation: The unit was decent to setup and wifi configuration was no more complicated than a basic router or firewall network appliance, WAP, dedicated IP and all. It quickly found my 3COM wifi access point and never had a single wifi issue during a few days of 24 hour use. The unit is good looking, well made, it does not run hot - an issue for other appliances like fanless DVRs, some of which will overheat themselves to death.
fun, fast, expands your horizons, (What's this?) its almost as easy to use as the directions say
hooks-up to your wireless and to your stereo
and gives access to all the broadcasters worldwide who have an internet site.
WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?????????, (What's this?) This thing is the BEST!!!!!I was a bit intimidated at first but set up was a breeze once I got the code numbers off the bottom of my wireless internet box. Follow directions in the manual and wha la la la!!!! Unbelievable! Soooo many stations to hear. And Pandora sounds great on my stereo too. So long old school tuner. It's a whole new world.
Don't be afraid.....jump on in!!!You won't regret it. Now I gotta get a Roku and so long Time Warner too!!!!!!!
And what a great deal I got from Amazon with the points I didn't even know I had.
So long to xM, (What's this?) Set it up in less than 10 minutes and was listening to a wide variety of stations including Pandora. Finding and changing stations is cumbersome, but once you have a short list it is manageable to work with. Loved being able to drop xM and replace it with commercial free Pandora for only $36 a year, will more than pay for itself in no time. Have had for more than a month, no problems whatsoever, have been using wirelessly only, and no problems. Love it.
Grace Internet Tuner, This radio is everything I expected and more. It connected with my wireless network, after I entered the key, and I found thousands of stations to listen to. It also can play podcasts.
Does NOT work with SiriusXm, When trying to access SiriusXm, the unit inexplicably fails to connect to several stations, 3 of which I listen to regularly (66, 75, 107). The message "unable to connect" appears on the screen. Grace Digital customer service, working with SiriusXm, has acknowledged the issue and said they "have heard of this before" but has not been able to correct the problem within the past two weeks.
Find another solution to download SiriusXm to your receiver if you want access to SiriusXm!
Edited 10-11-11. I was able to figure out a solution to the above problem & shared the info with Grace and SiriusXm. See the response.
Listen to over 16,000 internet radio stations including Pandora, iHeart radio, NPR, BBC, ESPN, Live 365, Sirius and over 30,000 Podcast and on demand selections.Connects to any home stereo via the Digital (Toslink or Coaxial) or RCA analog outputs.Built in Ethernet and 802.11g card that connects to any Ethernet or 802.11b,g or n wireless router (no computer needed).Includes a remote control, and batteries, FM antenna. Works with the Free Grace Digital iPhone / iPod Touch remote control app.Control your internet radio music or media files via Large 2 line display with micro backlight adjustments. The Grace Digital Tuner (GDI-IRDT200) is a combination Internet radio and audio media streaming device that brings all the audio content of the Internet from your broadband connection directly to your home Stereo. With it users can listen to 16,000+ radio stations from NPR on-demand, FOX news, CNN, BBC, CBS to KROQ, over 35,000 podcast, 20,000+ On-Demand subscription streams or your personal Pandora radio stations - Free. The Tuner provides not only standard RCA connections to your home stereo but also two digital out connections for the highest audio quality experience as well as both Wi-Fi and an Ethernet connection to your home broadband router. In addition to the ability to play all the Free music in the world, music files from your PC or Mac, a SD or USB drive the Grace Tuner can also access Sirius Premium Internet radio services with a subscription directly from Sirius. The Tuner comes with a full featured remote control and is compatible with the free Grace remote control App for iPhone/iTouch. Connect all your digital music to your home stereo, with Grace.
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