The Grace Wireless Internet Radio is a tabletop radio that connects to Sirius Internet Radio (SIR) so you can enjoy music, sports, talk and entertainment from Sirius - without an antenna.
The internet radio device was also on display at the Sirius XM exhibit in the Bellagio, among other internet radio based devices. What's interesting is that this is dedicated to SIR, which might be an indication of how Sirius XM are planning on penetrating into the home audio.
This tabletop radio connects to the internet through your home wireless network. You can view the artist and song title on the large, four-line backlit LCD display. You can also save five preset channels for easy access.
The Grace tabletop also features a 4.5 watt built-in speaker, headphone output, and an alarm clock with sleep timer.
Ryan,
Interesting product. Any idea on pricing and availability?
Doesn't sound bad but why does it have to be so damn ugly?
Sounds interesting, my first question is... Why is it only in Mono by the looks of it, when I stream SIR, its stereo sound
Wait a minute. Let me puke. still puking.
okay done.
Just get on with iPhone which can already do what this thing does and is portable.
Depending on the price, I could see putting this on my night stand. I hope you can turn the backlight on and off on the radio though. I love that about XM radios, and wish Sirius radios had that option.
Since I am an XM with Best of Sirius could I use this?
Will you have to pay extra for this? Or will it be able to stream the standard Sirius Internet Radio service?
I agree with Anonymous. I'm already doing this by putting on iPhone on a radio that looks much nicer than this unit. And I'll be doing the same when they release the iPhone app.
What kind of worries me about the SiR branding is this: For XM subscribers, the online listening has always been free in either bandwidth [high or low]. If I'm correct, SiR charges you extra for higher quality. Does this mean that soon, all subscribers will have to pay to listen online?
That's just too UGLY for me!!!
Why didn't they give the Tivoli
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/home.php?cat=265
or the Polk people a chance at this?
Newsflash! Not everyone has the iPhone. Hard to believe but it's true. I don't want one nor do I want service from AT&T.
True - and I really don't want every form of media coming through my phone.
Still, this seems to be an odd product. With all of the wifi radios on the market that will get anything, why would you want to restrict yourself to one that's married to a single provider?
This unit also received 1000's of internet radio streams in addition to Sirius. It uses a free service call Reciva that is built in to the unit.
Looks like Sirius refurbished their old car units!
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Mono sound the size of a toaster. Amazing. What's next the Sears Tower Parkinglot-top Computer?
I have one of these and you have to pay extra for the Sirius feature, but that's not what I use it for. I can get like 10,000 internet radio stations that provide way more variety musically than SXM. Fungus was dropped from SXM, but I found three suitable replacements on my Grace radio, including one located in London that just plays 70s punk. I can listen to reggae stations from Jamaica, which is really cool. There is every BBC station available, including an on demand feature where you can listen to a specific show when you want. I was able to listen back to when Joe Strummer hosted his own show on the BBC. Between the Grace and my XM w/BOS, I'm in radio heaven.
Look Like a Piece of crap left over from the Atari 2600 Era.