Product Description

Acoustic Energy's Wi-Fi radio is the world's first radio capable of accessing over 99% of Internet radio stations broadcast anywhere in the world. Compatibility with all three major streaming formats gives the AE Wi-Fi radio unrivaled choice of content from London's BBC Radio1 to Sao Paolo's Radio Calypso! No subscription to pay, no signal coverage problems and no international content boundaries.This simple plug and play device links to any Wi-Fi network and broadband connection to stream both live and listen again Internet radio content. Channels are listed alphabetically and the easy to use multi-function control knob makes choosing a station simpler than an FM radio! The AE Wi-Fi radio brings all the benefits of Internet radio to the kitchen, bedroom or even the garden and can also play music stored on any Wi-Fi enabled PC in the home.Of course AE's acoustic excellence shines through making the Wi-Fi radio one of the best sounding radios on the market too.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56100 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Acoustic Energy
• Model: AE17-16B

Features

• Internet radio is global - the AE Wi-Fi radio is not limited to local and national stations.
• Access content from over 100 countries
• Works independent of any computer.
• All you need is a WiFi connection.
• If you remember "Short Wave" This is better!

Customer Reviews

Local radio is in serious trouble

How anyone who made the decision to purchase a WiFi Radio can give the Acoustic Energy anything less than a five star review is beyond me. I own THREE WiFi Radios, two Acoustic Energy and one Revo Pico. As an aside, a friend owns the Tangent Quattro and an Acoustic Energy. Between us we've decided that the Acoustic Energy blows away both the Pico and the Quattro in it's ability to find and hold your router's signal so when I tell you the Acoustic Energy is a terrific radio, I DO NOT mean that ALL WiFi Radios are great. Of these three, just THIS one is great.

View WiFi Radios as being audio browsers that look and work like regular radios but which can pick up any streaming radio station in the world and broadcast it with perfect clarity. Yes, like any browser this means it does not begin to play the second you hit the "On" button. It takes 30 seconds or less to connect. Big Deal! Once connected, you've got whatever radio station you want to listen to either using the ten presets or by searching for a station you don't listen to often.

This unit took me ten minutes to set up and that time included setting my first few preset buttons and I went through college at a time when there was no such thing as a hand held calculator. If you grew up in the time of computers, this thing is nothing to set up.

When the time comes that entire neighborhoods are WiFi enabled (and this is coming) WiFi radio is going to kill XM, Sirius and AM/FM radio because even cars will have access to a signal but for now, consider this to be a home use, desk top radio. If there are shortcomings I guess they would be...

It could have included a remote control unit.

It could have looked more like a radio.

It MIGHT have included a battery so that it could be carried outdoors for awhile.

Other than that, if you enjoy listening to radio, buy a WiFi Radio and if you are going to buy a WiFi Radio, BUY THIS ONE. The others will frustrate you with their poor ability to catch and hold a signal. Heck, I have a a Bose Radio with remote too and I never use it anymore thanks to my Acoustic Energy WiFi radios.

AE Has Expanded My Radio Experience
I purchased my AE radio from C. Crane a year ago and have been extremely pleased with the unit, which has been in use several hours almost every day. I use an FM broadcaster to send signal to several radios around the house.
As I type, I'm on the coast of Oregon listening to a New Zealander broadcasting American Appalachian BlueGrass out of Australia over a station in Washington, DC!! WiFi radio is truly international; with the mere flick of the dial I can go from listening to news from Singapore to Celtic music from Scotland.

Lasted 1.5 years, and now won't connect, and WON'T TURN OFF! It really isn't worth the $299 I paid for it.
Lasted 1.5 years, but now won't connect, and WON'T TURN OFF! It really isn't worth the $299 I paid for it. I need to find a replacement that will last, because my wife really appreciates hearing the music from abroad.