Reviews of Internet Radios
"It's not about finding the perfect web radio player but about finding the one that you like with the flaws that you can live with. These reviews aren't candy-coated sales pitches but show the good and the bad aspects of each model, just like Consumer Reports Magazine would." - editor
Logitech is considered the undisputed leader and best in its class for desktop internet radios. The Logitech Squeezebox Radio is a single speaker update to the Squeezebox Boom stereo model. Read more
Sangean is a well know European radio manufacturer that sells an assortment of shortwave, emergency, AM-FM and internet radio receivers. The Sangean WFR-1 was released in 2008 and is the best tabletop model with speakers in their line of five currently produced web radios. Read more
Grace Digital is one of the top two manufacturers in the internet radio arena, along with Logitech. Their newest offering, out since late 2010, is the GDI-IR2500 also called the Grace Digital Innovator III. Read more
The Livio Radio is ideal for someone wanting an internet radio that is simple to set up with minimalfeature clutter. Making different models dedicated to Pandora and NPR was clever, given that a large web radio market share is dedicated to those two uses.
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Aluratek is a diverse manufacturer, making internet radios, digital picture frames, MP3 players, video camcorders, e-book readers and even routers. They currently have three standalone internet radio receivers. The Aluratek IRMM01F, released in late 2008, is their dedicated alarm clock version. Read more
C. Crane has been a company that has catered to the radio enthusiast for over 20 years, especially in the emergency radio and shortwave radio categories. Now they have their own CC Wi-Fi internet radio, the C. Crane CC CWF, which has been on the market since 2008. Read more
Chumby Industries had a dream of designing and selling a plush little internet toy that you could hold in your lap and on which you could run custom widgets. You could play simple games, listen to internet radio, check the news, check Facebook or view your photos using different widget channels. Now they just released the Chumby 8 with an 8" touchscreen. Read more
Cobra Electronics, long known for their police scanners and CB radios, was a major player in the 70s and 80s when 2-way radio was king. They don't make scanners anymore but have diversified with radar detectors, GPS receivers, marine radios, personal walkie-talkies and, yes, internet radios, including the CIR1000A. Read more
The Mutant MWavio MIG-PIR-1 Portable Internet Radio is the only portable radio of it's type on the market today. It seems natural that once we switch from FM to online streaming radio, we will want to take it about the house with us in a portable way. You could use an iPod Touch with earbuds to do this but some places, like the shower, would not work well with earbuds. Read more
This little internet radio, the IS9181 model, from VTech Telecommunications LTD is a different form factor than the rest of the usual retro-look boxey internet radios. It leaves a good first impression with it’s sleek wrap-around style and color LCD display. With a built in subwoofer and battery pack for portability, it may be a winner. is Read more
Sonos is golden. They are to whole house music distribution what Apple is to the tablet and MP3 player market. Ease of use and good sound quality are the reasons Sonos has done so well. The Sonos S5 Zone Player Kit is the easiest starter version to use with an iPad controller. Read more
Pure is a British company started in 2002 to sell digital radios to the UK market and now is the largest digital radio manufacturer in the world. Besides the Pure Evoke Flow model, they also make four other models. The radios are Euro-centric and retro-looking but still priced competitively to similar brands in the US. Read more