It's excellent and can be multifunctional. I use mine in bathroom every morning. I used it hooked up to the stereo. I use it by the pool. This new AIREC01F unit can only be used hooked up to something with speaker and an amplifier and as discussed it puts out a strange noise over your stereo when it buffers a station. Got it for Sold by: Newegg Shipped by Newegg. Learn More. This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be restocked.
Out of Stock. Add To Wish List. Are you an E-Blast Insider? Joseph C. Verified Owner. Did you find this review helpful? Yes No. Alva T. Pros: I plugged it in, set up was easy and all I do is listen to it changing stations is easy and I rarely have to Cons: Can't complain about a thing. Thomas B. Did you? Pros: Nice looking when integrating into your stereo system. Return Policies Return for refund within: 30 days Return for replacement within: 30 days.
It's easy to get sidetracked by all the digital audio functionality, but the Aluratek is a fully functional alarm clock. It has dual alarm functionality, so you can set different "his and hers" wake-up times. Some might be annoyed that setting the alarm is done on the hour standard military time --even if you set the clock to be on a hour system--but we didn't mind since we almost always set an a.
Another perk is that you can set the alarm to play essentially any music source. Want to wake up to an MP3 off of a flash drive? No problem. And you can specify the alarm volume, so you can fall asleep at a quiet volume but have the alarm--whatever the source--be loud enough to wake you from a deep slumber.
The Aluratek has a good deal of connectivity for an alarm clock. Around back, there's a headphone jack for private listening, stereo analog outputs for connecting to a stereo system, and an Ethernet jack if you want a wired network connection.
While the connectivity options are mostly solid, we felt the Aluratek should have included an auxiliary input, which would add the capability to connect an MP3 player or other external audio source. Performance How well a Wi-Fi radio is able to pull in a signal and hold it without dropouts and buffering is one of its most important attributes. Luckily, the Aluratek fared fairly well in our real-world testing conditions.
As with all Wi-Fi radios, it takes a few seconds to tune into a station as the radio buffers , but after that we never had the Aluratek rebuffer the signal.
Dropped connections were also infrequent, but they did occasionally happen, and we generally had to turn the radio off and on again to regain a signal. In terms of sound quality, there's no getting past the fact that the Aluratek sounds like a clock radio.
That said, the Aluratek's sound quality is perfectly acceptable given the lowered expectations. We tuned into a variety of stations--ranging from jazz to rock to classical--and the Aluratek generally sounded decent no matter what we threw at it.
There's virtually no bass and the sound is anything but detailed, but uncritical listeners won't mind. We did run into a couple of rough patches. In one instance, we were listening to some talk radio, which sounded fine at about half volume, but started to sound pretty harsh when we cranked the volume higher.
We ran into the same thing on some harder rock songs--it sounded decent at moderate levels, but once we pushed the volume close to maximum, we could hear some buzzing that is typical of an overdriven, low-cost audio system. As long as you're not trying to fill your room with sound, you'll be all right. Matthew Moskovciak. The Good Alarm clock with Internet radio capability; streams via built-in Mediocre sound quality; no auxiliary input; no ability to add additional Internet radio stations.
The Aluratek Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built-in WiFi won't wow you with its sound, but it won us over with its versatile feature set and solid streaming performance. The buttons on the top have a nice feel, but we would have liked a few more functions. There are a healthy amount of jacks on the back, but unfortunately there is no auxiliary input.
Score Breakdown Design 6 Features 8 Performance 7. Audio Culture.
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