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dsf...@betterscanning.com

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May 3, 2012, 1:04:23 AM5/3/12
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FWIW, I was at Best Buy today and saw these on clearance in store for $59.  If you want to stream your Pandora, Sirius, Live365 or any internet stream station out on to the porch or wherever via a battery powered wifi enabled device, this should do it.  It looks like it also has the capability to stream audio stored on you PC.  The price is $170 online at Best Buy but if you find one in the store it will be discounted.  You can check the availability online at the Best Buy website although the data may be a day old.  It is about $99 at Amazon.  It comes with a wall power supply but you can also run it off AA batteries (only rechargeable AA and they are not included).  If you buy rechargeable batteries (it takes 6), the unit has a built in recharging circuit that will recharge the batteries when the unit is plugged into the provided wall power supply.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Grace+Digital+-+Allegro+Portable+Wireless+Radio/1016909.p?id=1218209270117&skuId=1016909&st=allegro&cp=1&lp=3

http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Digital-GDI-IRD4000-Portable-Featuring/dp/B002KT1ZIK

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Aug 25, 2012, 1:40:47 PM8/25/12
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I found a used Roku Soundbridge M1000 at a thrift store for $4.00!  I think it was discarded because the 9 volt power supply was bad but replacements are easy to find. That makes a great internet radio at a bargain so buy one if you happen to find it somewhere. While Roku has abandoned the Soundbridge line and almost none of the stations on their list will play anymore you can store favorites by going to the radio's IP address to save them as Favorites and it works great.  It's the fastest internet radio I've ever seen and can go from an Off state to playing the station in just 4 seconds!  It also has both optical and coaxial digital outputs for great sound. You don't even have to use a fancy high priced home theater amplifier, just connect it to set of Boston 2.1 speakers with digital input and it sounds great.
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