- Listen to over 16,000 AM or FM radios stations in pure digital sound over your home broadband network.
- Select stations by region, country, search by radio station name or over 50 genres such as Country, BBC, News, Talk, Classical, Rock, Polka etc.
- Wirelessly stream your music library from your PC or MAC or internet radio direct from the internet via any wireless Internet connection (802.11b & 802.11g compatible)
- Supports wireless security protocols WEP & WPA 1 & 2
- Includes stereo speakers, headset jack, remote control, AC power, and manual
Product Description
With Grace Wireless Internet Radio you can listen to over 15,000+ radio stations, 20,000+ on-demand radio programs, and over 35,000 podcasts from around the world.streaming. The 4-line LCD displays the song and artist. The intuitive and easy-to-use controls let you browse over 10,000 global Internet radio stations with ease.You can browse by location or by genre. Have you ever wanted to hear what’s going on in your home town, state or country? What about local sport… More >>
Grace Digital GDI-IR3000 Stereo Wireless Internet Radio w/Remote
#1 by DennyInDurham on April 16, 2010 - 3:51 am
Caveat: I purchased this (and a GDI-IR1000 before) primarily to listen to a handful of Sirius talk channels without turning on a stereo system. DirecTV provides all the XM music channels, and I have a minimum of use for the 15,000 internet stations the Grace radio successfully receives. I ultimately purchased a Logitech Squeezebox Boom, which works perfectly with Sirius with better sound, albeit at a higher price.
I’ve tried two Grace internet radios, and both have the same problem… Sirius really doesn’t work (after weeks of interactions with Grace support).
The problem appears to be that the Sirius stream doesn’t come directly from Sirius (as the Stiletto and PC streams do), but from a third party named Reciva.
The problems? When you turn on the radio already set to a Sirius channel, more often than not it reports “Unable to play”, although pressing a preset button for the same Sirius channel immediately connects.
And then, after it connects, it frequently stops with “Stream ended”, although, again pressing the preset button immediately connects and plays.
Grace claimed this was a unique problem, and wanted me to try another radio, and I did, with exactly the same results (this time directly connected via Ethernet, instead of WiFi). But the Grace and Reciva websites now have multiple reports of the “Stream ended” problem.
Grace support, while professional and responsive, seems unable to resolve Reciva/Grace issues.
If Grace can work out the problems with Reciva/Sirius behind the scenes, or with a radio firmware update, this will be a good product. Until then, if you’re planning to buy this to receive Sirius (which requires paying Sirius for ‘CD quality’ streaming), think again.
One other comment on this model… the IR remote isn’t very effective… it must be used from directly in front of the unit, and at close range.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Tough Customer on April 16, 2010 - 4:07 am
I have owned a Grace Digital Wireless Internet Radio GDI-IR2000 for several months and really enjoy it a lot (see my 5-star review of that product). It is set up in my bedroom. I was going to buy a second identical unit to connect to my living room stereo system, when the GDI-IR3000 caught my eye. The principal difference is that, in addition to the usual WiFi wireless network interface shared by all internet radios, the 3000 also has an ethernet port, to allow a hard-wired connection to the internet. The hard-wired ethernet connection is immune to interference from microwave ovens and wireless devices such as phones. Other than that, the IR3000 is nearly identical to the IR2000. Both units are easy to set up and perform flawlessly, in my experience. They both can be programmed and controlled from the same Grace website.
Most of the negative reviews of these Grace internet radios complain about the lackluster sound from the built-in speakers. Forgetaboutit! Only a numbskull uses the built-in speakers. Hook them up to your stereo or a good set of external powered speakers, and these units will sound fantastic. With the support of the excellent Grace website, you can easily interface to thousands of internet radio stations.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by kishfish on April 16, 2010 - 5:09 am
The device does do a decent job as an internet radio however it’ build quality is marginal. One could easily describe it as feeling cheap. The sound quality is about the same as the sound quality of the built in speaker one finds in a desktop. It does have two speakers but for what reason I can’t figure out. I have experienced problems connecting with Pandora. Most likely this is a firmware problem which might be fixed sometime or another. As for that glowing review of the unit it was obviously written by a Grace company spokesman. Amazon shouldn’t allow them to do that. Overall I would say the Grace 1000B is a better radio.
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by J. Nash on April 16, 2010 - 5:25 am
Part I. This Grace radio is excellent. I cannot understand why they don’t sell millions of these and why this model is not available on local store shelves. This is a small stereo Internet radio with decent sound – exactly what I was looking for. If you want to listen more closely, you can use the headphone jack or RCA output connections to connect to other stereo equipment. As an Internet radio, the out of box experience was excellent. I was set up and listening to my favorite Internet radio stations within minutes of opening the box. The rotate and push control knob is easy to use and provides an interface that should not seem foreign to anyone. The backlit display is easy to read. Today I took the radio with me around the house, from the basement to the garage and it provided clear clean sound. I love Internet radio and can now appreciate it without booting up and being tethered to my PC thanks to this Grace radio. Part 2. I cannot live without a few of the Sirius radio stations – yeah, the ones that have living breathing intelligent DJs. The setup of Sirius on this radio took me more than an hour of experimenting. It works fine now, but I had to perform a firmware upgrade and try a few things to get it going. That part of the experience could have been smoother, but I did get it done, by myself, on a Saturday when the Grace support is not available.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by J. Macaluso on April 16, 2010 - 7:51 am
Someone said that the dock doesn’t charge your iPod. In my experience, it does.
Rating: 4 / 5