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66 MONITORING TIMES July 2008

IRST LOOK

s I type this review, I’m listening to the

crisp brass of Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio

Italien emanating from the two 3” stereo

speakers in a small desktop radio. But this radio

is something quite different from what I’m used

to; its wireless interconnect feature has linked it

to the Internet through my host computer from a

distance of up to 300 feet, allowing me to visit

hundreds of classical music broadcasts at any

one time, and countless other stations and stream

sources throughout the world.

You don’t even have to have a computer;

it can be used as a stand-alone receiver working

into a broadband Internet connection and a wired

or wireless router.

The radio is from Sangean and it’s the

WFR-20, their new WiFi Internet radio. Its

sleek, black cabinet with one dial belies its

multi-functional capability. A touch of that dial

allows many menu choices, and a tiny infrared

remote control makes the tasks even easier.

This little radio with big sound offers a

menu with options of some 60 genres of music

including favorites like jazz, flamenco, folk

music, classical, rock, new age, rap, country,

bluegrass, Christian, blues, hip hop, Latin, old-

ies, and many more. Talk radio, sports broad-

casts, news, interviews and other non-musical

programs are also available at the touch of the

dial.

You can search for these stations with the

radio or you may use your favorite web browser

and upload them to be filed in the “My Stations”

folder. Many of these stations offer a choice of

“Live” (current broadcast) or “On Demand”

(previously-broadcast) sources, the latter of

which can be fast-forwarded or fast-reversed.

It is estimated that there are currently more

than 20,000 active Internet radio stations and

audio stream sources available. These are reg-

istered for your reference on the Reciva portal

website: www.reciva.com. By registering with

Reciva, the listener may configure his WRF-20

to access an enormous database of

stations and streams of his prefer-

ence, effectively increasing the

radio’s initial 12-channel memory

substantially.

Internet radio is like listening

to satellite XM or Sirius, but with

an astronomically larger selec-

tion, and without a monthly fee!

Granted, the satellite feeds are

available to portable and mobile

radios wherever they roam, while

Internet radio still requires the

computer connection.

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Features

The WFR-20 supports MP3, WMA, WAV,

AAC, AIFF, FLAC Real Audio, and AU formats.

A choice of display languages is user-selectable.

A clock/sleep/timer/alarm is yet another func-

tional selection, adjustable for 12 or 24 hour

format.

And, if you’d like to use the WFR-20 to

access your personal digital media library via

your wired or wireless networked computer, you

can select Windows™ Media Player™ using

the radio’s UPnP Server, or optionally call up

your Microsoft™ Shared File Folder function

using any of the formats listed in the paragraph

above. Your computer’s hard-drive-recorded

programs can be fast-forwarded or fast-reversed

by a simple click of the remote control.

Sound quality on the Sangean is quite good

for a table radio. A single dial controls volume,

bass and treble, as well as station and mode

selection.

The three-line, backlit LCD display is

easy to read, and provides all the programming

information as it is manipulated either by the

dial or the remote control. After the station is

selected, the display automatically announces

the station along with the contents as provided

by that specific program.

Since starting this review, I’ve switched

channels. Right now the scrolling display is

telling me that I’ve selected AccuRadio Classic

Crossover, and I’m listening to Alfred Brendel’s

Sonata No. 3, Opus 53 D. 850, 2. con moto, and

that Real is enabled at 64 kbps in MP3.

The multilingual display vocabulary may

be selected from any of 11 different languages.

The display offers a wide viewing angle of

large characters, and brightens when the dial is

pressed or turned to make an adjustment, drop-

ping back to a softer glow when simply scroll-

ing its information. The backlight dial may be

adjusted for brightness levels to suit the user.

The WFR-20 is powered from AC; internal

audio power to its speakers is 5 watts per chan-

nel, available for optional external speakers

or a set of headphones from rear terminals. To

feed the receiver’s audio to an external ampli-

fied stereo system, a stereo line output is also

provided. Both audio sources employ standard

3.5 mm (1/8”) jacks.

There is an additional 3.5 mm input jack

for allowing the radio to accept an external

audio source with two different programmable

sensitivity choices to accommodate high or low

input levels.

Its WiFi connection is supported by both

802.11 b and g, or the user may wish to utilize

a direct LAN (Ethernet) connection (cable

included). The radio measures 11-1/2”W x

4-1/2”W x 7-1/4”D.

As with all digital equipment, future up-

grades are inevitable. Any such upgrades for

the WFR-20 may be accessed on line via the

Configure menu item.

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Internet radio peculiarities

One annoying characteristic of Internet

Radio is the capricious nature of some program

sources; you may be listening to your favorite

music and suddenly it’s switched to another

piece. Or the buffering of the incoming data is

choked by the connection and you experience

frequent audio dropouts during your favorite

passages as it catches up.

Not all programs announce their program

content, so it may be impossible to identify what

you’re hearing without having access to their

program schedule. And finally, not all channels

are active all the time.

Switching through the memorized stations

is not rapid; it may take anywhere from a few

seconds to nearly half a minute for the radio to

load on each newly-selected channel.

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A ﬁnal note

Internet Radio is just one more stag-

gering achievement in the evolution of

the worldwide web. It offers the potential

to draw divergent civilizations closer

together. And what better way to do it

than with their music and their voices?

MT will continue to bring you Internet

Radio programming information in

regular installments. Stay tuned to the

GlobalNet column!!

The new Sangean WFR-20 WiFi

Internet Radio is in the $300 price class

and is available from MT advertisers.

Sangean WFR-20 Wiﬁ Radio

Pick your own Programming

Bob Grove

bo/jointfilesconvert/465528/bgr[email protected]

What distinguishes the new wifi radios

isn’t their hardware – it’s what you can

hear on them!

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