Tivoli Radio???

I jusr recieved a Tivoli iPal today, for my office. My first impression is that it's a very good little portable radio.

We have a portable 4-band Sangean CC Radio (AM FM TV Weather) which sounds very good playing through it's own speaker, & has a multitude of options including an emergency weather alert function. It always travels along on boating excursions etc: cost about $150 from Herrington's mail order.

I had a Tivoli Model One for a while and was underwhelmed with the sound so I gave it away to my seven year old nephew. A fifteen year old KLH 100 made by Kyocera I use in my kitchen is much better. I do like the PAL model as it is portable and more interesting from a design point of view.

i went all-out and bought a tivoli clock radio with the stereo speaker and TWO subwoofers (using a splitter cable readily available at Best Buy). all this is set up on either side of my bed on nite-stands. i listen to alot of jazz late at nite and can reach over and tune the radio blind after becoming familiar with the dial. the radio will not do classical music that well, but piano, vibraphone, sax, vocals, are all extremely convincing to my ears; with the subwoofers string bass has excellent pitch-definition. the radio will not play louder than a certain point, which is fine by me, but it won't go into any noticeable distortion either. the cherry wood veneer to my eyes much nicer and more elegant than plastic; the fit and finish is of a very high quality. the tuner's sensitivity is remarkably good, even without a high-end external antenna. of course this set-up isn't very cost effective, but it serves the music and has an almost furniture-quality aesthetic that- i don't think- has any real competition.