Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer - Gizmodo Comments

Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

ankz — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:21:04 EDT

I just got the Roku Soundbridge Radio and i think thats a way better choice than this one. The pricing is lower, it functions as a clock radio right out of the box and sound is very nice (something that may be true for the Sony too). The internet radio works with many radio stations (except realaudio streams) and it can also use most uPNP servers so there is no Roku software to install.

ankz

Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

Galley — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:48:20 EDT

For audio fans, Apple TV seems like a better choice since it's not only cheaper, but has an attractive GUI, and even supports video.

Galley

Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

aRrr-k — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:50:21 EDT

@EnochLight - I agree, the Squeezebox is awesome for the price, and Slim also has the Transporter, which for cool factor beats this Sony thing into the ground. see for yourself.

I think their biggest advantage over Sony here is that they support more services. Squeezebox works with (at least) both Pandora and Rhapsody, Sony's only with Live365,

aRrr-k

Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

EnochLight — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:29:43 EDT

Odd that Slim Device's (now Logitech) Squeezebox was not mentioned as an alternative. I find it vastly superior to the Sonos and 10X more useful than this Sony offering.

Anyone familiar with it?

http://www.slimdevices.com/index.html

EnochLight

Hands-On: Sony's All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

nih — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:17:30 EDT

Whats with bizarrely proportioned remotes? I hate those stubby things. They scream 'cheap'.

nih