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Tivoli Audio Announces New Line of Internet-Enhanced Radios

by Switched Staff on May 27, 2009 at 09:02 PM



Today, Tivoli Audio announced a new range of finishes for its NetWorks tabletop Internet radio. Intended to simplify Internet radio (and bring the wealth of available content to your living room), this stereo system connects to the Web via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and allows you to stream Web radio stations from around the world. In addition to the original wooden finishes, Tivoli is spicing things up with a couple new colors and a new wood-grain texture collection. At the New York City event, designer Ilaria Marelli explained how these changes in color, shape, and texture were derived from current trends in fashion, sustainability, and product design.

Similarly, CEO Tom DeVesto explained how the company has teamed up with high-end furniture designer Giulio Cappellini. Tivoli used colors from Cappellini's 2009 furniture line -- this means three new polished finishes and a Cappellini name across the speaker front on both the NetWorks and the Model One (Tivoli's traditional table radio).

The NetWorks's clean lines and timeless style are great, but our favorite thing about these Web-enabled radios is that they're truly networked: in other words, Tivoli can push updates to these devices through the Web. This means if you bought one two years ago, you'd still be able to receive software updates today that enhance the device's functionality without having to pay for a brand new system. Even better, software updates are free.

Although Tivoli offers over 13,000 radio stations on the NetWorks' system (customized by genre and country), we wish it supported customizable streaming sites like Pandora and last.fm (or music subscription services like Napster and Rhapsody). That said, it's nice to see a compact, elegant package that offers basic iPod connectivity (by way of a USB input or an old-school 1/8-inch input jack) and the ability to add a subwoofer to the mix.

Check out the gallery below for some images from the event.

Tivoli Audio Event 2009



Tivoli Audio Cappellini

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