Acoustic Research ARIR2. Internet Radio review. Wi- Fi radios would seem to be a perfect bedside companion, but surprisingly few of them are designed to work as an alarm clock. The Acoustic Research ARIR2. In addition, the ARIR2. Slacker streaming, and weather updates- -all for a very reasonable street price of about $1. So why the halfhearted praise?
Unfortunately we ran into some connectivity problems (although only at the office) and the ARIR2. We were also disappointed that Acoustic Research didn't throw in dual alarm functionality, especially because it's available on the competing Aluratek Internet Radio. The Acoustic Research ARIR2.
Design. The exterior design of a product is always subjective, but we'd be surprised if anyone considered the ARIR2. It has an unusual trapezoidal shape that tapers toward the top, and the majority of the unit is covered in glossy black plastic that attracts fingerprints very easily. That's more of a problem than usual, since you're likely to be groping the ARIR2.
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Aside from smudges, there's no denying that the ARIR2. The snooze button is prominent enough that you should be able to find it, even if you're half awake. Like the competing Aluratek Internet Radio, the ARIR2. Wi- Fi radio with alarm functionality as an afterthought. On top of the unit there's a big snooze button, and there's a handy "alarm" button for quickly setting the alarm. The silver wheel on the far right is for volume.
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We also appreciated the easy access buttons that bring up weather and change sources. The directional pad on the front of the unit is easy to use, but we found it a bit slower than knob- based navigation offered on other units.
The rest of the controls are on the front panel. Buttons line the display on both sides, with the handy home button on the upper right- hand corner. Below the display is a directional pad for navigating the menus.
Although the directional pad works fine, we tend to find that knob- based navigation is faster on devices like these. Features. The ARIR2. Wi- Fi radio, but to us its design really makes it feel more like an alarm clock with a Wi- Fi radio as a bonus. That's why we were a little disappointed that the ARIR2. The best part is that you can set your alarm to go off to a variety of sources, like an Internet radio or Slacker station. However, there's no dual alarm functionality and you can't set alarms to reoccur on a specific schedule- -for instance, only on the weekdays.
The competing Aluratek Internet Radio offers dual alarms. Particularly useful for an alarm clock is the ARIR2. Weather. Bug service.
Press the weather button once to get today's forecast and once more to get a three- day forecast. There's a strange note in the manual that the ARIR2.
Weather. Bug." Yes, four years is a long time, but we still feel a little uneasy that the weather feature will stop working eventually, especially since we tend to use alarm clocks for decades. Like every Wi- Fi radio, the ARIR2. Internet radio stations available for free online. If you can't stand what's available on AM/FM (neither can we) and don't want to pay for satellite radio (neither do we), there's plenty of great stations available online for just about everybody.
One of the unique features of the ARIR2. MB internal memory. We haven't seen this functionality on other Wi- Fi radios and perhaps for good reason; we didn't find ourselves using it very much during our testing. With so many ways to get access to music these days- -from Rhapsody to La. La to i. Tunes- -the idea of recording songs off the radio just isn't as appealing as it was in 1.