Tivoli Audio’s new tabletop radio isn’t a radio in any respect. The Mannequin Two Digital ($449) works with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and has a smooth new design that may be positioned horizontally or vertically. It eliminates the Mannequin One Digital‘s outsized dial and display screen in favor of a a lot easier, single knob that does triple responsibility because the management for energy, supply choice, and quantity. It additionally lacks an AM or FM tuner, making it the primary Tivoli Audio “Mannequin” sequence tabletop product to lack a terrestrial radio function. The Mannequin Two Digital is offered for preorder beginning September 19 and is anticipated to ship in November.
Tivoli Audio says the Mannequin Two Digital, which is offered in three shade combos (walnut/gold, white/silver, and black/black), will attraction to the person who loves streaming and isn’t involved a few conventional FM/AM radio function as a result of they will entry their favourite terrestrial stations by way of apps like TuneIn. This successfully makes the Mannequin Two Digital a wi-fi speaker.
You’ll be able to connect with the Mannequin Two Digital out of your cellphone or different units by way of Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay 2, or Chromecast, and it consists of assist for each Spotify Join and Tidal Join. Tivoli Audio claims the brand new diagonally oriented grille was partly impressed by COVID: the brushed metallic ionized end is simpler to scrub and disinfect when in comparison with the corporate’s earlier merchandise, which have usually used cloth-covered metallic grilles over the audio system.
What hasn’t modified is using actual wooden veneers for the cupboards and the provision of a 3.5mm analog enter on the rear of the speaker for connecting exterior units like TVs or turntables.
Beneath that redesigned exterior sits a brand new set of drivers — a 3.5-inch full vary driver and .75-inch tweeter — and although Tivoli Audio hasn’t supplied specifics on the amplification, it says the Mannequin Two Digital sounds louder than its predecessors.
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