Como Audio Solo Wireless Speaker keeps all your music at the ready

Como Audio Solo

We have several different sources from which we get our music. There’s Internet radio, the actual radio, music downloaded on our phones, and computers. When you’re at home, you have access to all of these options, but the manner in which you listen to them is normally stuck to specific devices. We want our world to be as connected as possible, so it would make sense that we would want a speaker system that will let us access whichever option we want, whenever we want.

The Como Audio Solo Speaker could be classified as a radio, but it is far more than that. This is a smart speaker that has a wooden case that’s nearly a half-inch thick with a 3/4” soft dome tweeter and a custom 3” long-throw, 4-layer voice coil woofer with an oversize magnet. There is also a 2.8” TFT color display so you can always see the album art, artist, and song information regardless of what channel you’re listening through.

There are two versions of this speaker, with this $299 version being the smaller of the two. The Duetto does the same, but more of it, and has a $399 price tag. This is available in piano black, white, hickory/black, or walnut/black, and yes, the color does affect the price. If you’re feeling saucy, you can buy multiples and sync them so that you can have the same music playing all over your house during parties.

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Grace Digital reveals the Mondo+ internet radio

mondo-plusGrace Digital is no stranger when it comes to devices that offer music playback in a myriad of ways. There was the SiriusXM Sound Station in the past, and this time around, a new milestone has been achieved in the form of the Mondo+ , which is touted to be the first internet radio in the world that comes with built-in Chromecast. How cool is that? The Mondo+ basically brings together the functionality of internet radio, an advanced alarm clock, UPnP media player, and Chromecast built-in for audio, which ought to elevate it to an all-in-one radio which users are unable to live without.

With the ability to support the slew of Chromecast audio services, in addition to on-board internet radio services, one will now be able to control the audio streaming onto a Mondo+ through a Google Home device. That ought to make life a whole lot easier and more convenient when it comes to enjoying your favorite tunes.

Integrated Chromecast means one will be able to stream music/tunes/podcasts/playlists to the Mondo+ from over 100 music apps, and doing so is as simple as tapping the Cast button on your favorite Chromecast-enabled apps — regardless of whether the app runs on a compatible smartphone, tablet or laptop. Some of the supported apps include Pandora, Spotify, Slacker radio, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio, NPR, and Tunein, among others.

There is also a multi-room audio feature which enables users to group one or more Mondo+ radios using any Chromecast built-in audio device, in addition to streaming to one or all devices simultaneously. Those who actually own Google Home devices are able to control Chromecast-enabled apps so that they can play, pause, and skip on their Mondo+ with nothing more than the voice command “Ok Google”. The Mondo+ comes equipped with an easy-to-read 3.5-inch color display as well, letting you check out playlists, stations and album art at a glance. Expect the Grace Digital Mondo+ to retail for $199 a pop as it ships later this April.

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