- Grace Digital Mondo Elite Classic Internet Radio + SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify Connect, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 7-Day Alarm (Walnut)

This is my fourth Grace radio, starting many years ago with their first model. This one has much to recommend it over the predecessors. 1. It is heaver. This is important for me as the radio is on my bedside table. With all the previous radios if I would lean over from the bed to press a preset or the power button, often the whole radio would slide on the table and make it necessary I use a hand to hold the radio steady. This may seem to be a minor point but it is important on the basis of daily use and convenience. 2. It is more attractive with the wood appearance instead of plastic. Also the buttons are now easier to read because of the contrast of black on light tan instead of the prior gray on black. These improvements make the radio much more functional and easy to use. 3. The Mondo Elite models now integrate Pandora, as the earliest models did. The previous model, the Mondo+, allows casting Pandora to the radio from a smartphone or other source but the absence of an integrated Pandora is not user-friendly. Grace indicated it was a major effort to add Pandora to the Mondo Elite due to complex coding. I asked tech support if they were going to add Pandora to the Mondo+ models but they did not reply to this question. 4. The sound quality is rich but has too much bass for my 69-year-old ears. I adjusted the sound with the equalizer which helped some. Still I prefer the sound of the plastic models. Again, this is probably due to hearing loss or changes that occur when one ages. 5. The interface is very much like previous Grace radios, especially the Mondo+. Grace has added functionality in many small ways. I especially like how easy it is now to quickly adjust the sleep time with the large button on top. 6. The wireless charger is a bonus. It was not a determining factor in my decision to purchase the radio but since it is present I do use it. 7. I like the opportunity to set separate alarms for each day of the week, plus weekend and weekdays. Previously one could just set them for weekends and weekdays. One option that I use is to set overlapping alarms. If I want to get up at 7:00am to my local NPR station, say, I set an alarm for 6:50 for a new age channel at soft volume. I also set an alarm at 7:00 at normal volume. Then I awake gently. All in all, this is the best Grace radio I have owned.

I can finally sit back, tune in, and enjoy listening to my favorite radio station on iheart 680 am WRKO @ 6am with my Morning Coffee! Radio works crystal clear, and it is sharp! The set up is so easy and offers lots of preset stations or you have the option to manually tune in. You can also select podcasts! The remote control is also user friendly. I did a lot of research before purchasing and thus far I feel I made the right selection! The cabinetry and size fits great in my home! If you are in the market for a nice looking and sounding radio for a fair price this is the one! I highly recommend!

Good sound. Phono inputs and outputs allow connections to stereo and speakers and another input device like a CD or DVD player. USB port for iPod or hardwired internet. The built in WiFi and Bluetooth add functionality as do preloaded apps like Sirius XM, Prime, Iheart etc. real nice product Definitely recommend and would buy again!

I wanted to get a nice table radio for my bedroom. This radio has all the features I need. You can either use it as a table radio for a room, or a bedroom radio with alarm clock. This radio does both, and feature packed. My user case is for a bedroom radio that has all the stations including Sirius XM. I have to use my iPad and a speaker. I like to go to sleep by listening to sports at night. My local stations reception is not the best and this is why I bought this radio. Here is my review: This radio is well made and feels like the radio I replaced. It has a nice feature set - the instructions aren’t the greatest IMHO - but you can figure out how to work the features with common sense. The WiFi connected very easily to my network. Then finding the local radio stations was easy too. But as I found them, I could get no sound even though the station was locked in. But since this radio has Audacy and I Heart Radio, you can find your locals thru those two, since they are the biggest radio networks. I found my locals that I wanted. Sirius XM was easy to integrate, as my favorites that I use on my iPad immediately came up. Next was creating my presets. It was easy to do. But if you are using it in my case, it is best to put your five favorite stations - even though it holds ten - you don’t want to use the shift button in the middle of the night or half sleep. I learned how to feel for the five stations I often use. No problems there. You can preset up to 100 stations on this radio. The lighting is great enough and you can set the brightness or color of the digital clock. The daytime / nighttime feature for the screen is fantastic. You can set the brightness for certain times of the day and the night. It’s decent on my eyes. The alarm is loud enough - I set mine on buzzer- and works fine. So does the snooze button. Unfortunately, I can’t charge my iPhone 14 in an OtterBox case because of the camera bump. It won’t sit flush on the charger. Not a deal breaker. The sound is very good on this radio. Music sounds are great, and voices are clear. You can use the EQ for a custom sound, but the stock settings is good enough. The stations I listen to at night sound crystal clear. And I can now listen to channels on XM at my bedside. The app works well. It recognized the radio without issues. I use an old iPhone 7 as my remote, instead of my phone. The radio remote is decent, but I prefer to use the phone. My presets come up as a list on the phone, and changing channels is very smooth. Here is the bad thing about this radio: For the cost and price point of this radio, it should have an integrated Ethernet port. Not a dongle. After the first day of using this radio, the sound cut out, because the WiFi wasn’t connecting. My WiFi works well, but sometimes internet radio or XM cuts out. I called the tech support, and had to reset the radio twice. I told them that I needed a usb to Ethernet connector, but you have to use a special adapter. A common one will not work. They don’t have any on the website at all. Fortunately, I had to go elsewhere and got one thru C Crane, which sells them. I got the adapter two days later. The funny thing is that they also sell the Mondo version of the radio. It works beautifully, even though it has an orange glow. It is behind the radio, so you can’t really tell. No connectivity issues or dropouts at all. I am very happy with this purchase. I haven’t went into all of the features of this radio yet. But as I said, for the price point I would like better instructions on how to use the radio to the fullest. Secondly, the push buttons for the presets should be backlit - and dimmable like the main screen. And most importantly: it must be wired instead of WiFi. I don’t like WiFi connections for a streaming device - I want a solid internet connection. Some places in your home or room, the WiFi gets wonky, and drops the connection. This radio is a winner. I would by a second for my office if I had the chance. I gave it four stars because of the “iffy” instructions, and the lack of an Ethernet port. Otherwise, it would easily be five stars. It’s the best available. EDIT: Have been using this radio for a couple of weeks. It's been fantastic. No issues with the internet radio dropping out - as long as you have a wired connection. It's also been great as an alarm clock. it's worth the price I paid for it.

This is the best internet radio. I got this for an elderly family member and it is easy to use. Very happy with the purchase.

sound is good, looks very nice, easy to set up, twin wifi antennae provide good signal reception.

This is my fouth Grace Digital radio. An absolutely amazing product. With the Bluetooth you can stream stations directly from your phone. You can play mp3 files from the flash drive in the back. Even if you want to add a missing station, you can do it through their website. If you know how to find the streaming url of a station, you can create the missing station yourself. You can even add your preferred picture to go with the station' s name. The new equalizer is a bit better than the previous version. It is getting very difficult to buy Grace Digital radios outside of the US. I want to buy the Alto but from their website you cannot choose an address outside the US and it is not available to buy anywhere else. Pity. Oh well, we have to make do with what is out there.

Radio was promised by 8:00 O"clock on a certain day--at 7:00 O"clock I received an email from Canada Post stating my parcel would arrive in 6 more days. I immediately emailed the vendor expressing my displeasure. I received an email the next morning from the vendor telling me they had contacted the shipper and the radio would be there that day. Which it was--3 stars for Canada Post 5 stars for the seller. I contacted the maker, Grace Radio, several time for help getting a station & for technical help. The tech's I spoke to were great--they knew exactly what I needed and gave me all the help I needed. And they were very easy to contact I would rate the company 5+++. The radio uses a system very similar to the one used by squeezebox, so it was fairly easy to navigate. In fact I can find only one fault with the radio but unfortunately that fault could be a game changer--The speaker is VERY poor. In fact I get better sound from my $60 alexa ! Would I recommend buying this radio ? Yes, but you need to know that if you are using this as a prime source of sound you would probably want to add an external speaker. It does everything else so well that it is a shame that they didn't spend just a bit ore on the speaker.

This is what I have been looking for in an internet radio. I like to listen to a number of AM radio stations but the reception is very poor where I am, this radio solves that. It has ten station presets easily accessible with the remote. Some radio stations were not immediately available but using the online site login for the radio all the stations that I was looking for were available.