[rauer]

As I'm looking for a way to upgrade my desktop PC audio for both speaker and headphone use, one of the many different options is a Tivoli radio. They seem to be fairly highly regarded as radios. What is their phone output quality like? I think I might be especially interested in the Model Two.

 

[Kees]

I have a model one and a model three. SQ from the speaker(s) is excellent. Coloured but very pleasing. The headphone out though is VERY weak. I couldn't even get decent volume out of my K81DJs, which play loud and clear straight from my X5. A bit disappointing in that regard I'm afraid.

 

[rauer]

Thanks. A pity it's that weak.

 

[_beat]

Tivoli models - I own Model One and Model Three - do have a "rec out" (accepts a 1/8" stereo male mini connector) --> you can connect them to the audio input of a (headphone)amplifier and this sounds very, very nice ...

_beat

 

[jrosenth]

agree - the out on these sounds great

 

[feifan]

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Originally Posted by _beat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Tivoli models - I own Model One and Model Three - do have a "rec out" (accepts a 1/8" stereo male mini connector) --> you can connect them to the audio input of a (headphone)amplifier and this sounds very, very nice ... _beat

_beat, thanks for the tip! I, too, had given up on the headphones out on my model one. Like Kees, I found it wimpy. I agree with you and jrosenth: the rec out is a world of difference, especially in volume. (Had to remember to turn the volume knob on the front all the way down to shut out the Tivoli's speaker.) I tried it with the Little Dot 2++ but like it best straight out of the X-Fi console with crystallizer on. The Tivoli's range is amazing. I'm getting FM and AM that I couldn't otherwise, and when it locks on sources, it sheds the usual noise Thanks again.