Revo announces the AXiS
Revo AXiS
We’ll forgive Revo the keyboard torturing name of the AXiS because at first glance the Scottish radio specialists have produced another landmark WiFi Radio device.
With the Revo Blik our workhorse radio here at Wifi Radio Review Towers, we always look forward to the next product release out of Lanarkshire and the AXiS is ticking all the boxes (even if it did just take 3 attempts to get the case of each of those letters correct).
Revo has taken the now ubiquitous featureset demanded of top end WiFi Radios – DAB, DAB+, internet radio, media streaming, iPod dock, LastFM – and added in a 3.5 inch touchscreen, bringing it inline with rivals such as the Pure Sensia (although the Sensia is 5.4″ compared to the AXiS’ 3.5).
Revo insist that AXiS will have superb audio performance. To quote them directly this “is thanks to the inclusion of NXT’s patented ‘Balanced-Radiator’ (BR) loudspeaker technology. BR drive units combine the performance attributes of an NXT flat panel speaker with the pistonic movement of a conventional loudspeaker, resulting in a high performance compact drive unit that can cover a wider range of frequencies.”
The Revo AXiS will start to ship on October 1, 2010. We are looking forward to getting our hands on one.
Read more here on the Revo website.
In: Radios, Revo · Tagged with: New Radios, Revo, Revo AXiS
on October 13, 2010 at 8:28 pm
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Revo Axis – Great table top radio but if you want it at your bedside look elsewhere!
I have recently received my Revo Axis in great condition and very timely. After the initial excitement I’d like to pass some thoughts on the radio:
the good …
• It looks GREAT!
• It Sounds great given its size.
• Its feature rich.
• Great search functions.
• The touch screen is great.
• the interface works well.
The bad …
• the lowest level contrast still lights up my whole bedroom at night and making it impossible to look at when the lights are off without completely waking me up. Even functioning as a clock only it is too bright to even leave in the general direction of the bed. It like having a night light one foot from your face while trying to sleep!
• The sleep function, which is one of the main reason I purchased the radio, is buried many, many levels down the menu that makes it difficult to navigate when you are just getting into bed much less when you are trying to turn it back on in the middle of the night. Seems if I want an easy sleep function I am forced to buy a remote to operate a bed side radio in arms reach feels like a marketing gimmick for extra revenue. I think this feature should be on the bottom left corner of the clock screen opposite the alarm button so it can be set/reset with a single click in the wee hours of the night much like my last two short wave radios.
My overall comment is that this is a great table top radio in every respect but if you are looking for something in the bedroom look elsewhere; 5 stars as a desktop radio, 1 star as a bedroom radio and its even a bad bedroom clock!