Crystal Tivoli Model One

We really like Tivoli radios for their simplicity and choice of different wood case materials. Scandanavian glass artist Per B. Sundber however has taken the once simple design to an entirely new level. Rather than wood, hand crafted crystal is used to encase the guts of the radio. At $4200 a pop for the crystal version, we think that the lowly Walnut version would be much better use of our money.

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Comments (5)

I'm shopping for a radio: are these Tivoli (not the crystal ones) any good? I want one that gets NPR inside, instead of forcing me to driveway moments all the time.

We love our Tivoli radio. In fact we are looking into buying a second for the kitchen. The only thing that may make it unappealing to some is the dial tuning. You can't set stations and switch between them. We only listen to NPR on the radio so it has worked out fine for us.

We purchased 2 HD radios within the past year:

this one is in the bedroom
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-3/qid=1184979621/ref=sr_1_3/602-9822348-0774247?ie=UTF8&asin=B000J171MK

this one is in the kitchen (it comes with a tiny remote that fits in a special slot on top of it)
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2460834&cp

Both radios sound terrific, and many FM stations broadcast more than one channel on HD. Our local NPR/jazz station broadcasts two additional stations with different shows and programming schedules during the daytime, (I can finally listen to Talk of the Nation and the Diane Rhem show.)

I bought my husband a Tivoli Model One specifically so that he could listen to NPR in the house. It works great, much better than our clock radio, for both NPR stations in our area.

It's kind of funny that so many people have problems listening to NPR indoors.