There are few internet radio tuners available. Consequently the Ocean Digital WR-10 is coveted for its price and availability. I have graduated from the Grace Digital tuner model CDI-IRDT200 to the Ocean Digital WR-10. The Grace tuner is no longer available. The Grace Digital uses the Reciva portal for accessing internet radio stations. Ocean uses Skytunes.net. I'd like to compare the two by referring to them as GRACE and OCEAN.

The Ocean has been criticized for it's small led window. It measures 2"x2" The height of the window is dictated by the height of the tuner and its ability to house the inner workings. Its diminutive size requires one to be inches from the window to read it. I must use my laptop to navigate the stations. The Grace window is about the same height, but is wider. Three and one half inches as compared to two. It is readable from a greater distance.

The Grace allows me to preset 10 stations. Ocean allows for 99 presets.

Ocean limits me to 10 station listings per page (per window on my laptop). Grace allows for 22 stations per page.

With Grace I can print my listings from my computer. Not with Ocean. It's very convenient to have a printed list in front of me when selection a station. It saves me from using my laptop.

Grace allows me to type in headings, categories, genres. My headings include Organ, Classical, Ambiance, Old Time Radio, BBC Radio. With 99 stations groupings, headings, categories are extremely helpful in location a station. Picking out one ambiance station from 99 intermixed stations is a nightmare.

Moving and relocating stations is easier with the Grace. One highlights the station and scrolls it above or below to find its new location. With the Ocean I must type in the station number I wish to move. And then type in the number of the new location and click enter. With both tuners an added station adds a number to all subsequent stations.

I now have a daunting task before me. I must select all my favorite classical, ambiance, old time radio stations. I'm going to still attempt to group them. I will have to write down the station number of the first station that begins a new category. One begins ambiance. 22 begins classical, 66 old time radio etc.

And if I want a printed list of my 99 stations I will have to use my iphone to photograph the the ten pages from my computer, cut out the 10 titles per page and tape them together in sequential, numerical order. And jot down the category changes where they occur.

Ocean, any chance you might substitute Reciva for Skytune?

Five stars for the tuner. Two stars for the portal.

With so much new construction in my neighborhood, even my mighty Magnum Dynalab tuner could no longer pull in WQXR-NY. Yes, it's only a 710 watt station but there was a time when it was no problem. Now, forget stereo, let alone a clean mono signal most of the time.

I tried a bunch of different antennas and even looked to get the Dynalab upgraded but was told by an engineer to just go internet radio.

I was loath to retire my beautiful sounding tuner but was out of solutions.
So, I rolled the dice on the WR 10.

The WR10 -FM is a very nicely built unit for the money and the ability to listen to stations from all over the world is a hoot!
I'm listening to a great classical Portland station as I write this in New York City. Really, when was the last time you were excited about radio : )

I am taking Mr. Armstongs advice ( see his review above) and have just ordered a Cambridge Audio- refurbished DacMagic 100. I am sure that will make a huge improvement in the sound.

The WR10-FM on it's own has good detail and listening to a" station" with a 48KHz sample rate it doesn't sound pushed or artificial and has surprisingly good tight bass, just heard some nice timpani drums as I was writing, BUT overall it's a bit thin/dry- compared to my Magnum, but that's not really a fair comparison. The Dynalab, new, cost 10 times as much!

More on the sound after the DAC arrives.
I will probably upgrade the power supply/wall-wart on the tuner as well, $49.00 for an IFI unit.

The trouble shooting guide in the manual is not very helpful ( I had to re-set back to factory setting before it would lock to my router, a fix not mentioned?) but the folks at Ocean Digital are helpful and quick to return e-mails.

I strongly recommend this unit.

It punches way above it's weight and has a lot of flexibility, all in all a very handsome, svelte package.

For under 150 bucks there is nothing to think about - just buy it!

PART 2 - 30 days later...

I have added a Cambridge Audio refurbished Dac Magic 100 ($136) My vintage McCormack DAC won't decode a 48KHZ signal. I also replaced the Tuners wall wart with an IFI AC/DC 5v power supply ($49.99)

The sound ,now, is nothing short of SPECTACULAR.
All in, the WR10 PLUS the the two upgrades: total cost was only $330.

That is a very low price to pay for a unit that now sounds stunning, this coming from a Magnum Dynalab owner.
If you have a modern DAC this set up is even more price friendly.

At this point I can not recommend this unit strongly enough!

This just in 12/10/19 - Added a Schiit Audio Loki EQ unit just to give it a bit of the warmth I was missing from my old Magnum Dynalab- It sounds ridiculously good now.

12/15/19
OK, I need to get a life. And ,no, I do not work for Ocean Digital or any of their affiliates.

I was running out of room on my larger Surge X power conditioner/protector so I bought a smaller Surge X SX-1120 -RT

I found one, mint shape on e-bay, $95 free ship, boxed like new. MSRP $799.!!
Cannot recommend this company enough, please buy one if you don't have already.

All the wall warts and accessories now have their own clean, safe power.

NOW this little tuner sounds SUMPTUOUS - really breathtaking. Just heard some harpsichord, ( Linn Classical) almost fell off the chair!

Plugged into the Surge , when a quite passage occurs you'd think someone killed the amp. More air and vitality too and it's safe from harm.

Makes a great Christmas gift.......

Happy listening!!!!

6/18/22
Unit has been on 24/7 since I bought it in 2019. Absolutely bullet proof. I now have it hooked up to a Kora -Hermes NOS/Tube -DAC , with a Monarchy Audio -Digital Interface Processor ( Re-Clocker) just stunning! I have it "tuned" to French Classic, internet radio.

Again, hooked up to a quality outboard DAC and you will have one of the best sounding/least expensive digital sources ever!

I'm buying my nephew the Ocean Digital unit with the built in CD player so he can start building a low cost/high performance hi-fi system for himself.

These units out of the box sound very good to begin with. Add a pair of self powered speakers and you have a great office-desk top/guest bedroom/garage/laundry room, etc system.
Just buy it!!!

I've used TuneIn for years now and have owned a desktop internet radio. I wanted a better listening experience than I get with a phone or tablet, or the mono output desktop radio, without the need to hook those devices themselves to my home audio system. This item fills that role admirably, as a hi-fi component internet radio tuner, at a surprisingly low cost, compared to better known brand names in the hi-fi world.

I have no issues whatsoever with the sound quality, as presented through my Onkyo 2-channel integrated amp and B&W speakers. Fidelity and detail are very high. In fact, I'm actually quite impressed.

The station list is reasonably good, and I was able to find my top 9 or 10 stations used on TuneIn pretty easily, using the remote and selecting from the LCD screen on the radio itself. If you want to add stations to the radio that aren't in the Skytune database, that capability exists. It involves going to the Skytune site, entering your radio IP address, and then the streaming URL for the desired station. Then one can send it to the radio. At that point one can use the supplied remote and save it to the favorites list on the radio with one button push.

The only thing I think could be executed better is the entry of initial information, like network name and password, and searching for stations via text name or call letters. That's cumbersome, using the remote in a similar fashion to old fashion texting on a cell phone numeric keypad. Luckily the network info is only needed once. I wish there was an app but haven't found one. If one keeps the mobile site up on their phone or tablet browser, then it's almost like an app. One doesn't need to re-enter the radio IP address if the browser tab stays open.

The color LCD is small, yet helpful and informative. One definitely needs to be within several feet of the radio to view it effectively, but given the form factor of hi-fi components, one can't really expect a much larger screen.

Setup and connectivity was pretty easy. The first time it connected to the network it updated itself. Not sure if it was firmware, station database, or both. It took less than 2 minutes according to my recollection. I've had it for approximately 30 days. During that period, it's lost the connection to the network once. That required turning the radio off and back on, at which time it instantly reconnected.

So I'm extremely happy with this item. The signal fed to the hi-fi system is clean. It looks good with the rest of the hi-fi system. I can use it like a highly receptive tuner that gets stations all over the world. I now enjoy internet radio though a higher end sound system from the comfort of my leather recliner.

Just received this unit today. I was surprised that the warranty seal was torn, maybe a refurbished unit, although the description did not mention that. Still, it looks like new. It's my third item from that brand. Plays as well as the others, great sound with an equalizer as bonus. . Setup is straightforward. Thousands of radio stations from around the world without having to fumble with a tablet or the phone. Press a button and it plays - that simple. Let's hope it lasts like the others so i don't have to fight a warranty claim because of the broken seal.

I can't say I spent hours researching this, but although there are tons of Internet Radios out there, mostly they are portables or table radios (with built-in speakers). I've had a nice component stereo system for decades and really wanted a component tuner to replace my existing AM/FM tuner as, ever since I moved to the boonies after living most of my life in a major metropolitan area, both my AM and FM reception have been pathetic.

Aside from assuring good reception, an internet radio also gives me access to stations worldwide which I could never receive, not even via shortwave. The Ocean Digital tuner (which also seem to be available with different brand names from various "manufacturers"--who knows who actually makes this radio), is very well thought out and easy to use (I haven't even opened the manual yet, but easily got it up and running).

Like other Internet Radios I've used, it is time consuming to locate stations to save, but mostly that has to do with the sheer number of stations available worldwide on the internet. Also like most Internet Radios I've encountered, it uses a database service (in this case, Skytune) to access the URL of the radio stations.

On the one hand, this can be good as, in my experience, some (particularly smaller, foreign) internet radio stations change their stream without telling anyone (since you will automatically connect if you are accessing the station via their website from your web browser, you will never know the stream address has changed if you are using your computer), so having a service that keeps everything up-to-date is nice.

On the other hand, if the station you want to listen to isn't in their data base, you need to request the service to add it or update it, which is annoying since you otherwise don't need to do anything if you are just using a computer to listen.

At least Skytune appears to make it easy to add/edit a station, though I haven't tried that yet.

The best thing is the Ocean Digital tuner looks like a quality stereo component--totally at home with my vintage (hard to believe) NAD CD player, ADS Cassette deck, Threshold preamp and Forte amp.

The only complaint I have (and it's minor and picky), is the menu icons are a little cheesy-looking. The color LCD graphic display is very nice and could have been used to make some better looking graphics than stuff which looks like it's from the 1980's 8-bit era. It doesn't really matter, though, as I always leave it set for Internet Radio and then just display the time and station name.

I consider an Internet Radio to be a premier IOT device, giving you access to uniquely Internet services in a simple, convenient and familiar paradigm. Personally, I would never listen to Internet radio stations on a computer--my audio system has a special place in my home and I want my tuner to conveniently work like a tuner, not a computer, with audio quality which matches the rest of my audio system.