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Your cart is empty.4.4 out of 5 stars
- #77,600 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
- #13 in Internet Radios
The Mondo Elite Classic from Grace Digital provides excellent sound in a classic design that incorporates your favorite listening options into a single device! You can stream your favorite embedded apps. Compatible with Spotify Connect, Pandora, Amazon Music Prime and Unlimited, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Live365, Calm radio, and over 100,000 radio stations from around the corner to around the world. Stream from your phone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi from Chromecast enabled apps like TuneIn, Spotify, YouTube music and many others! Group multiple units together and stream content from and to anywhere in your home (compatible with the legacy Mondo + and Encore + models).
Max audio technology from Waves Inc offers room filling sound from the 4-inch full range front ported speaker and customizable 5 band equalizer. Charge your phone with the built-in Qi-Wireless quick charger or through the USB 5V port on the back. Plug in a USB storage device with music files and play the music directly through the Mondo Elite Classic.
Compatible with industry leading UPnP/DNLA based media servers. Bluetooth 5.0 integrated chip allows you to connect and play music from your smartphone or stream music to a pair of Bluetooth earbuds/headphones. 3.5-inch color display shows playlist, station and album art while streaming music and makes for easy navigation through menus, settings and apps.
Built in dual band Wi-Fi works with all 802.11a/b/g/n/ac routers. Supported streaming protocols: HTTPS, RTSP, WSMP, Shoutcast, Supports 11 audio formats: AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, CAF, NeXT, ADTS, MP3, AAC, HE-AAC v2, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WMA. Supports Hi-Res files up to 24-bit/192kHz FLAC, LPCM, WAV, AIFF (for the whole list go to page 43 of the user manual available at the Grace Digital website).
Connect to an ethernet cable with the optional USB to Ethernet dongle (sold separately).
Thomas V. Caprio
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
I am very pleased with this purchase the set up was easy and the sound quality is excellent for a small room. I am using in a home office and the big advantage is the ability to have multiple streaming options in addition to Internet radio, it has built-in Chromecast support which expands capability to vritually every music app you have in a smartphone or tablet, in addition to streaming support right on the radio for all the other major music services like Spotify, Amazon music, Pandora, and iHeart radio. I bought this specifically for the SiriusXM capability, with the streaming option as part of an existing satellite radio subscription, this has allowed me to use satellite radio outside the car into the house which has been seamless and easy to set up. It adds value to the annual cost of the satellite radio subscription.
Mrs J.
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2024
This radio is awesome. The look of it and the functionality are second to none. The customer service can’t be beat. There was a radio station that we wanted and couldn’t get. A quick email to customer service and within 24 hours, the station was loaded and works amazingly
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2024
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.
Matt J.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
My unit matches the current images that don't have external antennas in the rear I see on other reivews. But the internal antenna seems quite sufficient (my wifi signal is strong). I use in the kitchen, so I cannot comment on the alarm features.The unit boots up very quick and connects pretty quick to a radio station if that is what you were last listening to. This was important to me as I just want to flip the radio on and immediately hear music, like old school over the air radios. I do occasionally listen to an app on the phone over bluetooth, which doesn't take too long to select/connect.I've got no problem with the speaker quality for the size. Sure it would be nice being a little wider with 2 internal speakers for stereo. But what really degrades the sound is dependent on the selected radio station. I don't know if it's bitrate or something else, but some stations don't sound as good as others or are low volume. Stations with strong/clean signals sound fine for me as I don't expect extreme high fidelity in a unit this size at this price point.The navigation is okay - not too hard but could use improvement. Getting to presets 1-5 is very easy, 6-10 is a 2-button affair on the unit or direct from the remote. Presets over 11 are a bit cumbersome to get to. I wouldn't even bother researching/saving stations off of the unit itself. Use the Grace portal via a browser for that. I usually research radio stations of interest through google searches, and find that most of them broadcast over the internet and can be selected by this unit. The remote works fine but feels cheap compared to the unit.Overall I'm very happy with the unit. I think it's main feature is as a stand-alone internet radio. If all I wanted was to listen to apps from my phone, many external speaker devices serve that purpose. The great thing is the variety of music stations available. I discover many bands that I don't normally encounter through Pandora/Spotify/Youtube suggestions.
EVK
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2023
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.
Imo
Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2023
sound is good, looks very nice, easy to set up, twin wifi antennae provide good signal reception.
Yvan (Maison)
Reviewed in Canada on November 2, 2022
Le son est bon mais trop cherLe Wifi n'est pas fameux, une journée, c'Est ok, l'autre jour, ça ne fonctionne pas
Michael Cieslak
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021
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.
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