Designed in Britain, the Airstream 10 radio from Monitor Audio is a feast for both the eyes and ears. Its retro design is highly desirable and the cool luxury looks are specifically designed to bring a touch of style to any interior. Combine this with all the outstanding and dynamic performance you’d expect from Monitor Audio’s award winning range of products and you have a whole new way to enjoy radio today. By matching the power of the Internet with a truly user friendly interface, AirStream 10 lets you experience over 15,000 Internet radio stations, global music services and every music file on your home network. It even reaches into analogue to give you FM with RDS and full digital DAB; it also offers a way to plug in your MP3 player and hi-fi system.
The design of AirStream 10 is simply not just a case of being different for the sake of it. The unique shape enables you to utilise two different rotational options improving it’s versatility around your home; stand it on a shelf, close to a wall, or lay it on a bedside table if you are using it as an alarm clock.
Through careful development and attention to detail, and using only high quality materials normally found on our more advanced hi-fi loudspeakers, the design of the AirStream 10 envelopes Monitor Audio’s core design principles. From it’s strong, ultra low-resonance aluminium shell, to the touch sensitive menu buttons and ergonomic central control dial. AirStream 10 redefines the ‘compact radio’ through high quality materials and its superior fit and finish.
The high quality materials used like real wood veneer and high quality aluminium casework, greatly improve the sound quality and durability of AirStream 10 providing a stylish look and quality feel that will sit perfectly in any traditional or contemporary interior space. Monitor Audio have used all of their experience to pack their trademark & respected sound into an innovative and stunning looking radio which oozes technical expertise.
Choose your way to listen to your music
AirStream 10 can connect with any Wi-Fi network, at home or in an office. Once it’s turned on it’ll automatically pick up the available Wi-Fi networks allowing you to access thousands of internet radio stations and podcasts from anywhere in the World. If you have a hard drive or storage device where you keep your music, AirStream 10 will also connect via Wi-Fi to that, it’ll even update itself; you don’t even need your computer on, as long as the router is on it’ll connect in through that. Easy.
Wi-fi – The AirStream 10 uses Wi-Fi technology to automatically stream Radio Stations and music files from a computer or hard drive where you have music files stored. This prevents the use of unsightly wires and lets you benefit from placing the AirStream 10 anywhere in your house or office where you have a wireless router. (Note: an Ethernet cable is supplied with the AirStream 10 to link it up with a standard router to access the Internet, if you do not have a wireless router.)
Internet Radio – Internet radio is the accumulation of thousands of radio stations all being broadcast over the World Wide Web. They consist of major national stations, regional stations or even tiny stations that only broadcast over the Internet. The wonderful thing about
Internet radio is the variety; there is so much choice! AirStream 10 allows you to search by name, location or genre, so finding what you want through the thousands of stations is quick and simple.
DAB – The difference between DAB and a conventional AM/FM radio broadcast, is that DAB is transmitted digitally resulting in a high quality audio sound*, without any hiss, fading or crackle. In DAB mode, AirStream 10 will automatically scan and find all the available stations for you, showing all the broadcast information on screen.
Interface – The AirStream 10 features advanced technical software that will let you listen to Internet, DAB and FM radio stations. Yet to navigate and use, AirStream 10 is exceptionally intuitive. Browse the menus via the central control dial, and touch sensitive buttons and
view it all on the clear black and white LED display. The AirStream 10 may be packed full of advanced technical features but its clean layout and ergonomic functionality make it quick and easy to use.
Build – Through careful development and attention to detail, and using only high quality materials normally found on our more advanced hi-fi loudspeakers, the design of the AirStream 10 envelopes our core design principles. From it’s strong, ultra low-resonance aluminium shell, to the touch sensitive menu buttons and ergonomic central control dial. AirStream 10 redefines the ‘compact radio’ through high quality materials and superior fit and finish.
Performance - The basis of the AirStream 10 was to offer as much versatility from a radio as possible. This is not only executed in the design, where form most certainly follows function, but also from decades of audio expertise and advanced audio simulation modelling we have developed a driver to pull every last detail from the audio content available.
• Internet radio (IP) with ‘podcast’ or ‘on demand’ content.
• RJ45 Ethernet network connector – For wired operation.
• Wi-fi with high gain antenna. 802.11b/g – WEP, WPA, WPA2 security
• Music player with streaming capability from network connected storage devices such as; NAS (network attached storage) device, or computer.
• Automatic firmware/software updates via internet.
• UPnP support (Universal Plug ‘n’ Play)
• DAB (digital) radio (UK version only)
• FM radio with Full Band III reception (Band III 174-240 MHz, FM 87.5-108 MHz.) with RDS functions.
• Speaker: Full-range 3.5” in-house designed woofer.
• Audio power output: 7W Class A-B amplification.
• Output connectors: 3.5mm Headphone socket, 3.5mm Line out socket – For connection for play back through a hi-fi system
• Format support for: MP3, WMA, Real Audio (RA), AAC
• Input connectors: 3.5mm Auxiliary input - for iPod or MP3 player connection, 12V DC power adaptor socket.
• Display: 6 line LCD display with white back light.
• Controls: 6 one-touch mode/function buttons, central navigation control knob including play, pause, forward, back buttons.
• Presets: 4 presets for FM, Internet and DAB radio stations.
• Internet Radio Portal: Seach and save stations by name, favourites, country or genre.
• EQ settings: 6 preset sound EQ settings, (Optimum, voice, classical, pop, rock, dynamic)
• Alarm: Dual alarm and clock function - Memory stored after power removed.
• Aerial: Telescopic Aerial with hinge (for DAB/ FM reception. (Not required for Internet radio or music streaming)
• Mains power supply: Mains powered adaptor input: 100-240V ~ 50/60Hz 0.4A. Output 12V DC 1.5A
• Power consumption: Standby 1.9W Max 18W
• Dimensions (mm): 125 high x 330 wide x 95 deep
• Product Weight: 2Kg
• Approvals: CE/UL/Fcc. Compliant with the EMC and Low Voltage Directives (89/336/EEC and 2006/95/EC).
