![]() Other than the PC version’s lack of visual finesse and their odd differences in output formats – the Mac version uses AAC and AIFF, while the PC version outputs to MP3, WMA, and WAV – the programs are largely similar, more functional than wonderful. ![]() The Mac version includes nice extras like a point-and-click radio tuner, a good graphical EQ/visualizer, and a button to return immediately to live programming, which are absent from the blander Windows version. It offers a user-selectable timed buffer for timeshifting, defaulting at 10 minutes, as well as the ability to save favorite stations, schedule multiple recordings, and adjust the radio’s volume independent of your speakers. If you’re concerned about the potential for issues, find a retailer with a reasonable returns policy before considering a purchase.įrom an interface and features standpoint, radio SHARK 2.0 hasn’t come too far from the original program we tested before. Based on other devices we’ve tested, we’d call radio SHARK 2 very good or excellent overall, though as with all things radio, everything from the material your walls are made from, your distance from broadcasting towers, and the other devices in your home or office can wreak havoc with reception. editor found inconsistent reception quality in his area, where transmissions aren’t as powerful, and results will vary based on your location and local radio interference as well. There’s no need to coil the extension cable to boost the FM signal, as with the prior RadioSHARK – though the result isn’t static-free, it’s close enough as to be unobjectionable in almost all respects, at least in our U.S. In addition to the extension cable’s ability to let you place radio SHARK 2 roughly 8 feet from your computer, enough to get it near a window in most rooms, we found that the booster antenna improved signal quality at least modestly on its own. ![]() Griffin has helped matters by including both a USB extension cable and an optional external antenna in the package. ![]()
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