{"id":26134,"date":"2017-05-31T07:38:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26134"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:38:45","slug":"the-como-audio-amico-and-musica-via-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/the-como-audio-amico-and-musica-via-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Como Audio Amico and Musica via Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26135\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Amico.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26135\" class=\"wp-image-26135 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Amico.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Amico.png 680w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Amico-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Amico-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Como Audio Amico<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Tom Ally, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Saw this and wanted you to know about it since you mentioned loving his past Kickstarter [<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/a-review-of-the-como-audio-solo\/\">for the Solo<\/a>\u00a0WiFi radio].<\/p>\n<p>I backed the Musica model instead of the Amico since it still has 18 days left and it had a CD player in it but thought you would like the portable Amico<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/819585793\/como-audio-amico-portable-multi-room-wifi-music-sy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/819585793\/como-audio-amico-portable-multi-room-wifi-music-sy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Tom!<\/p>\n<p>If I didn&#8217;t already own the Como Audio Solo, I would grab the Amico. It appears to be nearly identical to the Solo&#8211;save, in a vertical orientation&#8211;and includes an internal rechargeable battery option.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a full list of its specifications and features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Multi-room: <\/b>play different sources in every room or sync them all together<\/li>\n<li><b>Internet radio <\/b>accessing 30,000+ stations<\/li>\n<li><b>Spotify<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Bluetooth <\/b>with aptX<\/li>\n<li>High performance\u00a0<b>FM Tuner\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>DAB+ <\/b>(International version only)<b>\u00a0<\/b>&#8211;<b> DAB+ upgrade and VAT is included in shipping cost<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>NFC <\/b>Android Bluetooth connection<\/li>\n<li><b>DLNA <\/b>WIFI Music player allowing easy navigation and playback through a USB or network-shared library of music files including AAC+, MP3, WMA, WAV, and FLAC<\/li>\n<li><b>High-Res inputs: <\/b>1 analog and 1 USB<\/li>\n<li><b>Dual alarm clock functionality<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Snooze function<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sleep <\/b>Timer<\/li>\n<li>2 X 30 watt RMS amplifier, &lt;1% THD<\/li>\n<li>3&#8243; woofer with four layer voice coil<\/li>\n<li>3\/4&#8243; dome tweeter<\/li>\n<li>Independent Remote Control<\/li>\n<li>Universal Switching Power Supply 110-240V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I continue to be very pleased with my <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/a-review-of-the-como-audio-solo\/\">Como Audio Solo<\/a>&#8211;it pretty much lives in my radio shack and I use it daily to catch up on my favorite news and music sources. I distribute the Solo&#8217;s audio throughout the house with my <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/review-of-the-sstran-amt3000-am-transmitter-kit\/\">SSTRAN AMT3000 AM transmitter<\/a>&#8211;admittedly, an old school version of Como&#8217;s &#8220;multi-room audio sync&#8221;&#8211;!<\/p>\n<p>When I need a battery-powered portable WiFi radio these days, I read for my <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/wi-fi-radio-primer-part-2-review-of-the-cc-wifi-and-sangean-wfr-28\/\">Sangean WFR-28<\/a>&#8211;thus, the Amico would be a pretty pricey impulse purchase for me at this point!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26136\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Musica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26136\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26136\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Musica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Musica.jpg 680w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Musica-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Como-Musica-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Como Audio Musica<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I find it fascinating Como has also\u00a0introduced the Musica model which includes a CD player&#8211;somewhat of a unique feature in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Musica specifications and features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Multi-Room: <\/b>play different sources in every room or sync them all together<\/li>\n<li><b>Internet radio <\/b>accessing 30,000+ stations<\/li>\n<li><b>Integrated music streaming services: <\/b>Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Napster, Amazon Music* (*Available Winter 2017)<\/li>\n<li><b>On-board single slot-loading CD player <\/b>engineered to meet stringent car audio standards<\/li>\n<li><b>Supported CD formats: <\/b>CD, CD-R, CD-RW\/MP3\/WMA<\/li>\n<li><b>Bluetooth <\/b>with aptX &amp; AAC<\/li>\n<li>High performance\u00a0<b>FM Tuner<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>DAB+ <\/b>(International version only)\u00a0<b>&#8211; DAB+ upgrade and VAT is included in shipping cost<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>NFC <\/b>Android Bluetooth connection<\/li>\n<li><b>DLNA <\/b>WIFI Music player allowing easy navigation and playback through a USB or network-shared library of music files including AAC+, MP3, WMA, WAV, and FLAC<\/li>\n<li><b>Ethernet connection<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>High-Res inputs: <\/b>2\u00a0analog, 1 optical<\/li>\n<li><b>Dual alarm clock functionality<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Snooze function<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sleep <\/b>Timer<\/li>\n<li>2 X 30 watt RMS amplifier, &lt;1% THD<\/li>\n<li>2 X 3&#8243; woofer with four layer voice coil<\/li>\n<li>2 X 3\/4&#8243; dome tweeter<\/li>\n<li>Independent Remote Control<\/li>\n<li>Universal Switching Power Supply 110-240V<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions: 405 mm W x 143 mm H x 165.5mm D (including antenna)<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 9.3 lbs, 4.21 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I still have (quite literally) hundreds of CDs. While many have been converted to AAC and MP3 formats, there&#8217;s still something to be said for CD audio fidelity and enjoying a proper album format.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about purchasing a Como Audio device, you might consider the new Amico and Musica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/819585793\/como-audio-amico-portable-multi-room-wifi-music-sy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via Como&#8217;s Kickstarter campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who writes: Saw this and wanted you to know about it since you mentioned loving his past Kickstarter [for the Solo\u00a0WiFi radio]. I backed the Musica model instead of the Amico since it still has 18 days left and it had a CD player in it but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4652],"tags":[5512,6215,6216,999,4009,4724],"class_list":["post-26134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-wifi-radio","tag-como-audio","tag-como-audio-amico","tag-como-audio-musica","tag-internet-radio","tag-tom-ally","tag-wifi-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Nw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24562,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/grace-digital-mondo-kickstarter\/","url_meta":{"origin":26134,"position":0},"title":"Grace Digital Mondo+ Kickstarter","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who writes: I remember that article you wrote about Wi-fi radios and just saw this Kickstarter on Facebook that may interest you: https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1209003580\/mondo [T]hey are saying it is supposed to ship out sometime next month. 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