Tivoli Audio’s 3rd-gen retro radio is a streaming superstar

With DAB+, Hi-Res Audio support and old-school analogue, the Tivoli Model One Digital does it all

The Tivoli Audio Model One Digital Gen 3 in walnut/gold on top of a stone fireplace or similar decor
(Image credit: Tivoli Audio)
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The third generation Tivoli Audio Model One Digital is a DAB+/FM radio, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for good measure.

It supports TIDAL Connect, Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2 and Google Cast – all for £349 / $349.

Tivoli Audio make some absolutely gorgeous retro-styled Bluetooth radios, such as the 70s-inspired Model One BT Radio. Now there's a new retro model with very modern insides and excellent integration with key streamers.

The Model One Digital Generation Gen 3 is a good-looking, Wi-Fi enabled, Hi-Res Audio-supporting DAB+/FM radio with Bluetooth. It also supports AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect.

That makes it well suited to the newly launched Spotify Lossless, too.

The Model One Digital Generation Gen 3, which for simplicity's sake I'll call the Gen 3, comes in a wooden chassis with a choice of three finishes. I really love the design – it's much cleaner and to my eyes much better-looking than the Generation 2 it replaces.

The Tivoli Audio Model One Digital Gen 3 in white on top of a very dark grey/near-black surface with a healthy potted plant beside it.

(Image credit: Tivoli Audio)

Tivoli Audio Gen 3: key features and pricing

The Gen 3 features a 24-bit stereo audio ADC/DAC with 56-bit DSP. Standard audio quality is 16-bit / 44.1kHz, aka CD quality, and Hi-Res Audio is supported up to 24-bit / 48kHz.

Wireless connectivity is offered through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, with FM and DAB+ radio on board too. There's a 3.5mm aux input for connecting other audio sources, while the Gen 3 even doubles as an alarm clock.

The cabinet has a single full-range driver with a rear-ported cabinet for deeper bass, and it's powered by a Class AB amplifier. That amp provides 20W of output.

There are three colour options – black, white/silver and walnut/gold. For my money, the walnut one's the best-looking, but the other two look a little more modern and minimalist.

Available to pre-order now, the Tivoli Audio Model One Digital Gen 3 retails for £349 / $349 (about €400 / AU$715).

Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall

Writer, musician and broadcaster Carrie Marshall has been covering technology since 1998 and is particularly interested in how tech can help us live our best lives. Her CV is a who’s who of magazines, newspapers, websites and radio programmes ranging from T3, Techradar and MacFormat to the BBC, Sunday Post and People’s Friend. Carrie has written more than a dozen books, ghost-wrote two more and co-wrote seven more books and a Radio 2 documentary series; her memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards. When she’s not scribbling, Carrie is the singer in Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind (unquietmindmusic).

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