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The Stylish and Feature-Packed Mondo Elite from Grace Digital

The Mondo Elite from Grace Digital is a versatile and feature-rich device that delivers excellent sound quality in a sleek and modern design. This all-in-one unit seamlessly integrates your favorite audio streaming options, offering a convenient and immersive listening experience.

One of the standout features of the Mondo Elite is its ability to stream music from a wide range of embedded apps, including Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Live365, and Calm Radio, among over 100,000 radio stations. You can easily stream content from your smartphone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, with support for Chromecast-enabled apps like Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, and YouTube Music.

The Mondo Elite's audio performance is further enhanced by the Max audio technology from Waves Inc., which provides room-filling sound from the custom 3-inch woofer and 1-inch tweeter speaker drivers. The device also boasts a customizable 5-band equalizer, allowing you to personalize your sound experience.

Connectivity options abound, with the Mondo Elite offering a USB 5V port for charging your phone and the ability to connect a compatible USB storage device with saved music files, which you can then play directly through the device. It is also compatible with industry-leading UPnP/DLNA-based media servers, ensuring seamless integration with your home media ecosystem.

Bluetooth connectivity is another key feature, with the Mondo Elite's Bluetooth V4.1 integrated chip allowing you to connect and play music from your smartphone or stream to Bluetooth earbuds/headphones. You can also use the wired headphone out jack to connect wired earbuds.

The 3.5-inch color display on the Mondo Elite provides a user-friendly interface, allowing you to easily navigate through playlists, station information, and album art while streaming music. The built-in dual-band Wi-Fi ensures compatibility with a wide range of 802.11a/b/g/n/ac routers, and the device supports a variety of streaming protocols, including HTTPS, RTSP, WSMP, and Shoutcast.

Audio format support is equally impressive, with the Mondo Elite capable of playing a wide range of file types, including AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, CAF, NeXT, ADTS, MP3, AAC, HE-AAC v2, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and WMA. It even supports high-resolution files up to 24-bit/192kHz FLAC, LPCM, WAV, and AIFF.

For added convenience, the Mondo Elite can be made portable with the optional rechargeable battery pack (sold separately), and you can also connect it to an Ethernet network using the optional USB to Ethernet dongle (also sold separately).

Beyond the built-in apps and radio station databases, the Mondo Elite can play any audio via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi from any Chromecast-enabled app on your smartphone or computer, such as TuneIn, Google Play, or Spotify. You can control the music using the front panel, the included IR remote control, or the free iPhone or Android remote control apps.

One of the Mondo Elite's unique features is its ability to be grouped with multiple units for multi-room audio, allowing you to seamlessly stream content throughout your home. It's also compatible with Google audio products, and you can even control the Mondo Elite using any Google voice assistant in your home or office (without a built-in microphone, ensuring your privacy).

The Mondo Elite's advanced features extend to its clock, alarm, and lighting functions. It offers a 12 or 24-hour clock, up to 7 individual escalating volume alarms, and the ability to wake up to one of 8 buzzer options, 100 station presets, or a USB thumb drive. You can also customize the sleep and snooze timers, as well as the 30 daytime and nighttime backlight settings, and choose between a large blue or red clock display.

In summary, the Mondo Elite from Grace Digital is a remarkable all-in-one audio device that combines excellent sound quality, a wealth of streaming options, and a host of convenient features in a stylish and modern design. Whether you're looking for a central hub for your home audio or a versatile standalone device, the Mondo Elite is a compelling choice.

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