I noticed the IR1000 has a phone port on the back. Presumably it contains a built-in 56k modem. I'm wondering, though, what sort of sound quality can be sent through a 56 kbps link. MP3 only begins to sound reasonable at 80-112 kbps. And that's through computer speakers... I'd expect a hi-fi system to be much more revealing.

I wonder if this thing is actually useable without a broadband connection, and if not, why they bothered with the expense of a modem.