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In Reply to: Internet radio posted by Bill the K on March 15, 2015 at 20:46:57:
Internet radio can be anything along a spectrum of great to awful in terms of sound.It depends upon the original source material, the DSP applied by the station, the codec used and the streaming rate.
For me in the UK one end of that spectrum is represented by BBC Radio 3 HD. Running live concerts at 320Kbs AAC the resulting quality is extremely fine on occasion and compares favourably with the best of other digital formats. It places the ultimate need for hi-rez formats in question from my experience. Recent experiments with surround sound have also been made. NB: The service is only available to UK addresses.
At the other end of the spectrum are some pop music stations that stream in mono at as low a rate as 80Kbs MP3 with ineptly applied DSP which produce a sonic nightmare IMO.
So the answer to your question is yes internet radio sounds fine on the best audio equipment but only if you can find the right station.
Edits: 03/16/15
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Follow Ups
- Internet Radio is Great. Internet Radio is Bad.... - PAR 02:38:18 03/16/15 (7)
- I can get BBC @320kpbs AAC via iTunes - and I'm in California - Chris from Lafayette 11:02:27 03/16/15 (6)
- RE: I can get BBC @320kpbs AAC via iTunes - and I'm in California - Bill the K 20:22:21 03/16/15 (1)
- I agree - All power to the people! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 13:29:32 03/17/15 (0)
- RE: I can get BBC @320kpbs AAC via iTunes - and I'm in California - PAR 15:18:53 03/16/15 (3)
- I just figured that Apple had worked out some agreement with the BBC - Chris from Lafayette 13:41:56 03/17/15 (2)
- RE: I just figured that Apple had worked out some agreement with the BBC - PAR 19:46:57 03/17/15 (1)
- Easy to get it wrong - Chris from Lafayette 01:01:09 03/18/15 (0)
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