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In Reply to: RE: Internet Radio Requirements? posted by palewin on July 17, 2009 at 12:20:38
Go over to the PC Audio section, there are many people there who can go in depth relating to internet radio devices.
One is the logitech Squeezebox Classic, I have 4 of them around the house and get 10's of 1000's of stations.
Can you give me an idea of the sound quality compared to FM? Can't go for the $2000 one, but
the others are doable. Sounds really interesting, thanks.
As bullethead said, the sound quality will really depend on the bit rate that the internet station chooses to use for it's transmissions. Bandwidth costs money so some stations use lower bit rates while others that are more concerned with sound quality will opt for higher bit rates.
But overall, I would not expect the internet feed to sound as good as the FM transmission. At higher bit rates, it can sound pretty darn good and enjoyable but not quite up there with a clean FM signal. But don't be discouraged, it's still worth a try.
I also own the Squeezebox Classic but there are a number of "Internet Radios" that work like (and look more like) typical table radio appliances (instead of high tech computer geek gear).
Which ever route you choose, for best results you will need a decent ALWAYS ON internet connection, not a dial-up connection using your telephone line.
Just for grins, visit Amazon.com and search on "Internet Radio".
I'm still on the sidelines.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
In terms of Internet Radio you have an option of 10's of thousands of radio streams from 320kbps mp3 all the way down. Sound quality is how a ripped cd or vinyl would sound at that bitrate. For better sound quality you can connect it up to a DAC. The $2000 one has a better DAC inside (really mostly only difference), for $250+- (use amazon.com or froogle.com) or so you can get the classic unit and use an external DAC. Sound quality of the analogue outputs on the classic is equivalent to a mid-fi sub $500 cd player, hence my external DAC recommendation.
It also allows you to play your ripped music (Vinyl archive, cd rips etc...) which you can rip to lossless WAV or FLAC etc.. with no loss in quality.
It's really an amazing product, I am a huge fan of them.
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