Absolutely, and it is because Radio Paradise is the best of its genre with excellent SQ and content that I am concerned at :-
(a) adopting the controversial MQA route for initial hi-res (which will not be universally accessible)
(b) restricting this development to use by one manufacturer i.e. Bluesound.
I currently listen to RP on their excellent flac channels and the Mellow Mix is my favourite.
As for other stations The Jazz Groove (another best of genre) have flac channels if you donate or pay their premium subscription. Meanwhile the BBC have gone backwards to 128 mp3 on most of their channels and will no doubt eventually introduce an alternative that nobody likes.
Well said (about the BBC), Paul. I’ve emailed them more than once to have a little moan about, in the main, their incessant reliance on DJ’s who love their own voices but never heard anything back from them. I think they’re so bothered retaining an audience of “youthful listeners” that they don’t really care. Seems a short term strategy to me.
There seems to be a reduced playlist on Radio Paradise with the same songs coming round time and again. I don’t listen all day as I need silence to concentrate on work, so I can only imagine the repetition is actually worse than I perceive it. I cancelled my regular donation due to this.
Personally I think RP has gone off a bit of late, I used to listen a lot but not so much now, I find the main mix is very repetitive and plays a lot of thrashy guitar country rock which I’m not a fan of. Before Bill introduced the other genre streams I think the main mix was more varied and eclectic. I know it’s free and it is a great service so I’m not knocking but just not as big a fan as I used to be, haven’t donated much lately as a result. Edit, having said all that I’ve been listening to the main mix for the past hour or two and it’s been great, guess you can be unlucky as to when you tune in.
Been listening to Zenith Classic Rock (see above) for 5 hrs and 23 minutes. Great SQ and a very varied selection of “rock”. No repetition, no chatter, no ads.
Interesting, new to me, dident realise there was an Irish station streaming classics, just added to my presets and will give it a go, sound quality is fairly good but not up there with RP’s FLAC
Do you mean prog rockers or are they more flowery shirts?
I thought there was a real mix of rock sub-genres but it seems to change depending upon time of day i.e. heavier in the evening.
Thanks for that, Paul - I missed the flac stream, such great quality.
Actually I was still getting JB on my Bose speaker in the kitchen but not on my hifi via Roon. Maybe the Bose had cached a lot of tunes but your stream seems to be coming through just fine.
