Just airplay’d via via iPad to Sonos port to nac 272, sounds pretty good
Hi guys. The one I listen to mostly is a local Romanian station - Radio Play Cafe / Play Hitz. They are focused mainly on rather commercial 70s-80s-90s, streaming in AAC at 48 bit-192kHz. They also stream online at https://www.playradio.org/.
What strikes me the most is that whatever they play, it sounds not only listenable, but highly enjoyable. No clue as in what normalization software they have, even Bryan Adams sounds good, if you can image that . There are a number of artists that no matter what record versions I try via flac, wav, hires, they still sound worse than on Play Cafe. Yes, it’s not like the image is huge or the definition is spectacular, however all they play makes sense, you can listen and enjoy it in the same way.
Maybe a few of you can tune it and have a short listen, let me know what you think of that.
I have regularly tried the latest JB radio2 flac channel.
URL http://85.25.210.245:8888/metaflac
For a while it was flaky but recently it appears not to be working at all.
The mp3 and aac channels are OK.
Was listening yesterday to the aac stream for a few hours. Hope they fix it soon, great mix.
Not all Borises agree.
The links for the three Linn radio stations changed (I do not know when).
For those with a problem or maintaining their own lists the URL’s for the streams are:-
Linn Classical - http://radio.linn.co.uk:8004/autodj
Linn Jazz - http://radio.linn.co.uk:8000/autodj
Linn Radio - http://radio.linn.co.uk:8003/autodj
I see what you did there. For me that supports my case
Great choices.
I was not familiar with these stations (as I live in the UK).
Have added them to my system.
The WRTI Jazz and WRTI Classical are excellent. Great SQ.
For those wanting to add them the details are:
WRTI 90.1 Jazz (Philadelphia, USA)
new URL https://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WRTI_JAZZ.mp3
WRTI 90.1 Classical (Philadelphia, USA)
new URL https://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WRTI_CLASSICAL.mp3
WXPN 88.5 (rock, blues, and folk) (Pennsylvania, USA)
URL https://wxpnhi.xpn.org/xpnhi
WXPN2 XPoNential (blues, rock, world, folk, and country) (Pennsylvania, USA)
URL https://xpn2hi.xpn.org/xpn2hi
Thanks Paul. I like being able to add to the positive discourse here.
My vote goes to Open Broadcast.
Am I alone in recognizing this great source?
Wyldwood Radio - some people are having issues.
Wyldwood Radio not working? - Streaming Audio - Naim Audio - Community
I got Wyldwood Radio to play on URL https://hazel.torontocast.com:2190/stream
JB Radio2 (Canada) is streaming in mp3, aac and flac :-
mp3/320 https://maggie.torontocast.com:8076/mp3
aac/320 https://maggie.torontocast.com:8076/aac
flac https://maggie.torontocast.com:8076/flac (no longer working)
and all are currently available!
JB Radio2 has added a 96kHz flac channel to the 48kHz one listed above.
Not sure if this is in test and how reliable it will be.
FLAC streaming URLs:
- 48kHz stream https://maggie.torontocast.com:8076/flac
- 96kHz stream http://85.25.210.245:9999/flac
Quality is good on both 48kHz and 96kHz.
The 96kHz stream appears erratic in terms of service hours.
The playlist curation is more mainstream than in 2019/20.
Guys,
JB Radio2 is upconverted from MP3. The owner has admitted on their Facebook page they were just experimenting. Very unlikely they have FLAC files, much less 48k/96k.
Having said that, it does sound good and I thank you for your work @Paul_C without this thread I would never have discovered them.
Stefan
Always LXClassics. Dutch station with a lot of 60’s and 70’s music.