[Moshe]

Does anyone listen to internet radio? I have a small internet radio & love it. There is such a range of radio stations to enjoy from around the world.

[wilson500]

Yes, I have one in the kitchen. FM and DAB reception in the kitchen is poor, so an internet radio is a neat solution.

In the front room I mainly use Sky for radio, but do have a laptop with s/pdif out going to the hifi amp. Internet radio in hi-fi quality.

[James Martin 2]

I have one. Usually use it to listen to Heat Radio due to the poor quality of DAB reception, and Passion Radio from Sussex. I also listen to Sky Radio and occasionally the Atlantic 252 Tribute.

[wirelesswonder]

I use mine a lot to listen to shows presented by a personality whose programmes I enjoy.

I have it connected to my radiogram.

I have presets for BBC London, BBC Berkshire, KCFM and Magic 1152.

[Moshe]

I sometimes listen to US country music radio stations. I also sometimes tune into stations from South Africa, Latin America & elsewhere, plus a couple of jewish radio stations.
On the net I enjoy Accuradio which has various stations playing non-stop music. I enjoy the oldies stations playing jazz/ swing & easy

[FM_Bandit]

I own two sets, both about 4 years old but find myself using them less and less due to the far superior UI on mobile TuneIn. I reckon my next purchase will be a decent spec iPhone speaker dock with DAB rather than another standalone Internet Radio.

[soulboy22]

I love Internet radio, all the radios I use are internet enabled. I did try and get people to post thier favourite stations by genre so we could get a kind of database of the best going but no joy. However on the music side sky.fm and digitally imported do some good stations.

[Nick_G]

Oh yes, I use mine mainly for listening to streams of FM stations overseas, as well as a few specialist internet stations. Some of the streams sound fantastic too.

[Inkblot]

Originally Posted by FM_Bandit

I own two sets, both about 4 years old but find myself using them less and less due to the far superior UI on mobile TuneIn.

I got my internet radio about four years ago and have used it almost every day since. It's rechargeable so goes everywhere around the house and just about works in the garden if I don't stand in the way of the wi-fi signal.

But I agree that it's surprisingly user-unfriendly. It doesn't play AAC/AAC+ streams, which rules out the best quality radio streams and means I can't use it to play my iTunes library. It's also not easy to find stations; the search system uses a turn-and-click method to spell out names or call signs so much slower than using a keyboard or pad. And finding shows on demand can be frustrating.

I wouldn't be without an internet radio, just wish it was better-designed and more intuitive to use.

[mfr]

Originally Posted by FM_Bandit

I own two sets, both about 4 years old but find myself using them less and less due to the far superior UI on mobile TuneIn. I reckon my next purchase will be a decent spec iPhone speaker dock with DAB rather than another standalone Internet Radio.

I use a radio in my study, but I have also switched for the most part to using my iPhone and TuneIn, connected to Bluetooth speakers. Same reason: much easier to use and discover.

LBC, Sky News Audio, 6 Music are on most often, together with podcasts and BBC iPlayer.

[kev]

Originally Posted by Inkblot

I got my internet radio about four years ago and have used it almost every day since. It's rechargeable so goes everywhere around the house and just about works in the garden if I don't stand in the way of the wi-fi signal.

But I agree that it's surprisingly user-unfriendly. It doesn't play AAC/AAC+ streams, which rules out the best quality radio streams and means I can't use it to play my iTunes library. It's also not easy to find stations; the search system uses a turn-and-click method to spell out names or call signs so much slower than using a keyboard or pad. And finding shows on demand can be frustrating.

I wouldn't be without an internet radio, just wish it was better-designed and more intuitive to use.

Sounds like my Streamium - such a nightmare to use I simply don't bother - quicker to turn on the DAB set or the media centre PC and TV.

That said Tune In Radio on Android makes it (internet radio) more usable - especially being able to set it all up on the PC and it then working on two different handsets. If only I could get a 3G signal that didn't result in constant buffering it might be useful away from home! Still on Wifi there is far too much buffering and it's not reliable (and bare in mind this is a 16mbit connection that streams the iPlayer without issue and never buffers apart from the initial bit - can't understand why internet radio is more flaky on two different PCs (Winamp, stations own site, VLC, and Radio Player), a radio, and two handsets!)

Oh, and using a mobile for internet radio over WiFi is a battery killer - 1/2 a day if I'm lucky, where as my hand held DAB will easily get me through two work days and until late morning on day three!

[calderjon]

"More Music Variety" - finally those words are true of radio!

[Peter the Great]

I have yet to buy an internet radio but there is an app on my Samsung TV which I find very useful for listening to internet radio. Radio Paradise is my favourite station at the moment.

[Shaun_Brown]

Orbit classic rock and Arrow classic rock.

[Hot Hits]

Try WMXJ from Miami. Good one that

[david1956]

Originally Posted by Moshe

Does anyone listen to internet radio? I have a small internet radio & love it. There is such a range of radio stations to enjoy from around the world.

I have a Pure Evoke Flow which I excellent and hardly ever loses the stream. There is just so much variety. I listen mainly to Atlantic Oldies 2ng, Oldies Project, Oldies Paradise and some American and Australian stations.

With Internet radio you are not tied to the boring, repetitive and moronic output churned out by Global etc.

[soulboy22]

Indeed but in many ways there is too much choice!

[Inkblot]

Originally Posted by soulboy22

Indeed but in many ways there is too much choice!

Internet radio takes us back to the "bad old days" when you listened to several stations instead of just having one that plays the music you like. If there's still a station that plays the music you like, of course.

So if I can, I'll listen to Rome's Radio Citta Futura at lunchtime when they play some new music and stay tuned for Rick'n'Roll, presented by an English DJ who throws phrases like "good sounds" into his fluent Italian links. Then maybe over to Parisian station FIP for a couple of hours of random jazz, funk, classical and French pop. At 5pm there's the impeccable Morning Becomes Eclectic from KCRW out of Santa Monica, CA, still probably the best new music show around. And so on...

Imagine being able to do that on an FM radio. Imagine living in a city where they had stations like those on FM. Where did we go wrong?

[soulboy22]

FIP from Paris sounds rather good I shall look that one up - Many Thanks!

[Inkblot]

Originally Posted by soulboy22

FIP from Paris sounds rather good I shall look that one up - Many Thanks!

Radio Nova from Paris is also worth a listen

I've just noticed something interesting about their "Nova Player" popup. It displays the name of the song currently playing, with three buttons below it: "j'aime", "j'aime pas" and "trop entendu".

Which translates as "like", "don't like" and "heard too much". Do any UK stations let you click to say you've heard a song too much?

[FM_Bandit]

Originally Posted by Inkblot

Do any UK stations let you click to say you've heard a song too much?