[cma-l] Internet radios - are they any good?

[Tony Bailey]

I've been using a Logik which reads the Reciva database.  I think it was 
available in the usual high street outlets.  One problem, it was deaf, 
due to the wifi radio dongle (no lan socket b.t.w) being inside the box. 
  This was remedied by unplugging it and adding a usb lead to take it 
outside the box.  I think later versions may have addressed this issue. 
The point is, it's worth looking for a set with an external aerial if 
using wifi instead of a lan cable connection.

I think there is a fair bit of info on the Reciva website on the merits 
of various receivers.

With reference to certain US radio stations, the Reciva people are 
reported to have done some sort of software mod to enable non-us 
listeners to connect where these stations are otherwise unavailable 
outside the USA.

I don't know of any internet radio solution to the use of flash streams 
however, other than the provision of a separate wm/real/shout stream. 
Similarly, they can't handle p2p (streamer/peercast) so far as I know 
either.

Tony Bailey


Al Garthwaite wrote:
> At the risk of sounding like a Which? Magazine subscriber, I'm thinking of buying an internet radio for home use and occasional work. Has anyone got one they can recommend? I saw one on Amazon (View or something) for £67 and another which looked identical (Sovos) through The Guardian for £99. 
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