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

[Ian Hickling]

Being very much a "radio" man - and it has to be said of course that internet on its own is not "radio" - any reception of an internet source will require some sort of RF linkage if your equipment is not physically connected to a landline.

Wifi is perfectly acceptable - but its range is very limited.

Unreliable if you're walking any distance and useless in a vehicle.

GSM (mobile phone networks) is again fine as long as you "have a signal" and you can accept the radiation hazards - I don't.

Proper radio is best and almost totally reliable.

Very very few ordinary consumers want to listen to world-wide or even nation-wide radio when they're on the move.

The ones that do will certainly be a niche market for suitable equipment.

Why spend a lot of time trying to fix what ain't broke?

 





 

> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:41:20 +0100
> From: studio at ravensoundradio.co.uk
> To: al at southleedscommunityradio.org.uk
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> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Internet radios - are they any good?
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> 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.
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> I think there is a fair bit of info on the Reciva website on the merits 
> of various receivers.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Tony Bailey
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> 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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