I couldn't agree more...then again, I have a very expensive tuner (Magnum Dynalab). For me, the Internet radio facility isn't about listening to local radio stations -- it's about drawing in radio stations from all over the world. Sure, the sound is definitely not has good as FM or CD. However, it is -- to me and others, anyway -- very entertaining and I have even discovered a lot of music that I like very much through streaming radio. It reminds me of staying up late at night with a one-speaker radio when I was a kid, hearing Patti Smith for the first time. A lot better quality, of course, but similar fun factor.
adamslim;145894 Wrote: > The problem is, it's never going to sound as good as your FM4. > Ultimately, yeah the SB is great, but I don't see the point of internet > radio when you're listening to something you can get via FM. The SB is > no more convenient than a tuner (OK, your Quad may not be remote > control, but how often do you change channel?), it's always going to > sound worse than FM until they broadcast 500+kbps FLACs (never), so > stick to your radio. > > What really annoys me is that Radio 3 is broadcast via DAB at 160kbps, > which is a lower rate than the sound part of their TV channels > (256kbps). It seems bizarre to have something where the audio is all > at worse quality to something where the audio is the side benefit. > Actually, it doesn't annoy me - it just makes me glad I haven't bought > a DAB tuner! :) -- highdudgeon Relax. It's about the music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28626 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
