Internet radio stations

[Theta]

I am new to this forum, so I don't know my way around, but I dont' see too much interest in quality internet radio. I found 2 stations that cater to my musical preferences: Americana to Indie and Neo prog-rock. Radio Paradise and JB Radio2. Both broadcast in FLAC yet one has clearly better sound, Is there an explanation? Distance perhaps? I am in Europe one station is in Canada the other in California. Any other radio station in this gender and quality?

 

[GiBo61]

I am new to this forum, so I don't know my way around, but I dont' see too much interest in quality internet radio. I found 2 stations that cater to my musical preferences: Americana to Indie and Neo prog-rock. Radio Paradise and JB Radio2. Both broadcast in FLAC yet one has clearly better sound, Is there an explanation? Distance perhaps? I am in Europe one station is in Canada the other in California. Any other radio station in this gender and quality?

The difference you hear cannot be due to the different distance of the radio stations.
For additional radio that broadcast il FLAC, have a look at this directory: https://www.hiresaudio.online/cd-quality-internet-radio/

 

[Madeintooting]

Though lossless this doesn't mean they haven't applied EQ or Compression to the stream.

What Do Radio Stations Do To Make The Music Sound Better?

One of the things radio stations do to make music sound better is sound compression. This involves compressing and amplifying sound from...

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[coonmanx]

UnderCurrents Radio — UnderCurrents

Music With Your Mind In Mind

www.undercurrentsradio.net

Great music...

I used to use a dedicated internet radio player but these days you can usually just find the website and go from there. I usually don't have too many issues with sound quality, but I am also just listening using the computer speakers late at night.

 

[coonmanx]

BTW, I just tuned into JB Radio and it sounds pretty good. Bookmarked it. I also do listen to Radio Paradise sometimes. Is JB Radio the one that you think sounds better?

 

[Tassin]

First impression is that JB might stream a couple dB louder.

 

[coonmanx]

I am enjoying JB Radio. Thanks for turning me on to it...

 

[thegeton]

I'm not really getting any huge difference between RP and JB2. However, I like interacting with my streaming music sources and JB2 doesn't really have anything to offer. I'll probably stick with RP. YMMV

 

[Theta]

BTW, I just tuned into JB Radio and it sounds pretty good. Bookmarked it. I also do listen to Radio Paradise sometimes. Is JB Radio the one that you think sounds better?

Yes clearly, what about you? What do you think is the technical reason, since they both use Flac?

 

[coonmanx]

Yes clearly, what about you? What do you think is the technical reason, since they both use Flac?

No idea.

 

[RayDunzl]

WMNF is my local community non-commercial station.

Pick the programming you like, it's quite varied. I think you can listen after the live showtimes, as well.

WMNF

 

[JohnnyAudio]

SOMAFM
43 channels

 

[Philbo King]

In the USA most FM and AM have digital audio, similar to our over-the-air digital TV. The digital FM reportedly has CD sound quality, while digital AM bandwidth can be as high as 15 KHz (matching analog FM).

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The AM band in the US is full of trash talk radio though; it's highly unlikely to find anything of interest there other than sports.
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Digital Radio

Digital radio is the transmission and reception of sound processed into patterns of numbers, or "digits" – hence the term "digital radio." In contrast, traditional analog radios process sounds into patterns of electrical signals that resemble sound waves.

www.fcc.gov

HD Radio - Wikipedia

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