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Streaming Radio Stations, Classical, Suggestions?

middlemarch

middlemarch

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I've been exploring the offerings of some of the classical radio stations available via streaming, primarily using the Receiver app on AppleTV and IOS. Some of my current favorites are:

King FM Evergreen Channel (local Seattle favorite)
France Musique Easy
NL Mind Radio

I primarily prefer radio stations because I'm so ignorant regarding classical music and couldn't pick a particular piece to save my soul. So I'm, going with curated content. I don't like the big orchestral stuff in general and not a fan of opera or choral stuff. I seem to prefer small ensembles, and no particular period, even like modern 20th century stuff (if not too out there).

Any suggestions out there?
 
Hi,

These are what I use

Linn Classical
Naim Classical
Classic FM
Mother Earth Klassik
Scala Radio

Also, check this out ..

www.hiresaudio.online

CD Quality Internet Radio

How to listen to CD Quality Internet Radio in lossless FLAC with browsers and apps plus a list of CD Quality Internet Radio stations.
www.hiresaudio.online www.hiresaudio.online
 
You may find some of these interesting:

www.classical.net

Classical Net - Interesting Links - Classical Radio Stations

The Classical Net web site offers a comprehensive collection of information and news on classical music subjects including articles and CD reviews, composers and their music, the basic repertoire, recommended recordings and a CD buying guide. The site now features over 9000 files of information...
www.classical.net
www.music-map.com

Music-Map - Find Similar Music

Music-Map is the similar music finder that helps you find similar bands and artists to the ones you love.
www.music-map.com
https://www.hiresaudio.online/rondo-classic-klasu-pro/ (my favorite!)

You'll need to sift through this one to find what you want as it is not at all exclusively classical:

FMSTREAM - The Radio Stream Directory

fmstream.org fmstream.org


Good luck! ;)
 
I listen most to Venice Classical, mostly Baroque, with a fair amount of Classical and Romantic. What I particularly like is that they transmit complete works, not just the well known bits.

They stream at 128k AAC so good enough for me. No ads, no announcers.

S
 
sergeauckland said:
I listen most to Venice Classical, mostly Baroque, with a fair amount of Classical and Romantic. What I particularly like is that they transmit complete works, not just the well known bits.

They stream at 128k AAC so good enough for me. No ads, no announcers.

S
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Agreed, I also listen to this .. Hello from Manningtree ;)
 
I mostly listen to the Dutch stations and those of the neighboring countries.
Dutch:

NPO Radio Klassiek 192 kB mp3
Concertzender Klassiek 256 kB mp3
Concertzender Nieuwe Muziek 128kB mp3 There are more than 20 specialized Concertzender streams all 128 kB mp3

Belgian
Klara radio

Germany
NDR3 256 kB mp3
WDR3 256 kB mp3
each of the Lander has its own xxx3

Great Britain

BBC 3 96 kB AAC

The french talk to much in between the music parts for the innocent foreigner.

A comprehensive list of the actual stream url's can be found at:
https://www.webradiostreams.nl
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw3stC-ZA9Pc8PRyoGBb0GSx&opi=89978449
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw3stC-ZA9Pc8PRyoGBb0GSx&opi=89978449
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw3stC-ZA9Pc8PRyoGBb0GSx&opi=89978449
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw3stC-ZA9Pc8PRyoGBb0GSx&opi=89978449
 
$10/mo 1st 2wks free
www.idagio.com

The Ultimate Classical Music Streaming App | IDAGIO

The ultimate classical music collection in one app âExclusive video concerts âLossless sound quality âBest search âCurated by performers and experts â· Discover IDAGIO now
www.idagio.com www.idagio.com
 
Is there a listing or service that show true bitrate? I had a Sangean internet table radio that displayed bitrate. If it still working I would use it to find the higher resolution stations.
Many stations have buried their bitrate. I used to get responses that higher bitrates make playback more erratic. People are gaming and streaming video that require much higher resolution, yet stations want to use 96k MP3.
I hear a weird artifact, when announcers cut in the leading gap has a lot of “rumble” that goes away once they start speaking. Assume a compressor or automatic volume control is boosting the silence level until it picks up some 60 hz from hum.
I turn down sub level but issue is still there.
 
Interesting topic. I don't have a streamer yet but it would be nice to just stream radio stations. I just installed shortwave (a gnome app) on my Linux box and was able to search for Linn Classical. I can click on an "i" button and verify that I'm streaming 320kb mp3.

It would be nice to have something like this on a Wiim.
 
gold-sunset said:
Interesting topic. I don't have a streamer yet but it would be nice to just stream radio stations. I just installed shortwave (a gnome app) on my Linux box and was able to search for Linn Classical. I can click on an "i" button and verify that I'm streaming 320kb mp3.
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You were able to post here, you already have a streamer.
 
If you can access the Linn station at 320k you are getting around their geographical limit. I have never been able to receive the 320k stream. Only available in UK.
Checked on a WiiM.
 
middlemarch said:
I've been exploring the offerings of some of the classical radio stations available via streaming, primarily using the Receiver app on AppleTV and IOS. Some of my current favorites are:

King FM Evergreen Channel (local Seattle favorite)
France Musique Easy
NL Mind Radio

I primarily prefer radio stations because I'm so ignorant regarding classical music and couldn't pick a particular piece to save my soul. So I'm, going with curated content. I don't like the big orchestral stuff in general and not a fan of opera or choral stuff. I seem to prefer small ensembles, and no particular period, even like modern 20th century stuff (if not too out there).

Any suggestions out there?
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Found this one:

www.yourclassical.org

Chamber Music Playlist

Deep cuts and complete works from small ensembles. From string quartets to piano trios, wind quartets and more, hear selections that will expand your love of classical music with YourClassical's Chamber Music Stream.
www.yourclassical.org www.yourclassical.org

Quite varied and adventurous programming choices.
 
Panelhead said:
Is there a listing or service that show true bitrate? I had a Sangean internet table radio that displayed bitrate. If it still working I would use it to find the higher resolution stations.
Many stations have buried their bitrate. I used to get responses that higher bitrates make playback more erratic. People are gaming and streaming video that require much higher resolution, yet stations want to use 96k MP3.
I hear a weird artifact, when announcers cut in the leading gap has a lot of “rumble” that goes away once they start speaking. Assume a compressor or automatic volume control is boosting the silence level until it picks up some 60 hz from hum.
I turn down sub level but issue is still there.
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Yes that's a problem. What's worse however is that almost all the stations go to the utmost to hide their streaming url's. The want control, some even limit listening to users of their telephone apps, making the use computers more difficult.

As for the bitrates. My internet radio is a Marantz ND8006. Default it will connect to the lowest bitrate stream the aggregator advertises. If you want to us another stream for the station you need to push the option button where you can select one of the other streams the station transmits. To tell the radio to remember this selection you have to add it to your Heos favorites and I don't want to use Heos. The actual streaming Url stays hidden however.

I found a solution using the build in media server from my Fritzbox internet router. Their you can define internet radio stations by inputting the steaming url . There I have programmed some 20 links simulating an old fashioned pre-select radio. Hence my interest to find the actual Url's.

So if anyone knows how obtain the actual url's from on the aggregators, please share that knowledge.
 
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It's a pity that Radio Paradise doesn't offer a Classical stream. I listen often to their Global Mix. It offer very varied music, better cescribed by the stream's earlier title of "World & Eclectic Music". The best features are remarkably high quality sound (including MQA streams), and the ability to press Next to pass onto the next piece if you don't like the one playing.

For Classical, I listen to BBC Radio 3, but this has quite a bit of non-classical music, but includes a lot of discussion about classical music or particular composers. They do cover a much wider range than say Classic FM that is more like a pop station with DJs babbling away, advertisements, and they tend to play single movements rather than the full piece and only "pop" classics. They conduct an annual "Top 300" voted for by listeners, so this inevitable tends towards pop pieces. BBC 3 for serious classical music
 

radio-browser.info

www.radio-browser.info www.radio-browser.info

classical.jpg
 
KUSC.org founded in 1946 Los Angeles began with a cutting edge technology transmission tower as a radio station. There is a smart phone app as well. I'm not sure if both streaming sources consistently stream the same audio quality, but 32 kbps and 96 kbps is possible at 32 kHz sampling rate. They offer several different themed programs of content to choose from for free.

WGUC.org in Cincinnati (for those unfamiliar a very important city back when the USA was a developing nation) also has options of streaming content. I'm led to believe the audio quality is 320 kbps.
 

Hifi Internet Radio

320 kbps streaming - Hifi Internet Radio - Realtime Encoding SACD 192 kHz > 320 kbps Broadcasting 24/7 - Connecting - Aurender - Bluesound - Sonos - Roon
www.hionline.eu

I use this stream, one of the few classicalstations with proper album art
 
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