Definitely a good listen

@boxcarman 

I hear ya! I have the same feelings about internet radio as you. It just doesn't sound right. Right now, with my current set up, FM sounds so close to how CDs sounded with my older Marantz set up (PM15S2 integrated and SA15S2 SACD player) that I'm beginning to think it sounds possibly better, at times.

There's still life in FM.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise 

The reason I was asking about SACD’s, I only have a few as well and playing them on an older Oppo 93 and a newer Sony multi player, I could hear difference’s, but  was nothing earth shaking in two channel, (although 5.1 on Dark Side Of The Moon is fun.)

My current setup is a 6000CDT to a Pontus ll to a H390 and I’m pretty happy with it. I also bought a New Node N-130 to play with. Through the software, you can use TuneIn Radio and find some decent Jazz and my wife found some 80’s station out of Germany she’s really enjoying.
 

@curiousjim ,

Sounds like a great set up. My Technics can also stream internet radio and if and when I get around to it, I may try that route as well but it will require a long length of cable from the router and a way to lay it out in my room. 

All the best,
Nonoise

@boxcarman Nonoise, I wish I had a local jazz station to listen to.  I do not use the internet radio, seems to be about like satellite radio, meaning it sounds washed out.

Getting a little off topic here, but wanted to let you know of some better sounding jazz stations online that are worth trying: The Jazz Groove, Naim Jazz, Jazz Radio Schwarzenstein, Radio Swiss Jazz are a few. I agree there are a lot of them that sound flat and washed out, these are pretty good.

@nonoise

Originally I bought a 100’ cat 6 wire, but now I’m using a Netgear Powerline extender. You run a short cat 5 cable from the router to one unit that plugs into the wall and the second unit is plugged in right behind my amp. It has two Ethernet sockets on it one goes to the Hegel and the other to the streamer. So far it’s working great.