Internet Radio on Audiophile Quality 2 Channel System

Are you in love with the music or in love with you system? I myself am in love with the music and will listen to and enjoy it any way I can consume it. Yes there are many way it can be delivered and they all sound different but in the end it is still music. I stream Austin Blues Radio direct from their web site. Does it sound like my tt no. Does it sound really good yes. I have found that after the fm bandwidth auction that sold off the government the signal changed and old fm tunes just can deliver or render the new signal. I have not researched or heard an new fm tuners of one’s that can decode hd outside my car radio. It does sound ok but very fatiguing. I’m my car I use my iPhone for source going through a iFI hip dac and this is a game changer for car ride. Enjoy the journey and move the music first.

I have only tried a couple internet radio stations, but so far it seems they have all the sound quality of a MP3 file.

I only listen to Internet radio with my phone over a Bluetooth speaker when I’m working outside. Indoors, I have a SiriusXM radio that I use to tune in the Grateful Dead channel, connected to my vintage Yamaha CR-820 receiver (headphone jack to RCA line-level input) and it sounds OK. Most of my listening is with the Yamaha’s  FM tuner - listener-sponsored KRVM 91.9 in Eugene, Oregon, which plays fantastic music-only programming. That sounds pretty good audio-wise, and yes, the music and the magic of radio matter more to me than bleeding edge audio excellence most of the time. I do have a dedicated listening room-inside-a-room that I am tricking out with vintage gear - my old Sansui G-5700, a Nakamichi RX-202 cassette deck, a California Audio Labs CL-25 disk player, my old Dual 622 turntable, and two pair of Paradigm speakers that sound great *to me*. Will be doing some room treatment and psychedelic lighting and decor for full immersion in the 60s and 70s - Keep On Truckin’, and Not Fade Away!

 "the music and the magic of radio matter more to me than bleeding edge audio"

flevitan-profound 1st post. I think I get over nostalgic about FM listenining.

Comforting to see I'm not alone.

Listening to my 67 year old,13 tube daily driver Mac.

Radio Paradise works well for me. My Node is hardwired to my router, fwiw.