Internet radio any good at all???

naturallight
naturallight Posts: 689
edited February 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
Internet radio stations any good at all?? Like FM 181. You can pick the music you want to listen to. Which is real nice. But to me..even on PC speakers...this stuff sounds really compressed.


Is it worth putting a laptop on your rig, to get this stuff...or are your ears going to bleed and just a waste of time???


Just wondering????
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited February 2013
    I listen to internet radio stations programmed into my Sonos...controlled by phone, and PC apps

    Are they for critical listening....no, but for run of the mill listening while messing around or doing the "honey do's"...works for me
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited February 2013
    Not bad for background...sometimes pick up new songs from artists that aren't played elsewhere. Wouldn't sink a lot of cash to reproduce the sound though! That's just me though!
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited February 2013
    I used my 3 Onkyo receivers all the time, there is free ones on vtuner that are 160k-320k not bad at all

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