Classical Music Radio stations ONLINE

[Roger Webb]

Yes, it's very frustrating - and I object to being forced in to using the abysmal SOUNDS app.
Radio 3's stream disappeared/moved at the start of last week, R4's the week before.
It may not be help, but here's a link to the new R3 stream (up to 320kbps).

Yes AuntD it is frustrating. I had a Marantz streamer that was fine when I bought it, but it uses TuneIn for internet radio...now sold on eBay. My current Quad preamp/streamer has Playfi app. which has had criticism in the past, but now is very good. It is really useful for foreign radio stations, but lost BBC ones a while back.

For BBC, as I say above, I use an android tablet permanently plugged into the DAC of the Quad. I was using VRadio, mentioned to RF above, for BBC (and VRadio), but those streams disappeared last week.

The BBC seem to be going through the internet radio aggregators in turn and removing their streams (ie changing the URLs) to force everyone to use 'Sounds'. I have pasted in URLs to the Marantz in the past, but one after the other they become unusable.....perhaps we need to open up Bletchley Park again and have a team of people to break the code every morning.

[AuntDaisy]

Yes AuntD it is frustrating. I had a Marantz streamer that was fine when I bought it, but it uses TuneIn for internet radio...now sold on eBay. My current Quad preamp/streamer has Playfi app. which has had criticism in the past, but now is very good. It is really useful for foreign radio stations, but lost BBC ones a while back.

For BBC, as I say above, I use an android tablet permanently plugged into the DAC of the Quad. I was using VRadio, mentioned to RF above, for BBC (and VRadio), but those streams disappeared last week.

The BBC seem to be going through the internet radio aggregators in turn and removing their streams (ie changing the URLs) to force everyone to use 'Sounds'. I have pasted in URLs to the Marantz in the past, but one after the other they become unusable.....perhaps we need to open up Bletchley Park again and have a team of people to break the code every morning.

Ditto an Amazon Echo that's gathering dust because R3 won't fix SOUNDS (>4 years!!) and are forcing people to ditch "older" tech. - so much for their green credentials.

The idea of putting a Bombe under R3 management's backsides has a certain appeal...

[Maclintick]

Schubert Piano trio in Bb major D838 played by the Oistrakh Piano Trio on YLE Klassinen this morning -- complete ! Streamed from YLE website on laptop to CA streamer via Airplay. Most of the time I play YLE Klassinen from VRadio on an Android phone to a bluetooth speaker. As RFG and others have indicated the Apple VRadio app is rubbish.

[Roger Webb]

.......... Most of the time I play YLE Klassinen from VRadio on an Android phone to a bluetooth speaker. As RFG and others have indicated the Apple VRadio app is rubbish.

It's surprising that the VRadio app. is so good (except for the lack of BBC stations) on Android, but so poor for Apple devices....especially as you have to pay for it....and pay more (generally) for the hardware. My friends cannot believe I don't have Apple stuff - they are all posey media types who wouldn't be seen dead without an Apple something or other!