Internet Radio / Streamer

[robertgilbert86]

Hi all, I'm thinking about an Internet radio for the kitchen that is ideally DAB too. There's expensive ones reviewed well (£300) but lots of ~£60 ones too. Does anyone have recommendations for a mid-priced option with decent sound quality?

 

[ODuffer]

I'd be careful choosing and expensive one. They keep shutting down the platforms rendering them useless, with no apparent contractual obligation.

All dead-
Shoutcast Internet Radio Platform (BBC radio streams gone)
Reciva Internet Radio Platform
Pure Connect

You might as well buy a 'cheapo', less sunk cost. In some ways you might be better off just getting a Chromecast (or apple) compatible speaker,
you can at least change the 'streaming app' as times change. I use 'RadioDroid' a moment, it's pretty good.

 

[joey1211]

Just get a cheap tablet

 

[hornetstinger]

I'd be carful choosing and expensive one. They keep shutting down the platforms rendering them useless, with no apparent contractual obligation.

All dead-
Shoutcast Internet Radio Platform (BBC radio streams gone)
Reciva Internet Radio Platform
Pure Connect

You might as well buy a 'cheapo', less sunk cost. In some ways you might be better off just getting a Chromecast (or apple) compatible speaker,
you can at least change the 'streaming app' as times change. I use 'RadioDroid' a moment, it's pretty good.

yeah might be better buying BT speaker then using a phone, or a wiim mini as a source.

I have a Squeezebox Radio, probably OP wants or a new version of it, but I don't know the ability of the internet radio features, don't really use that side of things.

 

[robertgilbert86]

Didn't realise platforms come and go, I'd assume I'd just manually add stream urls like on Wiim.

Ideally wanted something I just press a switch on to turn on rather than phone faff, but a Wiim mini, remote, and active speakers could be the way as I've already got that in 2 rooms.

 

[robertgilbert86]

Just get a cheap tablet

Need better audio and ease of use than that!

 

[hornetstinger]

Really needs to be new thing like this, perhaps wiim streamer built in

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Squeezebox_Radio.JPG/1280px-Squeezebox_Radio.JPG

 

[TheVoice]

My Denon hi-fi supports TuneIn internet radio which has a pretty large range of stations, though I tend to only use it for BBC Radio 6.

A smart speaker might also be worth considering, Google have the Nest Audio and you can pair two together for stereo. Techmoan on YouTube also recently did a vid of the now discontinued Bose Smart Speaker 500 which looked good and had more features than a normal smart speaker, though getting hold of even a refurb might be challenging now.