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Sunday, February 16. 2014

Possibly the best thing on the intertunnels

A free ad for WQXR online. This thing improves life, and I enjoy the articulation of the music announcers and music commenters. Too bad everybody can't speak in those graceful tones.

Since the NYT sold the station and they became listener-sponsored and lowered their power, I can't receive them anymore on my tuners. Very sad for us because I like good music played big.

Now how do I route it through good speakers via my amps?

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We listen to this station regularly here in Chicago. Streaming throughout the house into our Sonos wireless system but can also be fed into my good old 1980's room sized lung-crushing speakers if the spirit moves me.

#1 Dr. Bob on 2014-02-16 18:19 (Reply)

See also BBC Radio 3:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/programmes/schedules

They break the day into programs and keep them available for streaming for seven days. There are lots and lots of field-recorded concerts, some broadcast live. There is lots of talky stuff, too, for those who like that sort of thing (Radio 3 bills itself as the arts and classical music station). Also live broadcasts of Met operas, as well as rebroadcasts of UK opera companies, for those who like THAT sort of thing (and who doesn't?). The announcers speak a curious sort of English, but perfectly understandable. You will never hear any bad news about the BBC on Radio 3, so there's that.

Lots of singing, a British tradition, both small and large scale - something that our local, govt station has some sort of rule against (except for opera arias during pledge breaks). My favorite shows are Lunchtime Concert (chamber music) at noon M-F, and the Early Music Show on Sundays (used to be four hours per week).

There are two ways to view/listen: one through the link above and another through the iPlayer APP. Their website is a nightmare to navigate as are most these days, but worth it. Brits have to pay something like $20 a month to listen to/watch BBC, but we get radio for free (for now). You need at least about 44 kilo-byte/sec internet speed to stream. I use Audacity to record and save lots of their programming (I didn't just say that).

#2 Richard Lorenzen on 2014-02-16 18:33 (Reply)

Connect headphone jack of almost any PC/smartphone to the Aux input of your stereo.

#3 EarlW on 2014-02-16 21:18 (Reply)

As EarlW says -- using any cable like this.
The Apple "Airport express" will connect to your stereo to stream music from your computer to your stereo, but only music in your itunes library, so live-streams from radio stations are out.

The Orb has mixed reviews

The Roku will stream music using Plex software app on the PC, but that sounds a bit hacktastic for someone who just wants it to work.

It looks like physical audio cable from a PC, tablet, or phone is the reliable and foolproof way to go this month.

#3.1 Douglas2 on 2014-02-16 22:34 (Reply)

And if your stereo doesn't have a free input marked "aux", it may well have a free input marked "tape".

#3.1.1 Douglas2 on 2014-02-16 22:52 (Reply)

Nice and they don't mask the url for the stream so easy to use vlc to play and/or capture it.

I dislike having to keep a browser open when I just want to listen to the radio.

#4 walt moffett on 2014-02-16 23:00 (Reply)

I've been using a FM transmitter to put whatever the computer streams on the radio since last century.

Rather often you need a ground loop isolator between AC-powered devices in the audio line.

Radio Shack 270-054 works nicely. Buy several.

#5 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-02-17 06:39 (Reply)

[url] http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/22939-Docs-Computin-Tips-Computer-audio-to-room-speakers.html [/url]

I've been hanging on to this article -- mentally, at least -- against the day when my husband and I finally get our household merging finished (it's been less than 3 years, and we're old, so we get some kind of pass on the time factor) and figure out how to set up our real sound systems, instead of relying on just external computer speakers.

#6 Jeannette on 2014-02-17 13:11 (Reply)

Maybe you could use a more sensitive tuner and a more powerful antenna?

Check the tuner section of this site for how-to:

audiokarma DOT org

#7 Whitehall on 2014-02-17 14:29 (Reply)

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