Internet radio

What streamer and DAC are you using? What service to receive them?

I use Qobuz and while I have not tried the stations you talk about… I listen to Paradise Radio most of the time… and the fidelity in my system is at the CD or better range. I never find myself questioning the quality.  

I have a Cambridge CXN Network Player and I use my Sennheiser HDVD headphone amp as my DAC. I find that the website players on many of the stations when looped back through the HDVD sound just as good as the CXN. I agree that Paradise Radio sounds good but I am not into much of the music I found there. I'm a classic rock kind of guy although I enjoy some blues and classic country as well. 

I’ve often wondered about the quality of the stream. I swear it sounds better on a Sunday morning when there’s not a lot of people all the streaming movies and businesses are closed. I think when Trump was in office, the new Internet standards got changed. You used to get 100% of the signal before they change the law. Now I think the quality of your signal is dependent on who you have as a provider and how much you spend every month. In other words, if you get the best package, you get the best signal. If you don’t have any money, the provider knows this and they send you a crappy your signal. This is all just a guess on my part from what I’ve seen on the news. I am sure that I’m not exact in my explanation , but I think I have the general idea correct? . I’m fortunate, and I get a good signal most of the time, but I have a expensive cable bill.

I agree, stations broadcasting at the same rate (320kbps) sound very different. I told one of the better sounding station owners that, I support, that his stream sounds particularly good. He said he has worked hard on that, though I do not know what tools they have to tweak their sound. The good ones, in my opinion, sound warmer and fuller, the poor ones are either muffled or fatiguing. I too listen to Radio Paradise, it is one of the good ones, and you can get full FLAC, but even their lesser streams sound good.