Depending on the interface you're using, you should be able to sort by genre (rock, jazz, etc.) and also sort by streaming quality. I rarely listen to internet radio, so don't have specific station recommendations.
Internet Streaming and Channels
For anyone who has followed along I recently purchased a Cambridge CXN (2V) Streamer to add to my classic and vintage (mostly) system which us basically an ARC LS2B MKII remote pre feeding two Sumo Andromeda IIa amps powering Acoustat electrostatics + an excellent Sansui TU-9900 tuner and Sony XA 5400 ES CD/SACD player.
Initially I found the Cambridge rather screamy and digital sounding.. can't say if it was just not broken in, poor cable choice, poor channel choices or whatever. It's now got an decent Audioquest power cord and Straightwire Expressivo interconnects and digititis has gone into remission, or at least left the room. Don't get me wrong.. it's not vinyl, and it's not the Sony CD on Redbook, but it's internet RADIO, so far anyway.
With some 20,000 stations aggregated by Cambridge the "work" of sorting through stations of any of their hundreds of genres to get to stations playing top, very good, decent or crap quality has become a bit of work. ... especially with 20 presets available. I listen to classic rock, male/female vocals, blues, blues rock, and a variety jazz from trios to selected tenor sax players.
The station to station to difference in sound is truly amazing, even when they are outputting the same kps rate is huge. Some have a natural in your room image performance that is almost unsettling while others are just screamy noise nonsense.
At the moment I'm listening to Radio Bob! Classic Rock @ 192 kbps with a respectable playlist so far, no commercials (we will see) and natural tonality.
Any one found a way to sort through all this and get to the best channels? ... of course I mean sonically since playlists and content are too subjective, but feel free to throw them out.... genre and station name.
Initially I found the Cambridge rather screamy and digital sounding.. can't say if it was just not broken in, poor cable choice, poor channel choices or whatever. It's now got an decent Audioquest power cord and Straightwire Expressivo interconnects and digititis has gone into remission, or at least left the room. Don't get me wrong.. it's not vinyl, and it's not the Sony CD on Redbook, but it's internet RADIO, so far anyway.
With some 20,000 stations aggregated by Cambridge the "work" of sorting through stations of any of their hundreds of genres to get to stations playing top, very good, decent or crap quality has become a bit of work. ... especially with 20 presets available. I listen to classic rock, male/female vocals, blues, blues rock, and a variety jazz from trios to selected tenor sax players.
The station to station to difference in sound is truly amazing, even when they are outputting the same kps rate is huge. Some have a natural in your room image performance that is almost unsettling while others are just screamy noise nonsense.
At the moment I'm listening to Radio Bob! Classic Rock @ 192 kbps with a respectable playlist so far, no commercials (we will see) and natural tonality.
Any one found a way to sort through all this and get to the best channels? ... of course I mean sonically since playlists and content are too subjective, but feel free to throw them out.... genre and station name.