On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:55:33 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

The main advantage of a net radio for me is the availability of foreign
stations (like BR Klassik and France Musique) at reasonable quality.

Are they not available as net streams you can pick up with your computer? I
know the AVRO stations and various other European Classical ones are as I
do listen to them occasionally.

Yes, I believe they are. However, it is likely that the satellite feed
will be of a better quality. (BR Klassik, for example, is 320kbps
MP2.) I take the digital output from the satellite receiver (its
onboard circuitry is audibly poor) through an external DAC, an
amplifier and Quad electrostatics ('57s).

Overall it is not at all bad - and I get to improve my German and
French listening skills to boot! (Swiss radio is best for this because
the announcers alternate between French and German.)

--
Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK