Riverside Radio
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Riverside Radio

Riverside Radio is a Pop and Rock Music internet radio station in the Netherlands which has resurfaced having stopped broadcasting for the last year or so. Their website is currently under construction but there is a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, a 320kbps MP3 stream and a 32kbps AAC+ stream available. The FLAC stream says it is 24-bit, 48kHz giving a bitrate of 2024kbps. At the time of writing it is not known what sources […]

mora qualitas streaming service to close
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mora qualitas streaming service to close

mora qualitas streaming service to close on the 29th May 2022 after 3 years of providing a HiRes and CD Quality streaming service in Japan. The service which started in October 2019 is a joint venture between Sony Music and Rhapsody International (now Napster) using their ‘Powered by Napster’ technology. In a statement on their website (translated via Google) they say, “This service started to be provided in October 2019 and we have endeavoured to deliver the best sound quality […]

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Qobuz Review

History Qobuz was launched in 2008 and has achieved a series of notable firsts. In 2009 it offered the first CD quality download catalogue and in 2011 the first CD quality streaming service. It was the first online music service to adopt 24bit HiRes in its catalogue and in the summer of 2015, it launched HiRes Streaming with its Qobuz Sublime+ subscription. During the past few years Qobuz has positioned itself as a top end […]

Qobuz offers couples Duo subscriptions
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Qobuz offers couples Duo subscriptions

Qobuz offers couples Duo subscriptions which provides access from the same subscription to two separate accounts. Similar to the individual and family subscriptions Qobuz currently offers, Qobuz Duo is made for couples who want to share a unique and high quality music experience. Available from £14.99 per month*, only £4.16 more than the individual subscription, Qobuz Duo gives two people under the same roof discounted access to full Qobuz plans. Qobuz Duo is in addition […]

How to listen to lossless FLAC Internet Radio with your browser
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How to listen to lossless FLAC Internet Radio with your browser

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec a lossless audio format that supports both CD Quality and HiRes music whether it is for downloads, streaming or internet radio. It is an open source format that is maintained by Xiph.org – ‘a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests.’ Television has seen a revolution in picture quality in the past couple of decades going from 625-line PAL through HD, 4k […]

TIDAL offers 3 month trial of HiFi plan for £1
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TIDAL offers 3 month trial of HiFi plan for £1

TIDAL offers 3 month trial of its HiFi plan for £1 for both Individual and Family subscriptions for new TIDAL users only. For users wanting to trial the HiFi Plus plan this set you back £2 for both Individual and Family subscriptions. After the promotional period, you continue to listen for £9.99/month for a HiFi subscription or £19.99/month for a HiFi Plus subscription. The promotion is for new TIDAL users only and can only be […]

Free Music Radio
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Free Music Radio

Free Music Radio is a new Top 40 hits internet radio station in the Netherlands broadcasting CD Quality Lossless FLAC, 256kbps MP3, 160kbps AAC and 128kbps Opus streams. According to the station announcement: “We are new, and also old! Free Music Radio started 6 years ago and after many good collaborations with other stations, we decided to stand on our own “feet”. Our website is not finished yet, but there is plenty of music! Free […]