Radio Calico
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Radio Calico

Radio Calico is a rock/pop genre internet radio station in the US broadcasting a HiRes 24-bit/48kHz lossless FLAC stream. Previously geolocked to the US, the station removed its geoblocking and went global in October 2023. Their website has a webplayer, a 192kbps MP3 stream and links to iOS and Android mobile apps. There are also links to radio aggregators TuneIn, raddio and RadioGuide.FM and social media. Roon users are also catered for with a dedicated […]

Radio Calico goes global
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Radio Calico goes global

Radio Calico, the US based HiRes internet radio station goes global removing its geoblocking which previously restricted listening to the US only. In a recent announcement the station said, “…we now have dedicated apps in Google Play and the App Store that are capable of 48kHz / 24-bit HLS lossless streaming, in addition to our website player. We’re still ad-free and subscription-free, and sourcing HiRes files from Qobuz when available.” Streaming URLs Webplayer: https://www.radio-calico.com/ HiRes […]

SuperStereo 6 to go Quadraphonic
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SuperStereo 6 to go Quadraphonic

In what is a world first, SuperStereo Radio Chile will be making its instrumental channel available in HiRes quadraphonic sound. Starting on the 13th October, SuperStereo 6 will be available in ‘QS’ quadraphonic sound in high resolution which can be played by anyone with a 5.1 sound card or who listens on a home cinema system. Erik Jegó, CEO SuperStereo Network said, “We have digitized a large number of vinyls from great orchestras such as […]

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel
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Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel offering a Lossless FLAC stream plus AAC and MP3 streams with both direct streaming links and a webplayer. For jazz aficionados the links at the bottom of this post are jazz internet radio stations offering CD Quality Lossless FLAC programming. Additionally, the station made the switch to 192kHz for its Instrumental channel in July this year. In a blog posting the station’s founder Florian Reiterer said that the […]

TIDAL completes its HiRes FLAC rollout
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TIDAL completes its HiRes FLAC rollout

TIDAL completes its HiRes FLAC rollout with 6 million tracks available to all users who subscribe to their HiFi Plus tier. The rollout was completed on the 2nd August 2023 and FLAC files are available on iOS, Android, and Desktop apps as well as via web browsers. TIDAL’s version of HiRes FLAC is any FLAC file that is 24-bit, 48kHz or greater (up to 192kHz). All subscribers will see an updated audio quality settings screen […]

SuperStereo Radio Chile adds Roon and Squeezebox compatible streams
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SuperStereo Radio Chile adds Roon and Squeezebox compatible streams

SuperStereo Radio Chile adds Roon and Squeezebox compatible streams for 3 of its channels following problems of playback with metadata. The station has enabled CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams without metadata for SuperStereo 1, SuperStereo 3 and SuperStereo 4. The streams links for the CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams are: SuperStereo 1: http://198.204.228.202:8160/nodata SuperStereo 3: http://198.204.228.202:8539/nodata SuperStereo 4: http://198.204.228.202:8643/nodata Stream links for the HiRes and CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams are as follows: SuperStereo 1 […]

TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC
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TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC

TIDAL starts to rollout HiRes FLAC to its Early Access Program (EAP) users on iOS according to a recent reddit post by TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker. The streamer is now offering high resolution content in FLAC format, up to 24-bit 192kHz. For those on the EAP programme you can access this now by updating your beta app, and selecting ‘Max’ quality in the new Audio & Playback settings screen. Dorogusker said, “We’re choosing FLAC as […]