Tunein / Internet Radio

Neal

I'm considering purchasing a new Powernode however, I use internet radio quite a bit and am concerned that many of the radio stations on Tunein are no longer avl in UK. I'm just interested in opinions and views of on whether there is a solution to this or if people have found it to be a major issue.

I presently use a Cambridge Audio Minx xi which has Airable as the radio platform and works perfectly

 

 

 

 

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  • Official comment
    Mark Everett
    • Edited

    Hi Neal,

    Please see the TuneIn Wikipedia entry which gives a brief summary of the High Court case which Sony and Warner brought against them resulting in the removal of most international radio stations from TuneIn for UK users. It's anybody's guess whether similar restrictions will be applied in the future against other (smaller) aggregator services/platforms such as Airable.

     

  • Mark Everett
    • Edited

    As a listener in the UK I can confirm that there is good coverage of most national and local stations. However, foreign stations tend to be limited to news only. This restriction can be circumvented to some extent by entering 'custom' station URLs in favourites but access isn't guaranteed.

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  • Neal

    Thanks Mark - thanks for your comment.

    I currently use a Cambridge Audio Minx Xi network streamer (which I'd like to replace) and the internet radio platform they use is called Airable which I have no issues with receiving US/foreign based stations.

    I think I might need to to take a look at their Evo product instead now which is a real shame as I was really impressed with the new Powernode.

    Very Surprised Bluesound haven't been looking at Airable or another solution to this.

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    Hi Neal, what stations in particular are you looking for? Whilst it’s under the Tunein section of Bluesound just as long as you know the streaming URL you can add it as a favourite.

    I use the Tunein website and have many stations that are unknown / under the radar and just add the streams. Also have added higher bitrate streams as I find them. Once logged into Tunein on BluOS the Stations appear in my Favourites and can be accessed outside of Bluesound. Custom URLs can also be entered directly into the Tunein section of the Bluesound App.

    Like most sensible companies Bluesound tend to not publish a roadmap as this only gives their competitors a heads-up but also if for some reason the enhancement cannot be added then would upset customers who bought on a promise. 

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  • Neal

    Hi Seppi,

    Thanks for your reply

    Here are a few of the stations I would like to be able to access on a Powernode, so grateful if you can advise whether this will be possible or not?

    Smooth Jazz Vibes

    Radio Caprice - Nu Jazz/Future Jazz

    Neo Sou Cafe

    Enigmatic Station III

    Costa Del Mar - Chillout

    FluxFM - Berlin Beach House Radio

    ChilliZET Deep

    Could you also advise why it is that I can access these stations on my Cambridge Audio Minx Xi (Network Streamer) but not on your own streamer?

    From conversations with them thy advise me that the radio platform they use is "Airable", so perhaps this is the reason but it seems odd to me that the direct competition are able to achieve this but Bluesound can't or aren't really bothered?

    Regards,

     

    Neal

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  • Neal

    Thanks Mark - I saw this.

    Very disappointing, and the only thing standing between me breaking out my credit card!

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res
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    Not one to be beaten...

    First Radio Station could even find its website.

    Second one was in Russian, but I managed to get the URL...

    NU JAZZ / FUTURE JAZZ

    http://79.111.14.76:8000/nujazz.m3u

    AAC 140 kb/s

     

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  • Neal

    Thanks Seppi - It's not really ideal but I appreciate your help.

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    In what way? It’s the stream you get on their website and easily added to Bluesound.

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  • Neal

    Hi Seppi,

    I'm looking to access all the stations I listed and it looks like you only managed to access 1 out of the 2 you tried

    Clearly, it isn't ideal and my expectation would be not having to go through this process when other vendors have a much more user friendly way of achieving the same result that isn't hit and miss.

    I really do hope there is a solution in the pipeline for this from Bluesound as Tunein offers no value whatsoever if you want to access overseas radio from UK

     

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    Like you I am just a user, I spent 5 mins and found the details on one of the stations you were looking for, the first Website was not working. Proof of concept of how easy / simple it is and a one off to add streams despite not being able to read Russian.

    Why would I spend anymore of my time on stations I have no interest in?

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