Internet radio

jem

Hi I have terriable radio coverage here but have excellent broadband.
Was thinking of geting a radio that works over the internet.just want it for irish talk radio stations
A few questions:
1. do they work well?
2 what is the difference in a dab radio and an internet radio?
2. are there any drawbacks things to look out for?
3 any recomendations want to spend as little as possible to listen to tippm fm, newstalk etc


Thanks
j

coylemj

Do you have an old mobile phone that has a half-decent battery and can connect to your wi-fi? If so then consider buying a Bluetooth speaker, use the old phone with radio apps to connect to the wi-fi and it can send the audio via Bluetooth to the speaker. Or if you buy a Bluetooth speaker with an 'Aux in' port, you can connect the phone to the speaker by cable and prolong battery life on both devices.

You can buy a Bluetooth speaker for anything from €20 up, you won't get an internet radio for anything like that.

A DAB radio picks up digital radio which in Ireland these days is just the main RTE stations plus a few like RTE Gold, RTE Radio1 plus and so on. None of the independent stations broadcast on DAB which has an uncertain future so I wouldn't be investing in it ...

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/tuning-out-digital-radio-fails-to-make-waves-1.3382499

jem

would prefer to have an actual radio
j

daphil

jem wrote: »

would prefer to have an actual radio
j

Roberts stream
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roberts-Radio-Stream93i-Internet-Speaker/dp/B008R8B8QC

jem

Would an echo dot work?
That roberts is very expensive and it is only for my office

Ghost Train

jem wrote: »

Would an echo dot work?
That roberts is very expensive and it is only for my office

Yes , the echo dot should work. And it can be connected to a stereo for better sound if needed. It should have all the tunein stations. Or you could use bluetooth on the dot to play radio apps from a phone.
https://tunein.com/radio/Dublin-r100911/

ItsRisteard

It's actually far more reliable.

You could try something like tunein

The Black Oil

I've had a Roberts Stream 202 since 2009, it's been great. I've little to no interest in Irish radio and listen to the BBC. As standalone devices they are expensive, yeah. I think the Stream 107 was probably the least pricey of the Roberts (still not cheap, though) and newer ones have a few more bells and whistles like Spotify, Bluetooth. There are others like Pure, but I dunno if they've as much choice in models.

A smart speaker is probably the way to go. Plenty of discussion in the Home Automation forum re Google Home (I've a mini), Echo Dot, etc. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1777