Well, I still do as you say, tough I have to say mp3s are pretty naff
compared to a good CD or vinyl recording. There are lossless codecs now and
together with cheap storage, many find home servers the way to go. I'm not
so sure as although formats change the problem is that data on a drive can
be totally lost very easily.
I'm thinking tat at the moment, DAB tuners exist and most can cope with
DAB+, so may be valid. The sad part is that the quality and station choice
on DAB is looking more like a replacementfor medium wave these days as its
mostly mono and compressed.
Other sources. I'd suggest a decent computer to get internet content,
rather than an internet radio as feeds change so often its a real pain to
set it up anew after its suddenly been moved. Freeview, and to some extent
Freesat is often a reasonable source of good quality, and at least radio 4
extra on Freeview is in stereo, unlike DAB, but for how long one wonders.
A relatvly cheap pvr or set top box is all you need, but steer clear of the
really cheap ones as if you want analogue out I often find that they are a
bit lacking on bass and plugging things in and out definitely affects levels
elsewhere. Seems to be no buffering. DVD and blue ray players can be good as
they play cds and mp3 cds as well, and its often the case that audio visual
devices can play content on sd cards and ramsticks too.

If you are into mp3 players or apple devices then obviously some kind of
input for those is handy as well.
Marantz do some nice recorders that sound quite good working on ram
sticks, but not cheap.


I still keep the ability to use cassettes with dbx and dolby, and I'd like
to also have reel to reel as well and of course having a computer as part of
the system does mean one can make digital media out of analogue recordings
too.
Brian

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My hi-fi system dates way back, and is built of separates (1). It
includes an FM tuner, and by means of an additional selector can
take inputs from TV (2) or computer. There are speakers in all
three downstairs rooms.

Much of the time I am listening live to R4 or R2, otherwise
downloaded podcasts or my own music collection, all of which has
been copied to MP3. R6 music (via TV) only on Sunday morning for
Cerys.

I am wondering if it is time to replace or add to the radio
tuner, with something that will also cope with DAB, maybe even
internet radio. Is this worthwhile, or more bother than it is
worth? Are things changing so fast that anything I buy would risk
being obsolete, or of little use, in a short time.

(1) Though in truth record deck and tape player are pretty much
retired now.

(2) Freeview plus Roku 3

Chris
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