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I'm looking for a replacement kitchen radio, so it doesn't need to be the best in terms of sound quality.  What it does need to do is receive Radio 4 and stream my music collection (saved as flac files) gaplessly.  I thought the Roberts Stream 83i was the solution, but it doesn't support gapless playback.  I then thought about the Pure Evoke Flow, but it doesn't support flac!

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Keith

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RE: Gapless streamer

Sonos Play:3.

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£260 for a Play:3 would be OK,  but then you have to spend £280 for a control!

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kdistin wrote:

£260 for a Play:3 would be OK,  but then you have to spend £280 for a control!

 

only if you don't have an iThing, droidthing, lappy or desktop pc.

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Not to mention that they don't make the controller anymore.

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RE: Gapless streamer

Squeezebox Radio. You can get two, run in sync and handling L an R channels for stereo.

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RE: Gapless streamer

The Squeezebox radio doesn't receive Radio 4  - it's Wifi only.

 

So there doesn't appear to be one!

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RE: Gapless streamer

1) Your existing smartphone (iPhone / Android / Windows) or iPod Touch or PC / Mac can control Sonos for free.

2) You can get Radio 4 through the Internet, on Sonos as well as Squeezebox.

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RE: Gapless streamer

My wife doesn't have a smartphone and she will be the primary user.

Likewise she insists that it can receive a broadcast of Radio 4, not a stream.

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The Denon is much too expensive.

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You pay, you get!  puzzled

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