Lossless Archives

CD Quality Internet Radio

07/09/2025

Back in the day, no self-respecting hi-fi enthusiast would have been without an FM tuner to receive quality stereo broadcasts. When internet radio was introduced traditional radio stations were quick to make their broadcasts available although the initial quality was often poor. These days there can hardly be a broadcast radio station of any note in the world that does not have a high quality internet presence opening up an almost unimaginable wealth of news, […]

SOURCE: RIAA – The Rise and Fall of CD sales volumes in US 1983-2022 feat

The Rise and Fall of the Compact Disc

07/09/2025

The first commercial Compact Disc (CD) was released in 1982 and the CD was planned as the successor to the vinyl record. Developed by Philips and Sony, sales of CDs grew quickly and by 2004 cumulative worldwide sales of audio CDs, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs reached about 30 billion discs and 200 billion by 2007. However, from the beginning of the early 2000s CDs were increasingly being replaced by other forms of digital storage and distribution […]

PiratenKanon.NL

18/08/2025

PiratenKanon.NL is an internet radio station based in Suriname playing pop music hits with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and two MP3 streams – 64kbps and 320kbps. Their website is multi-lingual (Dutch, German and English) and has a webplayer, programme guide, links to radio aggregators as well as links for all the popular media players. In addition to the main radio station the Website and Stream Admin, Martin Sievers, runs a couple of experimental […]

Radio Radar

30/07/2025

Radio Radar is an internet radio station based in Belarus with two channels of Dance and House music. The station disappeared in June 2025 but has now resurfaced. The main Dance station has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, a 600kbps AAC stream and an HLS offering with 3 different bitrate streams and the House channel has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 529kbps AAC stream. Both channels have a webplayer with a […]

SuperStereo 7

29/07/2025

SuperStereo 7 is a jazz genre internet radio channel which is now part of the SuperStereo Network. Previously ‘free to air’ this is now part of SuperStereo’s subscription internet radio station and broadcasts with a HiRes 24-bit Lossless FLAC stream. Full details about the SuperStereo Network can be found here. SuperStereo Network Channel List 1 – Yacht Rock 1+ – Disco Funk 2 – 50s, 60s, 70s 3 – Pop and Dance, 80s, 90s 3+ – […]

SuperStereo 6

29/07/2025

SuperStereo 6 is an Instrumental music genre internet radio channel which is now part of the SuperStereo Network. Previously ‘free to air’ this is now part of SuperStereo’s subscription internet radio station and broadcasts with a HiRes 24-bit Lossless FLAC stream. Full details about the SuperStereo Network can be found here. SuperStereo Network Channel List 1 – Yacht Rock 1+ – Disco Funk 2 – 50s, 60s, 70s 3 – Pop and Dance, 80s, 90s 3+ […]

SuperStereo 5

29/07/2025

SuperStereo 5 is a Rock music genre internet radio channel which is now part of the SuperStereo Network. Previously ‘free to air’ this is now part of SuperStereo’s subscription internet radio station and broadcasts with a HiRes 24-bit Lossless FLAC stream. Full details about the SuperStereo Network can be found here. SuperStereo Network Channel List 1 – Yacht Rock 1+ – Disco Funk 2 – 50s, 60s, 70s 3 – Pop and Dance, 80s, 90s 3+ […]