A big boost to radio sound
When you think of technological innovation your mind rarely jumps to radio, but for the start of the Proms this year, BBC Radio 3 will see a significant boost to the quality of its audio streams.
For the first time, Radio 3 listeners will be able to experience the Proms streamed in FLAC lossless audio, as opposed to the current AAC-LC codec at 320kbs used for the station.
The catch is that in order to experience the CD-quality 16-bit/44.1kHz quality streams you’ll need to be streaming the radio station from the BBC Proms website or BBC Radio 3 website .
Unfortunately the higher quality streams will not be available through your radio (either internet or otherwise), or through any internet radio apps such as TuneIn.
