Infinite Improbability Driver

NOOOoooooo… DON’T DO IT! The Ogg format stream is much preferred to any Microsoft rubbish. From someone who listens to streams all the time (most recently SONiC all the time), I can honestly say I will never listen to SONiC again if the Ogg stream goes away.

The Microsoft Windows Media format sounds like crap, and is not easier to use. The Ogg format stream works on *all* platforms flawlessly, (There are a lot of us who don’t run Windows, or Mac for that matter.) as it is by definition an open format free of the licensing restrictions and built-in-spyware that is WiMP. (Windows Media Player really, *really* does suck)

I see this as a serious step backwards, I was *proud* that my home radio station used a next generation, open format for online broadcast, but this will no longer be the case if you stoop to decaying your online experience with the crippled, horrible-sounding, Microsoft format. You want to see the comparison, it’s right here: http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/listen.html

I will agree that the previous browser-based ‘player’ you were using was really not that good, but when we tuned into the high-quality stream directly from our media players, we were rewarded with high-fidelity SONiC goodness. Leave the Sonic-High Ogg stream up, post the link directly on the site rather than having it buried under the web player.

It’s as simple as this: http://stream.radiosonic.fm:8000/sonic-high.ogg

I seriously wasn’t kidding about stopping listening to SONiC.. I will find an online stream in a codec that does not sound like dog food. I am not alone either, my co-workers, my friends, heck, my roommates all happily enjoyed the Ogg stream.. and now you’ve done something stupid by taking it away. I guess whatever caters to the masses.. (like what happened to Metallica after the first music video?)

Regards from a streamless, soon to be Ex- Loyal SONiC Listener,
Alex Handy

P.S. Feel free to share this, publish this, or do what you like with it, you have my full permission.