The Bottom Line
AccuRadio is a multichannel Internet radio station free of charge, designed for an audience with "sophisticated musical tastes" ranging in age from 25 to 54. With over 50 different channels within the classical music section alone, AccuRadio has much to offer. You can listen to music by period, by composer, by genre, like chamber music or avant-garde, and more.
Pros
- Huge selection of music from rock to classical and everything in between
- Easy to use and navigate
- Music can be filtered at the click of a button
- Provides links to direct albums at Amazon.com for easy purchasing
- Free Internet radio
Cons
- As with any radio, you cannot browse by album or track
- Limited playing features: only pause or track skipping
Description
- AccuRadio Internet radio is free of charge.
- Little commercial interruptions.
- More than 430 channels of music including rock, pop, jazz, classical, oldies, country, urban, Latin, vocals, world and more.
Guide Review - AccuRadion, Free Internet Radio
I was first introduced to AccuRadio Internet radio when my brother-in-law was telling me he listens to it at his office. I've never really listened to Internet radio, but having exhausted my own classical music library, I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did! I'm discovering some great music to add to my collection, like Dvorak's String Quintets (preview, purchase, and download Dvorak's String Quintets). As I mentioned above, each track currently playing, previously played, and playing next has an album cover and a link to Amazon.com, making it a breeze to purchase (or at least research the piece in greater detail). Another thing I like about AccuRadio is that each channel of music can be filtered by clicking on the artists or composers you wish not to be included in the playlist. My only pet peeve with that is that sometimes there are over fifty artists or composers, which translates into a fairly large amount of monotonous clicking. And you can't save your preferences. AccuRadio can be used on any computer, as long as you have speakers or a place to plug in your headphones, at work or at home any time of day. Almost but not quite CD quality music is continuously streaming with the occasional interruption reminding you that you are listening to AccuRadio. All in all, I couldn't be happier.
