Phil Bunker wrote:

>I've been very disappointed at the quality of the sound I'm getting on
>BBC 3, especially the sound of a piano. ...

Probably net congestion where you are.  I listen via @home.com
cablemodem from San Francisco bay area and it sounds great.

Andrys in Berkeley
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 [It's the limitation of Real Audio and the extremely lossy compression
 they apply to the signal to make it "fit" on the net - about the quality
 of an AM radio, even in it's most recent incarnation.  We are still
 several years away from good quality music broadcasting on the web.
 -Dave]