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Thousands of streaming radio stations are pumping out music, but the gems are tough to find. TastyCast.com is building a new service that will change the way you listen to music. Until then, check out DJ Appropriate's guide to the choicest MP3 streams, and the Appropriate Stream.

Most computers already have an MP3 stream player, but there are better free options. Check out Silent Way's guides to MP3 stream players and better computer sound output. Your net connection must be faster than the "Stream Rate." If you have broadband, get better sound above 56k. Dialup users go low @ 24-32k. To ditch Live365 ads and gain MP3pro quality, join their preferred membership.

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Name Description Stream Rate MP3 Stream Playlist Website Afternoon Nap triphop / ambient / downtempo / slow-motion music brought to you by DJ Dusty 56k Playlist Website Beat Blender A late night blend of deep-house, downtempo and fuzed jazz. [SomaFM] 128k Playlist Website 24k Drone Zone Atmospheric ambient space music. Droning textures with minimal beats. Serve Best Chilled. Safe with most medications. [SomaFM] 128k Playlist Website 56k 24k Dub Beautiful Archive stream of live DJ sets: ambient, experimental, downtempo, IDM, nujazz, ethno, experimental hip hop, slow breaks, and mixtures of category-defiing styles. 128k Playlist Website 128k Dublab The DubStream: Infinitely fresh selections from labrat DJs. The heart of Dublab. 128k Playlist Website Groove Salad A nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves. [SomaFM] 128k Playlist Website 128k SHOUTcast backup 24k 56k 128k proxy users 48k AACPlus 128k Live365 backup Jazzmusique Smooth & Stylish Downtempo Soundtrack for Living. A chilled groove with extra funky beats. Our slick atmospheric mix is always stylish, never bitter. By Netmusique. 128k Playlist Website 64k 128k backup Limbik Frequencies A mix of Deep Elektro[u]nique ambient, downtempo, ethereal, industrial, and intelligent techno. 128k Playlist Website Monkey Radio Grooving. Sexy. Beats. Some call it "Trip-Hop," "Acid Jazz," "Downtempo" or "Abstrakt Beats." Now take the intersection of all these. Stir in groove. Dust with sexiness. Simmer. Voila. Serve chilled. 160k Playlist Website 160k shoutcast Musical Starstreams "The exotic side" of ambient space music. 64k Live365 (ads) Playlist Website 32k Live365 64k Live365 Sleepbot Enviornmental Broadcast Ambience for cribbing. Featuring a random cycling of some of the most sleep-worthy tracks ever created. (servers often full.) 56k Playlist Website 56k Space Station Soma Tune in, turn on, space out. Spaced-out ambient and mid-tempo electronica. [SomaFM] 32k Playlist Website 128k Systrum Sistum An independent medium for left field electronica. 128k Playlist Website 128k shoutcast Wonder Chill Urban downtempo and chill-oriented tracks. Chill in this sense is "cool". Smooth tracks, sultry beats, seductive samples...these are all a part of the Wonder Chill Radio mix. 56k Playlist Website