International. Soma FM is an Internet radio station that has 27 alternative theme channels of different styles. To expand its presence through radio transmissions, the IP audio solutions of the Barix company were used.
In this expansion, Exstreamer 500 devices were used to enable reliable, economical and high-quality HD2 transmissions for radio stations.
According to Rusty Hodge, owner and president of Soma FM, "We considered another solution for the decoding and playback of audio signals, but this one consisted of desktop devices with professional audio cards that cost three times more than the devices finally used. With new technology, the problems associated with software updates and security issues disappear. Their devices are compact and energy-efficient."
Soma FM encodes radio scanner signals to enhance the electronic music programs heard through its website. To do this, they connected the radio scanner device to the Instreamer that inserts a priority signal into the audio signal, allowing us to carry out something that you often hear live or in pre-recorded electronic music but is unique in radio transmissions."
"We rely on these solutions to carry out audio signal transmissions for radio stations, since they usually do not require high-fidelity signals due to network congestion problems. They simply plug the devices into the stations and get high-quality audio transmission signals. To date, we have not yet had to restart or disconnect and reconnect the power supply," he concluded.
