Mother Earth Radio
High Resolution Radio
FLAC up to 192 kHz • Vinyl quality • Curated by Florian Reiterer, a musician and sound engineer.
No charts • Hand-picked • Only music that touches: The Mother Earth Radio Network
Mother Earth Radio is the world’s first High Resolution Radio – an internet radio station that broadcasts exclusively in lossless FLAC quality up to 192 kHz. Digitized directly from vinyl, tuned to 429 Hz. No MP3, no algorithm, no charts. Instead: hand-picked music from jazz, classical and singer-songwriter, curated by a sound engineer with over 30 years of experience.
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What makes Mother Earth Radio special?
While other radio stations focus on mass appeal, we focus on sound. Mother Earth Radio combines audiophile technology with musical care – an approach that has earned us recommendations from audiophiles worldwide.
Hi-Res FLAC up to 192 kHz
Mother Earth Radio offers High-Res Radio Streaming in lossless FLAC quality. No MP3, no AAC – just the original. The difference is audible: more details, more dynamics, more music.
Full Metadata
See what’s playing: Artist, Album, Cover Art. Only in the apps – not available in the web player.
Four curated channels
Jazz • Classical • Main (eclectic) • Instrumental – four channels, each with its own character. Hand-picked, not algorithmically generated. No charts, no advertising jingles.
RECOMMENDED BY AUDIOPHILES
“Just listened to Mother Earth Jazz, which is immediately now on one of my 12 presets.”
— WiiM Audiophile Forum
“The world’s first Hi-Res Audio web radio station streaming music directly from vinyl records.”
— Audiophile.fm
“Broadcast with a resolution of 24 bit 192kHz – the highest audio quality available worldwide..”
— HiResAudio.online
Listed on: audiophile.fm • hiresaudio.online • 24bit96.com
Why buy the app instead of listening for free in the browser?
The web player is for testing. The apps are for listening.
The difference lies in the detail – and in the signal. While the browser player is limited to 96 kHz, the native apps stream in full 192 kHz / 24 bit. This is the highest resolution available in the audio field – better than CD, better than Spotify HiFi, on par with studio masters.
In addition: The apps use the native audio stack of your device. No browser in between, no compression through WebAudio APIs. The signal goes directly from the stream to your DAC – as it should be. For listeners with high-quality equipment, this makes an audible difference: more airiness in the highs, more precise transients, a stage that really opens up.
And practical: Complete metadata with cover art, song history for reference, and the ability to request songs – all only in the apps.
Experience Hi-Res Audio – without an expensive setup
Want to know what Hi-Res Audio really sounds like? You don’t need a 500-euro DAC and gold-plated cables. All you need:
- A wired headphone (yes, your old one will do)
- The Mother Earth Radio App
- Press Play
That’s it. Your smartphone already has a DAC built in that can handle 192 kHz – most people just don’t know it. With a wired headphone, you bypass Bluetooth compression and hear the full signal. No hustle, no voodoo, no expensive equipment. Simply Hi-Res Audio on your ear – for under 20 euros.
| Web-Player | Desktop App | Android App | |
| FLAC | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 192 kHz |
| Metadata | ❌ | ❎ | ❎ |
| Cover Art | ❌ | ❎ | ❎ |
| Native Audio | ❌ | ❎ | ❎ |
| Song History | ❌ | ❎ | ❎ |
| Song Request | ❌ | ❎ | ❎ |
| Cost | Free | 16.99€ – 1x | 19.99€ – 1x |
Pay once. No subscription. Yours forever. While streaming services get more expensive every year, Mother Earth Radio remains a one-time investment in better sound.
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Why FLAC? Because your brain is listening.
MP3 sounds good. Spotify sounds good. That’s enough for most people.
But “sounding good” isn’t the whole story.
In audiology, there is a field of research called “Listening Effort.” It examines how much cognitive work the brain has to do when listening. The result, proven by pupillometry, EEG, and behavioral tests:
Compressed audio signals require more cognitive resources—even if you don’t hear a difference in quality.
You don’t notice it. But your head is working harder.
That’s why Fraunhofer—the inventors of MP3—are constantly developing better codecs. From MP3 to AAC to xHE-AAC. The goal: reduce artifacts, lower Listening Effort.
Our solution is simpler: Don’t compress in the first place.
Mother Earth Radio broadcasts in FLAC. No artifacts. No Listening Effort. The signal as it is.
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Neuro-active relaxation: The complete setup
FLAC reduces neural work through compression artifacts. But that’s only level one.
Level two: Klangzelle broadband speakers – one driver, no crossover. No phase correction in the head.
Level three: 429 Hz tuning – tuned to Mother Earth Radio and Klangzelle.
Three factors that relieve your brain. Not esoteric – measurable, physical, mathematically based.
Four channels. One philosophy.
Internet radio rethought: Curated, not algorithmic. Hi-Res, not compressed. Vinyl, not digital.
Mother Earth Jazz
From ECM to Free Jazz. Curated, not algorithmic.
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Mother Earth Klassik
Historical performances. Contemporary music. 429 Hz.
-> More about Classical Radio in Hi-Res
Mother Earth Main
Eclectic. From Nick Drake to Nils Frahm
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Mother Earth Instrumental
Music without words. For working, reading, reflecting.
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EXPERIENCE HI-RES AUDIO AS IT SHOULD BE
Or: Support the project directly
Mother Earth Radio runs ad-free. No interruptions, no sponsor jingles. This costs about 1,600 euros a year – music licenses, servers, bandwidth.
A small circle of monthly supporters keeps the project running. If you can and want to: every contribution helps. If not – just keep listening. That’s perfectly okay.
