Is it possible to make a miniature online radio player?

Question

Do it yourself

Hello, I overheard the topic that miniature computers are now available and cheap, from which you can do anything. And how labor-intensive (and is it possible at all) to make a compact device the size of a mobile phone that would itself connect to Internet radio and play high-quality sound into headphones?
The idea of ​​the device is as follows: you sit down to work and listen to ambient radio (soma.fm) in the background, the device does not provide any settings other than volume. Only work and calm background music. Powered by USB, but has a built-in battery, gets into the network via wi-fi.
If you are a techie and you are interested in the idea - write, I am ready to work out the concept and design the case.

Answer 1

Technically, everything is possible now, and not necessarily on "expensive" minicomputers, under your "micro TZ" and a microcontroller with a wifi module and mikruha Digital (mp3) Analogue (sound) conversion is quite enough.
If you solder on the knee and without a case, you can pay a couple of hundred rubles. meet, not counting the time spent on software, here it will be the most expensive.
I've been doing similar projects for a long time, the most important part: A THOROUGH TERMS OF REFERENCE.
From the specification "should work somehow like this" the device "works somehow like this, BUT it turns out not the way you would like".
Time... Profit... Support...
How much time are you willing to spend on this?
How much are you willing to invest in it?
How many are ready to wait for the first profit?
Have you studied market demand?
and 100500 more questions about your wonderful project.

Answer 2

Why don't you like Raspberry Pi? Plug in Raspbian or Fag (YYYY), install a radio client (VLC, for example), only the volume control remains to be thought through

Answer 3

You can do this www.serasidis.gr/circuits/Arduino_WebRadio_player/...