Hassle-free audio URL player?

[roadster]

An interesting question and I have found that there is a solution for windows "receivers"
http://www.streamwhatyouhear.com/?source=swyh

I've tried it with BBC I-Player radio streamed to a Technics Ottava renderer and it works correctly. There is some control over the quality of stream too. I don't know if you can find anything similar for Raspberry Pi running Linux though.