David Lock

I rather fancy one of these but Beeb website says my area is not covered for mainstream channels. Anyhow my local electrical shop loaned me a Roberts DAB and it worked and sounded great, so much clearer than my current collection of cat's whiskers

So what do I get? Anyone with experience? Haven't got a fortune. Prices seem to vary from £30 on e-bay to £170-ish from shop? The loaned jobby was around £70 but a discontinued model.

Must have mains power option.

TIA, dl

TelBoy

Pure Digital make a decent range, everything from "hi-fi" separates to stand-alone units. Worth a look on their site Welcome to PURE Digital - World Leaders in DAB Digital Radio

Tivoli Audio is also good if your budget stretches that far Tivoli Audio, LLC - Tivoli Audio

To be honest, there's little to choose between them, Digital has evened out the playing field so it's more a case of features and aesthetics rather than performance considerations.

Leslie

They are all bit pricey I think, I got a new Roberts DAB which is a very good radio in Ebay for £76 which was a good saving.

Les

David Lock

Thanks for that chaps. I was worried that if I got something at the "cough" cheaper end of the market, it would have a poor signal system and I wouldn't get the channels, bearing in mind that my area is marginal anyway for signal strength.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I looked into this and got the standard Pure mono one, its great, looked at the cheaper brands, the ones like Ferguson who ape the wooden look of the Pure but they get rubbish reviews, Pure are doing a Marshall style one which is pretty funky looking if thats your thing, I just got the wood one as it wasnt out for a while and patience isnt one of my key strenghs !

AndyMoody

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Go into Comet or somewhere and try them out, thats what I did.

Andy.

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Theres only one make of DAB radio to get and that a Roberts radio.

TelBoy

Meaningless statement

Unless you've been convinced by the What Hi-Fi hype and believe that just because they made good solid state radios they *must* make class leading digital radios??

Put it this way, in a blind listening test, you couldn't tell a Roberts radio from an equivalent Pure radio. I guarantee it. Don't be led on by marketing.

SC008Y_MAD

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I have not read any of the what Hi-Fi reviews or statements. Thats just my own opinion.

TelBoy

Ah, sorry, from where i was sitting it sounded suspiciously like a statement, not just an opinion...

fitzscoob

I bought the gf one for christmas, £39 from argos, works great.

TelBoy

A Roberts one? If so, you were lucky. They recently brought out a bedside radio alarm. We don't have time to go into all its faults and shortfalls, save to say i don't think anyone at Roberts had got anywhere NEAR testing one of these China-made efforts. An embarrassment to what was once a great British company.

lpski1

I have a Cambridge Audio azur 640t v2.0 and its sounds very crisp



(saves Tel linking it)

Matteeboy

Got one of these and the sound is excellent - My main stereo isn't digital so it often gets used as a subsitute tuned into Chill or similar.

Would be lost without DAB now!

Boro

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Isnt there a wifi radio which has more choice and better quality of sound than DAB? Cant remember the name...

Edited to add this...

eBay.co.uk: NEW LOGIK WIFI INTERNET RADIO 1000`S OF STATIONS +MP3`S (item 180075029886 end time 22-Jan-07 20:45:00 GMT)

David Lock

Hey thanks guys. I've bought a £39 job from e-bay (new). One of those wood framed things but matches my desk where it will sit. I'll just use this in my office and get the hang on what they are all about. In a couple of months I'll go and listen to a few in a John Lewis or somewhere and get a decent one bearing your comments in mind. Might even get to hear England scoring a run out in Oz