Hitachi TRK100 (Portable DAB tuner) £39.95

quidsinquentin

Hi

seen this at Richer Sounds. Don't know what its like but price seems reasonable.:beer:

Cheers

FEATURES
Built-In Memory No Allows live radio to be paused, rewound and held.

Clock/timer/sleep Clock Clock, timer and/or sleep switch off

Stereo Output No A stereo output to connect the radio to your hi-fi

Power Supply Battery and Mains Mains, battery or both

Number Of Presets 10FM/10 DAB The number of radio stations that can be stored on the radio

Text Display Yes The display scrolls data text across the screen

Fm Tuner Yes This means the radio will still work with older, analogue radio

Stereo Speakers Yes Give a more spacious, stereo, sound than the alternative mono, or single, speaker

Headphone Output Yes 3.5mm headphone socket

talkshop

For another £10 you can have a Pure One DAB radio.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5004575.htm

PURE ONE DAB/FM Digital Radio - Black. £49.99

* 1 watt RMS.

* DAB digital and FM with RDS.

* Up to 35 hours DAB playback.

* Intellitext (TM) for on-demand access to broadcast scrolling text information from participating broadcasters.

* Text SCAN (TM) for pause and control over scrolling text.

* Volume mute.

* USB for future upgrades.

* 20 station presets (DAB or FM).

* Clock display with kitchen and sleep timers.

* Stereo headphone socket.

* Mains operated or requires 6 x C batteries (not supplied) or uses ChargePAK (rechargeable battery pack not supplied).

* Size (H)14.5, (W)21, (D)7.2cm.

quidsinquentin

Wow - actually that's a tasty looking piece of kit!

quidsinquentin

Other DAB's at Richer Sounds = Crown CDR140 £19.95, Goodmans GSR80 Silver £19.95, Sharp FVDB1 £24.95 and Sharp FVDB2 £29.95. Limited supplies apparently.

How come the price is dropping suddenly? (are they all c**p?)

talkshop

quidsinquentin wrote:

Other DAB's at Richer Sounds = Crown CDR140 £19.95, Goodmans GSR80 Silver £19.95, Sharp FVDB1 £24.95 and Sharp FVDB2 £29.95. Limited supplies apparently.

How come the price is dropping suddenly? (are they all c**p?)

I would only buy a Pure brand DAB, as a lot of the 'cheap' brand DAB radio's do not have very good reception. They are probably improving though, and the cheaper prices are probably a result of increased production due to demand.
Also chip prices have come down a lot.

Rocksy

I intend to use the tranny on a kitchen worktop so I’ve easy access to mains. As the ‘Pure One’ radio doesn’t appear to come with a mains lead I would have to feed it 6 C cells every 35 hours use or as an alternative buy a Pure Chargepak for an additional £33 to power it that way. With that factored in it’s not such a bargain for me...

Jimble

From the argos website for the Pure One.....
mains operated or requires 6 x C batteries (not supplied) or uses ChargePAK (rechargeable battery pack not supplied).
...don't look like a problem there!

Rocksy

If the 230V AC to 9V power adapter is included then the Pure’s the ticket for me. Thanks Jimble..

talkshop

Rocksy wrote:

If the 230V AC to 9V power adapter is included then the Pure’s the ticket for me. Thanks Jimble..

From the Pure website:-

Mains power supply: 230V AC to 9V (0.8A) DC external power adapter.

http://www.pure-digital.com/Products/Product.asp?Product=VL-60789&PageType=Specs

Clasics

Then there's the rather nice Dab Elan portable at £50 delivered.

http://www.bazaarbuilder.com/cgi-bin/martd/myshop.php?merchant=martd&prodid=922&details=1

talkshop

Clasics wrote:

Then there's the rather nice Dab Elan portable at £50 delivered.

http://www.bazaarbuilder.com/cgi-bin/martd/myshop.php?merchant=martd&prodid=922&details=1

I never liked the look of the Elan.

The One in black looks cool, and is also upgradeable via USB.