DAB Radio - Which is best?

tonyg_2

Have a Roberts Unologic DAB radio - resets itself and loses favourites every now and then. Also average sound quality in my opinion.

Pure One Classic has better sound quality, but people indicate reception can be poor.

What is the best DAB radio at £50-£70 in your opinion?

CharlieBilly

I just got one other day from Morriosons (Lowry) £25 also plays FM. Plays fine in garage, I use it for when I am working in there or garden (dont have it on loud). Obviously reception will be depending much on location you are in.

The one I got plays from4 x AA batteries and comes with mains psu as well

asbokid

DAB radios eat batteries and the audio quality is apparently not as good as FM stereo.

debitcardmayhem

And where I live DAB is reverse for BAD i.e. no signal

pedrothefish

we've got a Pure One Classic ours works fine on Dab or FM i think its a great radio with a nice sound
i dont know how well it performs with batteries as we've never bothered.
we got it from the co op online for about £45

tonyg_2

pedrothefish wrote: »

we've got a Pure One Classic ours works fine on Dab or FM i think its a great radio with a nice sound
i dont know how well it performs with batteries as we've never bothered.
we got it from the co op online for about £45

The Roberts Unologic has much better reception than the Pure Classic One - at least where I live. However the sound quality isn't so good with the Roberts and I am convinced there is a design fault as it now and then resets itself - Roberts tell me it's faulty - but the same thing happens on an identical replacement.

hethmar

Ive got a Pure too.

If you are looking for a bargain, the Mail appears to have a DAB radio offer for £20?

asbokid

DAB+ has launched in several countries around the world.

DAB+ is supposed to offer better audio quality than DAB but is not backwardly compatible with DAB receivers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting#DAB.2B_and_DMB

CharlieBilly

I am quite pleased with mine. First lot of batteries gone on Wed night after 6 days use. I estimate I got around 12 hours easily out of my 4xaa 2600NiMh batteries. I didnt have it loud though around 4-5 on volume just enough to hear it 10 feet away without struggling. Love the 80's radio channel on dab

asbokid

"A 60-second wind will provide either
3-5 minutes of DAB radio or
1 hour of FM at normal volume. "