DAB radio - mains powered with decent sound output?

adouglasmhor

penrhyn wrote: »

Looks like I had entered the pedants zone.:D

That's also called the internet

A.Penny.Saved

If your doing work ie DIY on your home then a DAB radio might not be what you need. DAB copes terribly with interference such as power tools and will probably stop receiving if your using a power tool anywhere close to it.

Good old FM might be more reliable IMO.

Have you noticed that DAB radios tend to only have one speaker? Many stations are mono due to the bitrate being so low and why bother with 2 speakers for mono sound?

These things are worth thinking about because DAB isn't all it's made up to be.

Bigphil1474

We have a Pure One dab radio - cost about £30. Does fine around the house, but not used it when doing DIY - tend to listen to AM on my portable bathroom radio - its got a mirror on it.

PlutoinCapricorn

I was disappointed not to find a few stations that I particularly wanted to listen to. My laptop is not suitable for downloading software updates for the DAB radio.

I love the way it displays the station names though.

[Deleted User]

I bought a Pure One Flow from John Lewis for £49.99 .. it was a complete steal at that price. Geek-tastic. It gets internet radio, DAB radio and it's a DLNA receiver - so I can stream music from my PC/phone onto it. It also finds my NAS drive and gets music from there.

I think they're about £80 now.

Gloomendoom

A.Penny.Saved wrote: »

If your doing work ie DIY on your home then a DAB radio might not be what you need. DAB copes terribly with interference such as power tools and will probably stop receiving if your using a power tool anywhere close to it.

Good old FM might be more reliable IMO.

Have you noticed that DAB radios tend to only have one speaker? Many stations are mono due to the bitrate being so low and why bother with 2 speakers for mono sound?

I'm in the process of renovating our house which is why I bought a Makita DAB site radio (two speakers.) The reception is faultless, indoors and out, regardless of the type of power tool I am using. It even works in the cellar.

paddyrg

Quite a handy feature is to get a rechargeable set (or better still one which can recharge your own AA batteries) - it makes it easy to leave it plugged in in the (say) kitchen, then when you want to keep listening whilst you take it into the (say) bathroom, you don't get loss of the programme!

John_Gray

I don't want to be a nay-sayer in this paean of praise for Pure, but some comments elsewhere indicate that Pure radios tend to be somewhat unreliable and go wrong, more so than (say) Roberts.

MoneyMate

Pure Evoke 2S Luxury Portable Stereo DAB/FM Radio - Maple.
Great sound quality around £130. would recommend this model.

penrhyn

FM failed on my Pure One, but both my Evokes have worked without fault for a number of years.
Bit of a small sample I'd admit.