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Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  DAB Digital Radio

We need a DAB radio for the kitchen, cheaper the better. I only ask that it has stereo sound, though it's not essential.

Suggestions on a postcard. :)

Author:  pcernie [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... d=-1&q=DAB

I know bugger all about them ;)

Author:  HeatherKay [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

Don't buy anything with Goodmans on it.

Otherwise, almost anything is good enough these days. The technology has matured sufficiently from when we got our first DAB receiver a decade ago.

A remote control might be a useful addition.

Author:  saspro [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

Clicky

I see no point in stereo when the speakers are 3" apart & the unit will be on a counter top to one side anyway (usual kitchen scenario)

Author:  okenobi [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

saspro wrote:
Clicky

I see no point in stereo when the speakers are 3" apart & the unit will be on a counter top to one side anyway (usual kitchen scenario)


x2

What can I say, the man knows!

Author:  ProfessorF [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

We have a Roberts DAB in the kitchen. Word of caution - I don't know if it's the processing that Radio 4 uses, but it's incredibly bass heavy, far more so than the FM transmission. Can make some of the shows trickier to listen to than others. Oddly, the only music station I listen occasionally, Xfm, doesn't suffer from it in the same way.

Author:  okenobi [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

ProfessorF wrote:
We have a Roberts DAB in the kitchen. Word of caution - I don't know if it's the processing that Radio 4 uses, but it's incredibly bass heavy, far more so than the FM transmission. Can make some of the shows trickier to listen to than others. Oddly, the only music station I listen occasionally, Xfm, doesn't suffer from it in the same way.


Radio 4 has always had very pronounced LF when compared with other stations. It's probably just more obvious with the clearer reception.

Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

okenobi wrote:
Radio 4 has always had very pronounced LF when compared with other stations.


Well I wish they'd stop it. It's probably been tuned to sound terrific on whatever the Director General's got at home.

Author:  okenobi [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: DAB Digital Radio

ProfessorF wrote:
okenobi wrote:
Radio 4 has always had very pronounced LF when compared with other stations.


Well I wish they'd stop it. It's probably been tuned to sound terrific on whatever the Director General's got at home.


It's the Archers that always shocks me! I went to BBC Wales a couple times in Cardiff and saw one of the studios for such a drama. The sound effects are total genius and deserve a full spectrum signal :D

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