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			| Linux_User I haven't seen my friends in so long 
					Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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   | 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.   
 
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			| pcernie Legend 
					Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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 Location: Belfast
   | _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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			| HeatherKay Moderator 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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 Location: Here, but not all there.
   | 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.
 _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter.  "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi. 
 
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			| saspro Site Admin 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
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 Location: location, location
   | ClickyI 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) 
 
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			| okenobi Spends far too much time on here 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
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 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
   | x2 What can I say, the man knows!
 
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			| ProfessorF What's a life? 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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   | 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. 
 
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			| okenobi Spends far too much time on here 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
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 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
   | Radio 4 has always had very pronounced LF when compared with other stations. It's probably just more obvious with the clearer reception.
 
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			| ProfessorF What's a life? 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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   | Well I wish they'd stop it. It's probably been tuned to sound terrific on whatever the Director General's got at home.
 
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			| okenobi Spends far too much time on here 
					Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
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 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
   | 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   
 
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