O/T - DAB Digtal Radio

[Zebedee]

I have around £100 to spend on a DAB Digital radio but having been in all the obvious stores and looked on-line I can't make up my mind which one to go for. Sound quality is more important to me than looks and I'd like to have the option of running the radio on batteries as well as mains power but other than that I'm not too fussy. Has anyone recently purchased a DAB Digital radio which they are happy with or can anyone point me in the direction of any independent reviews of radios that they may have seen?

Grateful for any advice on offer please.

Cheers.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I've got the Bush one (can't remember which model but it's grey in colour and currently retails at 50/60 quid) which also runs on batteries if you want it. I've had it for a year, and it sounds ace. It only has one speaker but if you put separate speakers into the line-out socket, it gives you glorious stereo.

 

[El Presidente]

I have a Roberts RD5. Excellent and looks good too

 

[Wozza]

I have a Pure Evoke XT1, which is ace (but mains only).

This is a cheap option.

 

[somerset]

I won an Intempo DAB set on talk sport ( worth about £90 ).... it works a treat.

 

[Bozza]

'The Bug' is a weird looking thing but highly rated. You can pause, rewind and record live radio using it.

Listed here:

http://www.simplydigital.co.uk/acatalog/Table_Top_Radio_s.html

but I understand Boots are doing it for £99.99 instore currently.

 

[Jam The Man]

I won an Intempo DAB set on talk sport ( worth about £90 ).... it works a treat.

Yep i got that one for Christmas.. brilliant stuff

 

[Storer68]

Try this link

Details all the models available - watch out for the batteries tho. A Digital Radaio eats them up for breakfast.Digital Radio

 

[Icy Gull]

I thought of buying one but was told by the salesman that the Worthing area is a waste of time for digital radio as there were hardly any stations avavilable in the area. is this true?

 

[Storer68]

I thought of buying one but was told by the salesman that the Worthing area is a waste of time for digital radio as there were hardly any stations avavilable in the area. is this true?

salesman doesn't know what he's talking about

in worthing (assuming its bn11) you should be abe to get

1Xtra from the BBC
New black music

6 Music from the BBC
Music for people passionate about pop and rock

BBC 7
Comedy, drama and children's programmes

BBC Asian Network
British Asian Radio

BBC Radio 1
The best new music

BBC Radio 2
The nation's favourite music

BBC Radio 3
Live music and arts

BBC Radio 4
Intelligent speech

BBC Radio 5 Live
Live news, live sport

BBC Radio FIVE LIVE Sports Extra
Live sports events

BBC Southern Counties Radio
Local news, information and sport.

BBC World Service
International news and analysis

Kiss
Fresh, Rhythm Driven Radio

Southern FM
Playing today's best music for Sussex.

Gaydar
Radio for London’s gay & lesbian community

XFM
Alternative listening

Juice 107.2FM
The new mix for Brighton and Hove.

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PrimeTime Radio
Hits from the 40 and 50s to the present


Oneword
Books, plays, comedy


Planet Rock
The rock specialists


Core
Fresh hits for the UK


Life
Favourites from the 80s and 90s mixed with today's hits


Classic FM
Classical music


Virgin Radio
Today’s best music and classic tracks


talkSPORT
24 hour coverage of Sport and News

 

[Icy Gull]

salesman doesn't know what he's talking about

in worthing (assuming its bn11) you should be abe to get

1Xtra from the BBC
New black music

6 Music from the BBC
Music for people passionate about pop and rock

BBC 7
Comedy, drama and children's programmes

BBC Asian Network
British Asian Radio

BBC Radio 1
The best new music

BBC Radio 2
The nation's favourite music

BBC Radio 3
Live music and arts

BBC Radio 4
Intelligent speech

BBC Radio 5 Live
Live news, live sport

BBC Radio FIVE LIVE Sports Extra
Live sports events

BBC Southern Counties Radio
Local news, information and sport.

BBC World Service
International news and analysis

Kiss
Fresh, Rhythm Driven Radio

Southern FM
Playing today's best music for Sussex.

Gaydar
Radio for London’s gay & lesbian community

XFM
Alternative listening

Juice 107.2FM
The new mix for Brighton and Hove.

Capital Gold 1359/1305AM
The Home of Legends



STATIONS YOU MAY RECEIVE

PrimeTime Radio
Hits from the 40 and 50s to the present


Oneword
Books, plays, comedy


Planet Rock
The rock specialists


Core
Fresh hits for the UK


Life
Favourites from the 80s and 90s mixed with today's hits


Classic FM
Classical music


Virgin Radio
Today’s best music and classic tracks


talkSPORT
24 hour coverage of Sport and News

I'm in BN12 but the salesman looked about 15, so I'd have expected him to be up to speed with recent gizmos and gadgets and I needed to be SOLD a digital radio as they are not cheap. Maybe he'd already made his commission for the day and was as rich and succesful as Dwayne

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Would it be possible for me to pick up Southern Counties Radio (Brighton transmitter) in Shropshire.

I.e. could I listen to SCR Albion match commentry on DAB digital radio? I've tried this on the internet and SCR pushes out the Surrey version of SCR during live comentry on the Albion - presumably this is to keep Premium TV in business ....

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I'm in BN13 and get all the main channels with no problem and with a prevailing wind also pick up the Southampton channels giving 36 in total.

Can depend on the quality of your radio. Was advised by specialist dealers (not 15 year old kids) that in areas with average reception such as Worthing, you need to buy a reasonable quality set and not a Bush/Goodmans type effort.

I've got a Panasonic RF-D1 which you can get now for under £80 and it has FM radio as well. Has stereo speakers and sound equaliser and gave best sound of all those I looked at last year.

 

[Jam The Man]

I'm in BN14 and i've got 34 channels

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Would it be possible for me to pick up Southern Counties Radio (Brighton transmitter) in Shropshire.

I.e. could I listen to SCR Albion match commentry on DAB digital radio? I've tried this on the internet and SCR pushes out the Surrey version of SCR during live comentry on the Albion - presumably this is to keep Premium TV in business ....

Sadly not. SCR is only on the multiplexes in Sussex and Surrey... so for (to all intents and purposes) the same reason you can't get it on FM in Salop, you can't get it on digital either.

I suspect the reason that the digital transmitters get the Surrey split is that the BBC has only paid for one version of SCR (ie the one that goes out at daytimes during the week to its whole transmission area) to be sent to the digital transmitter.

 

[chips and gravy]

I got a Pure Evoke in last year's sales. It's great for FiveLive and BBC SCR, but I don't use it for music radio.

 

[dougdeep]

What is the point of buying them if you can't get more channels, and if you get good reception on an ordinary radio?

 

[Dover]

I have not checked it out but Richer Sounds do have a portable for under £50 in the sale.

I'm wating to get seperates fro the front room, and a CD/DAB boogie box for the kitchen.

These and the Season Ticket are going to take a lot of overtime.

 

[Zebedee]

Many thanks to everyone for their responses, which were much appreciated.

After much deliberation, I pushed the boat out this evening and bought a Pure Evoke 2. Cost me £50 more than I wanted to spend but the sound quality is superb.

Cheers again.

 

[FG aka FOOTBALL GENIUS]

Overrated and a disappointments would be my comments upon receipt of a DAB radio a few months back. Picks up BBC stations more or less anywhere but Talk Sport and non BBC very hit and miss. SCR picks up Surrey version in North Sussex, great that for Albion commentary, NOT! Ok the info isn’t bad if on the go and the biggest problem I find is you cant guarantee a signal for x y z station and I end up carrying 2 radios around with me which kinds defeats the object of what I thought was great DAB radio. My advice is don’t spend too much on one now until the technology catches up a little.