Musical Fidelity A3 Tuner

Prior to purchasing the Musical Fidelity A5 tuner I was using a Audiolab 8000T which is considered to be an exceptionally fine sounding FM tuner. After reading that the sound quality of DAB was nothing to write home about I was really surprised to find thet A5 on DAB easily matched the 8000T on sound quality when listening to radio 3 and classic FM. In fact, I think it actually better it in terms of stereo image and focus. For me, the A5 proves that ...
...sound as good as FM. Unfortunately a lot of the DAB only stationes seem to be broadcast in lower quality so limiting the potential of the A5. That said if you want to listen to DAB only stations there is no better way than the A5. It's pretty good on FM as well.  ... more

Prior to purchasing the Musical Fidelity A5 tuner I was using a Audiolab 8000T which is considered to be an exceptionally fine sounding FM tuner. After reading that the sound quality of DAB was nothing to write home about I was really surprised to find thet A5 on DAB easily matched the 8000T on sound quality when listening to radio 3 and classic FM. In fact, I think it actually better it in terms of stereo image and focus. For me, the A5 proves that given a good quality transmission like radio 3, DAB can sound as good as FM. Unfortunately a lot of the DAB only stationes seem to be broadcast in lower quality so limiting the potential of the A5. That said if you want to listen to DAB only stations there is no better way than the A5. It's pretty good on FM as well. 

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