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Rating from jipp05 5 Stars ()

Advantages Great sound quality, extremely easy to use, portable and good quality

Disadvantages the need to buy a seperate battery pack, no use if you can't get a digital signal

Pure digital one mini

I was sick of hearing all about digital radios and the scare stories that we needed them or we’d never be able to listen to our favourite music stations ever again when they switch of the analogue signal. What they fail to mention is that this isn’t strictly true since most of us have access to digital radio in different ways such as through the computer or through freeview/sky/cable. Anyway I was suckered into this propaganda and I had to have one so off I trundled down to the shops to have a look.

What I found there shocked me as the prices were astronomical for what were essentially just little radios with none of the features we have come to expect from our radios over the years such as CD playing facilities. Once I got my head around the fact that since this is relatively new technology then there is going to be a premium I quite liked the look of what I saw.
Pure Digital ONE MINI
There was a pretty large range of DAB radios to choose from lots of different manufacturers and some of them even came with digital clock displays but of course for this luxury it was an extra £50.
Unsure if I would even like or use a digital radio I plumped for the cheapest one there which just so happened to be the Pure digital one mini.
what exactly is DAB and why should I have it?

DAB is an acronym of Digital Audio Broadcasting and it is basically a way of broadcasting and listening to radio stations in digital opposed to FM. IT is supposed to have many benefits over conventional radio including allowing people to listen to their favourite stations without the interference and buzzing that is common with Fm radios.

DAB radios will automatically tune into all the available stations that it can pick up and tell you what they are. The upside of this is that unlike with FM you will not have the hassle of trying to adjust the ariel to try and get a better signal. Of course the downside of this is that perhaps you want to listen to a specific station and do not mind a little interference but with DAB you cannot do this as if the signal is not strong enough the radio station you want will just not show up.

With DAB there is a larger choice of stations to choose from thanks to the fact that DAB can transmit more stations on the one transmitter than FM can.
Other benefits include the ability to be able to see what the name of the song that is playing and the station it is on.

Currently not everywhere can receive DAB signals and these places will not be able to listen to any of the stations that are offered on the network whereas with FM they would most likely be able to pick up something.
Although the sound picked up with DAB will be clear thanks to it being digital it is actually a lower quality of sound than FM radio is when picking up a good signal.

I have tried explaining to the best of my knowledge DAB but I am far from an expert so I hope you at least managed to gleam a little information from it.

The pure one mini

The pure one mini is made by the company pure digital that specialise in DAB radios and are one of the leaders in the field and probably the most ubiquous of the DAB makers when looking round the shops.

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    Brilliant review!

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    Very well reviewed :)

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    great review :) C xx

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