The Start of The Digital Era...

Advantages: Great Value, Good Features, Fantastic Quality Sound
Disadvantages: Silly Placement of the Mains Plug At The Back

...I have always been a fan of the radio and although I have quite specific music tastes, I enjoy having the variety and general natter of a radio on in the background, especially to reduce boredom or to make a place seem a little more alive when your home alone. The Pure One Digital DAB Radio is the first and only DAB radio I have owned, you?ve got to move with the times right? I had been thinking about purchasing one for a while after hearing good things about this little radio and have now been enjoying it for about 6 months. The Pure One comes in a choice of 3 colours; black, pink and white. I would have loved to have brought the pink one as it?s a cute pastel colour, but opted for the funky and modern white, mainly due to the fact I was planning on using the radio in my office and most of my colleagues already think I?m a bit OTT...

chugglebunny 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE Classic

Digital, it's the only way

Advantages: Record your MP3's etc digitally
Disadvantages: Not much length on the cables

...Last year, before I had my PC, I bought a CD Recorder, so having that I really didn't want to buy a PC CD Recorder, so what to do. Ok so you can plug in your Hi-Fi through the jack sockets on the PC, but you never seem to get the same sound quality, so whilst surfing the Sony website I came across the Sony CAV-U5. The CAV-U5 is a USB Digital Audio converter, this means that your MP3's or any other audio is passed from the USB port into a tiny box, converted and then sent to your Hi-Fi, Minidisc or CD Recorder via an Optical Cable. Now the only thing which is a shame is the cables supplied with the CAV-U5 are quite short, the USB cable is about 1.8m and the Optical cable is tiny about 0.6m, ok so that sounds like a lot of cable but if like me your equipment is over the other side of the room then it's move everything or buy some...

kwildchild 02.06.2003 · Read review
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Reason. Dance musics heart

Advantages: Easy to learn. Original. Complete virtual studio in one package
Disadvantages: No VST support. No audio recording. Slighy poor arranger

...Reason is to digital music as marijuana is to rastafarians. It's awesome! It is a DAW (digital audio workstation) with its own built in synths, drum machines, effects, mixers compressors, you name it its got it. For people not familiar with such terms, its basically a digital "band" in a box. You write music in it, apply effects (such as reverb,delay etc...) and put it all together in one program. It has an awesome look to it, it is laid out like analogue racks are in studios. This takes a bit of getting used to if you're a software only kinda guy/gal. You actually have to plug in the little animated leads into the back of, for example, the drum machine, out into the compressor or whatever. It gets a bit frustrating sometimes, having millions of virtual wires overlapping (much like a real studio) but definetely helps in regards to...

brettoi99 05.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Digital audio service

Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bose SoundDock Digital Music System

Go Audio Made Up Stories

Advantages: great consistency
Disadvantages: erm none really

...Go Audio Made Up Stories Go Audio have a great talent which they clearly show in this album, I personally am in love with their material. Made Up Stories ***** This is a brilliant start to this album and obviously is the album title. This i would say is just a taster to this album because if you listen to it you would know that the tracks just keep getting better. The vocals in this track are brilliant and it has a simple but effective bass line which i like jamming along to. So Quiet You Were **** I'm only giving this a four because nearly every other track is a five atleast. It is a brilliant track which has amazing memorizable lyrics to it and it is worth taking the time to listen to. Brake! Brake! ***** I love the rhythm and drum beat to this track they get your foot tapping or fingers...

rockchick2k7 24.04.2009 · Read review
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Canon IXUS 95 IS: The best amateur digital camera on the market

Advantages: Very high quality pictures for both print and web work.
Disadvantages: The bundled software that comes with it has a very Fisherprice feel about it.

...After reading many reviews on Amazon and amateur camera sites about the different types of hobbyist level digital cameras, I decided to buy one of these. The camera itself has a metal casing and so has a sleek feel and look to it. It's very light weight and compact making it very easy to carry around in a handbag or while, (and most importantly) taking pictures! I found that it took only 5 - 10 minutes to get the camera working from out of the box. It was so simple, I didn't take that much notice of the manual. When starting up the camera, it isn't slow like they digital cameras of yesteryear. Its ability to capture anything in an instant is one of it's many advantages. The photos it and you produce are very high quality, as I found out the other day when I had some printed off at home. The only downside is the bundled software...

loopz27 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS

Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS -nice little camera

Advantages: Nice little pocket camera with all the necessary features
Disadvantages: Can't really think of anything

...I am not an expert on digital cameras and this is just the second one I bought. So I cannot really compare the Ixus 80 with other cameras. Nevertheless, I really like it. Looks The Lxus 80 comes in Classic Silver, Caramel, Chocolate and Candy Pink in an aluminium body. It is small enough to fit in a pocket and can be tacken anywhere with no problems. As far as I can say it is very reliable and does brilliant pictures for a normal user. Features It works with 8 megapixels .The 3x zoom works for all the general snapshot moments. It comes with an Image Stabilization (IS moniker) to reduce camera shake. As far as I know this is not standard on all cameras yet, but becomes more normal in newer models. The lens is glass, so it?s definitely an advantage towards cameras with a plastic lens. You can certainly see that in the quality...

watisiti 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Here Beginneth My Digital Radio Revolution

Advantages: Small-form and easy operation
Disadvantages: Mains only unless you purchase the expensive battery pack

...***NOTE: I apologise with the formatting of this review, it just won't work. I hope it doesn't cause you problems while reading. *** Well folks it is time for the digital radio revolution. Aah, who am I kidding? I am getting into Digital Radio very late compared to when it first became available in the 1990s. I had an 18-year old twin cassette/radio player and was happy enough with the retro look and function of it, until it was finally sent to radio heaven by my builders last year. So new (almost) house and I need a radio for the kitchen. Inexplicably there is now so much variety with radios that you need a bit of help to understand the choices. ~~~ WHAT IS DAB? ~~~ DAB stands for digital audio broadcasting, a digital radio technology for radio stations. Over the years I have heard a number of great things about...

jupiter28 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE MINI

Essexgirl Does Digital

Advantages: Comparative value for money, easy to use
Disadvantages: Heavy, not as attractive as other models, no alarm function

...WHAT IS DAB? DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting and it is basically a way to hear more radio stations and to hear them interference free, without hiss and crackle. How good you hear it depends on the number of transmitters in your area and currently only 85% of the population are covered. You also don't have a fiddly dial to twiddle to try and find the right frequency, you select a station by name by pressing a few buttons and it finds it automatically for you. WHY DO I WANT ONE? I had been dithering in the purchase of a digital radio for some time. My ex had one that was permanently tuned to TalkSport in the kitchen. If I wanted to listen to something else I need to use the stereo FM radio and fiddle with the aerial which would only grant me reception if I held it in the air whilst balancing on my left leg...

Essexgirl2006 17.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ELAN

Owners view on the Cambridge Audio A1 Intergrated amplifier

Advantages: great clarity, can recognise delicate sounds, for the price its unbeatable!
Disadvantages: it wont break any windows in terms of volume! it lacks any digital input!

...For a budget amplifier you get oodles of clarity! its punchy, and delivers the most delicate of high frequencies too.... i have paired it up with an old pair of Kef Cresta 3's and have used several diffent speakers and different cables.... the first lot of cable i tried was specially handmade gold in, silver out @ £600 per meter! and the current cable is cheapy £2 bell type wire, and to be honest, it made very little difference in the quality... maybe a tad clearer, but nothing vastly notable).. so as another plus, it will make a very low budget system sound very good! so positives are amazing sound quality, from bassy club music to delicate classical, it delivers all with a convincing realism, and thats using a standard cd player on my pc! its bass is very punchy if need be and is quite apparent even at low volumes!!! clarity is...

sentientphil 19.06.2009 · Read review
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