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

Pure Digital Evoke 3 DAB Radio - top sound for a portable radio

Advantages: Great sound, great features, record to SD card
Disadvantages: Can't record one station whilst listening to another, no MW and not the most intuitive to use.

...selection of DAB radios didn't stock the RD55 or the Evoke 3 but instead informed me that the Roberts RD25 was the best - which only served to confuse me more! (Interestingly when I tried to compare the RD55 with the RD25 I found Roberts website doesn't list the RD55 which is weird!??) It was hard to compare properly as they didn't have a full list of functionality to hand (and I wasn't about to read the full manual for each!) but from what I could tell the RD25 has MW as well as FM and DAB whereas the RD55 only has FM and DAB (which is what the Evoke 3 has). I was then torn as I liked the idea of having all 3 to give maximum option of stations, however after listening to the RD25 (which had good sound but distorted at high volume) and the Evoke 2 (which they had in stock and is very similar to Evoke 3 but with less functionality) I quickly...

bambi777 01.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Evoke 3

Digital radio for the car.

Advantages: Cheap upgrade.
Disadvantages: A bit fiddly to install.

...Great product but fitting it took a bit of figuring out. Managed it in the end though. I recommend it as it allows you to keep your existing in car stereo and add the additional functions of digital radio. It is well worth upgrding to as the FM radios are going to be phased out shortly. To buy one search on either ebay or amazon, they vary in price form around the £40 mark up to around £200. If you arent competent to fit it yourself it can cost about £50 fitting charge. It is a silver grey colour and should fit in with the interiors of most cars. I recommend you buy the pouch to store the head unit to prevent it scratching when you leave the vehicle. Thoroughly recommended and cheaper than buying a complete new digital stereo....

angelwild 13.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Revo IN-CAR DAB Digital Radio

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

Psion Wavefinder - UK DAB Digital Radio receiver

Advantages: Better sound quality, new digital only stations, fewer adverts, one touch mp2 or mp3 recording
Disadvantages: Cost, reception problems, Wavefinders buggy original software

...Continuing in the digital revolution, Psion launched a rather funky looking digital radio. I didn't really care about how it looked; its a radio after all, but if you have to hang it on your wall (which is where it is intended to be placed) then I suppose having something with a multicoloured boil in its centre can't be bad. In case you don't know about digital radio, it rather follows the trend set with digital TV. You get more services (the number varies according to reception; not all the country can receive digital radio yet). On the national commercial multiplex; the following are broadcast - Virgin Radio - Classic FM - TalkSport These 3 are just simulcasts of their current service. Then there are 10 new services: - Bloomberg (money news) - ITN (news) - Core (top 40) - Life (mixing old and new hits) - Planet Rock...

sachab 01.08.2001 (06.05.2002) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Digital Radio

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

A reason to go digital - BBC Radio 7

Advantages: Excellent mix, fills a clear gap
Disadvantages: Only on digital

...I was going to wait a bit before posting this, but I've been itching to spread the word! Well, from the category and the title you'll have worked out that BBC7 is one of the BBC's national radio stations. However, I'm guessing that the majority of you haven't heard it yet. BBC7 launched quietly in mid December 2002 on all the BBC's digital platforms. You can receive it via DAB Digital Radio, Sky, the BBC website or - as I do - from a Freeview digital TV box. So, what can you hear on BBC7? Well, unlike nearly all the other national stations, it does not play music of any type. Instead, it is entirely speech-based. However, unlike Radio 4 and Radio 5, its purpose is solely for entertainment. Up till now, Radio 4 has been the place to find BBC Radio comedy and drama. It has given us some excellent programmes: Goodness Gracious...

AlexWales 27.01.2003 (28.01.2003) · Read review
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Review of BBC Radio 7

Triangle radio.

Advantages: nice triangle design with quality sound.
Disadvantages: lack of depth.

.... You can get the signals by setting to auto tune. SOUND PERFOMANCES. ------------------------------------ The digital chrono is a sound creator and it does have steady reception unlike in some radio device that does not have their sound and signals steady. Well I am not surprised about the sound quality since it was created by band and olufsen one of the most prominent sound engineers in technology. Well the chrono DAB radio does not produce bass for music rather a stereo can do it for you. But the chrono has it right in speeches. OTHER FEATURES. ---------------------------- The chromo has other nice features like the time display and the alarm. You can make the alarm to go off at various times and it can also differentiate between weekends and Weekdays with a very loud sound and it also have a large snooze button...

packerlist 31.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Chronos

PURE Evoke-1 DAB radio

Advantages: Ease of use, sound quality. Looks/styling.
Disadvantages: Not cheap but DAB radios aren't!

...I bought one as a replacement for a venerable old Bang and Olafsun FM portable. The sound quality from the latter was great and build quality simply superb. After nearly 30 years though, the B&O was starting to give up the ghost - the volume control crackled, tuning drifted and so, time to get something new. I was looking for something of similar standard and preferably a DAB radio. The Pure Evoke seemed to fit requirements exactly so went shopping early December. Nowhere, either online or in the High Street, seemed to have one. As luck would have it, I called into my local Argos - for something else - the week before Christmas. I was moaning to the lady at the collection counter and asking why Argos didn't, as they claimed in an email to me, have them in stock. 'Oh', she cried, producing box from under counter, 'is this what...

davejbee 16.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Digital Radio

Pure Tempus-1 DAB Digital Radio

Advantages: stylish, simple, clever extra features
Disadvantages: Can't take it with me everywhere!

...Pure Tempus-1 DAB Digital Radio Plug it in and it does the rest, it automatically finds the stations and tells you all about them with scrolling text on the LCD screen. Information that be accessed includes the station name, frequency, signal quality and a text summary of the current programme. The main attraction of DAB radio to us was no static and the digital only channels such as BBC Radio 7 (comedy and stories), Passion FM (world music plus environmental ?tit bits?). We have not been disappointed with these. The sound from the radio is excellent, not at all ?tinny? for such a small radio. Reception is generally All or Nothing and you can check how your local area is served by digital radio at http://www.pure-digital.com/ by typing in your post code. They will tell you which stations you will be able to receive...

checkb4buying 05.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Tempus 1