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Old July 18th 04, 12:37 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Tim S Kemp
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Default The Proms and audio quality of Freeview boxes

Forester wrote:
Watching the proms I was frustrated at not being able to listen
through the hi-fi whilst watching an out of sync digital broadcast! I
thought it would be nice to connect the box to the hi-fi, but the
sound isn't quite as good as my tuner.


I have the Pace Twin receiver. Audio wise the phonos are OK, but I run an
optical from the optical out to the optical in on my amp, you could use an
outboard DAC if you want.

Sound is excellent - better radio than DAB (although I like the convenience
of DAB and use it a lot, especially for local radio) and good picture and
hard disk recording too - you can get huge amounts of radio timeshifted on
the thing!


Would recommend it, don't rely on it for recording things of importance (as
it's a bit buggy but latest firmware is very good).


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