"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message
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: Rob wrote:
: "Paul Dormer" wrote in message
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: Copied from another group.. for anyone that's interested!
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: "Argos, code number is 5002553, was £99.99 now £44.99 .
: Ring & reserve using this code number for a bargain."
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: Just bought one, ordered via Argos Beckton, 45 UKP. So far so good:
: - picks up loads of stations at full signal
: - nicely screwed together with 2 yr warranty
: - sounds rather muffled and bassy, but quite pleasing, rather like an
: old Roberts
: - very impressed when routed through the stereo
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: Impressed with DAB through a stereo???? I thought this was an audio
: newsgroup??
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Yep, correct. From first impressions at normal listening levels I've found
the sound quite good considering - uncompressed and clear. Not as (er)
sonorous as FM, but this isn't really about ultimate sound quality period
for me - it's about casual listening to certain radio programmes I like.
Hence 'audio'.
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: I bought it as part of my gadget accumulation regime, and the fact
: that i like to listen to BBCR6 and world service, both of which were
: too much of a faff pre-Evoke. For the money and my whims, no
: complaints.
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: I suggest you get Freeview, because the audio quality of 6 Music on
: Freeview wipes the floor with the audio quality of 6 Music on DAB.
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I've got a freeview box. It would involve routing a cable from one room to
another, switching the TV on, fumbling with the slow interface, remembering
the channel number. I just can't be bothered for the extra 32 kb/s (or
whatever).

As for wipes the floor I've been unimpressed with implementation of digital
terrestrial in general - I prefer analogue TV audio (Nicam) and FM. The
whole thing has been a botch, and at that point when the thing gets
consolidated I would hope for higher bitrates for audio and video. And when
that point arrives, if it arrives, you can bet we'll need new hardware,
until the next time. Rant over.

For now, for the money and for what it does, I like the Evoke.

Rob
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