Keith G wrote:
It's a long shot I know, but does anyone have any experience of 'The
Bug'??
http://www.thebug.com/

'Sound quality', build quality etc.???


Buggy and ****e ergonomics, so I'm told.


Me much-loved stereo tuners are emitting a terrible, continual
interference these days (both of them) which I can't tune out. I've
been mono for a while now (don't bother me - I like mono)


You *like* mono??


but, short
of an aerial that will seriously bugger up all the Feng Shooey
hereabouts, I'm at a loss how to remedy matters. I like my 'radio'
and even I have to admit that DAB which is thin, brittle sounding and
not at all engaging (I had a Technics DAB tuner and got rid) but
which you *can* listen to is gonna beat FM you can't! (The portables
here are fine - but we all know about that, don't we?)


I'd advise you to get Freeview if possible, and if you cannot get
Freeview get digital satellite. The audio quality is better on Freeview
and digital satellite than on DAB due to the higher bit rates used. To
see which stations are available and to compare bit rates see:

http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/in...bit_rate_table

192kbps for stereo usually sounds pretty good (not as good as, say,
Radio 3 FM, but good nonetheless), 128kbps as used on DAB sounds ****e.


This Bug thing, whilst obviously aimed at zitboy 'Geeko Freekos',
seems to offer some seriously useful functionality (SD card
recording) and is a welcome departure from the usual, boring 440mm
'hifi slice' that has no particular relevance to my valve amps and
turntable setups. I'm kinda reasoning that if I can listen to MP3s
that have been 'valved up a bit', I can surely listen to DAB - as
'sonic wallpaper' in the same way, if nothing else.....??


Hmmm.


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Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

Freeview receivers price comparison -
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/fr..._receivers.htm
DAB radios price comparison -
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/da...tal_radios.htm