Arfa Daily wrote:

I would definitely ask to hear the radio working in the shop, no matter
which one you choose, as sensitivity is most definitely an issue with DAB
radio.

Indeed. Which is why I was asking for people's experiences.
I'm hoping to be able to pre-eliminate some
duff models, and save myself some time.

Fully evaluating every model myself is (of course)
ideal, but might be time consuming.

Some dual band types that have come across my bench, have been so
poor in these terms, that they did not even compare with a Binatone out of a
cracker ...

Nasty.


A friend of mine who sells this kind of stuff in a proper shop, actually
stopped selling some models, because of poor sensitivity complaints.

Care to name names?


Also, if your partner is going to need to run it from batteries, make sure
that any model you pick can actually run from batteries. With the digital
circuitry in them, these things are very power hungry, and you will find
that a lot of them don't even have battery capability because of this.

That's good info. AFAIK it can be mains powered.

BugBear