In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
In article ,
James R wrote:
Why bother with the radio when you can listen through a PC. As always,
if it is "digital" it's crap - so sounds like a Medium wave station on
a good day. Some stations are mono with low bitrates like the "crystal
clear" DAB system the UK was inflicted with. Worse than FM stereo!

You may not have noticed that Mr Lesurf is mainly interested in classical
music and R3 uses a higher bitrate than other DAB stations. Which will in
most cases sound better than FM if you have a less than perfect signal for
that.
Other option is a FreeView tuner for radio. Not everyone will want a
noisy PC in the room if they're doing serious radio listening.

BTW - I've never heard a decent DAB radio sound as bad as MW.


Which seems to be why a lot of people are buying DAB so as to hear Radio
5 live better. Which is quite clear in my car on AM ...

Course your mileage may differ)..
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Tony Sayer