On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:28:54 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 4a2119de.791588828@localhost,
Don Pearce wrote:
For me and audio it wasn't a matter of keeping up with the Joneses - I
was simply an early adopter. I was cured of that in a big way by DAB -
shelled out a fortune for an Arcam radio which now lives in a
cupboard.

Assuming you got DAB early on you didn't like it at the higher bitrates?

I got DAB very early and DID like it at the higher bit rates. It was
as the bit rates started to slide away that I fell out of love. Now I
am much happier with what I get off Freeview (S/PDIF connection into
the amplifier rather than using the box to decode).

d