Rob wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message
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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.

and it looks horrible!


Indeed.


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.
I'd go with that to a point - but aerial is a problem if you move it
around the home and IME they work best (ergonomically) when hooked up
to a TV.


Sure, and I use mine with a TV, but you can get the Humax F2FoxT which
has an LED channel number display if you don't want to use a TV.


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.

I've used an Evoke for a while now. Compared to a decent FM portable
it sounds rather shut in but not unpleasant - rather like an old
Roberts.


I bought an Evoke-1 recently when they were £45 at Argos. It's okay, but
I have no idea what everybody was raving about.


Compared to FM through the stereo it sounds fine, but I
don't 'listen' to the radio in the way I listen to records/CDs (it's
playing R4 ATM and it just sounds fine, no problem).


It's a mono portable, so it hides defects nicely that hi-fi systems
bring out.


In the final
analysis I bought the DAB radio so that I could listen to R6 and the
world service with half-decent sound and use the radio in the same
way as I use a normal portable. It works well and the Evoke seems
well screwed together (rather tacky switches though). I also bought
it because I've got more money than sense - in that reception isn't a
big problem for me


In time we'll be able to stream digital TV around the house. There's
already plenty of MP3 wireless devices, although at the moment I'm not
aware that anybody's bothered to add MP2, but I'd guess it's only a
matter of time.


The implementation of DAB is a different matter and I was annoyed
enough to complain and contribute to consultation (ha) - the bitrate
thing is deplorable and would, I imagine, rule DAB out as a serious
source of 'high fidelity' music.


Indeed.


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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