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DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
Yup. My sister in law has one in her kitchen and is delighted with it.
'Perfect' reception compared to her old FM radio, she says. Got quite
shirty when I told her some thought it crap.


Oh noooooooooooo, Dave's sister likes it so we're all wrong.

Sister in law. Just an example of the 'man on the Clapham omnibus'
Although she'd be a long way from home.
And please don't try and speak for everyone.


Same with the Lighting Director I'm currently working with. So at
least vaguely technical. Made him up a lead so he could feed it
through his Hi-Fi too, and he's a happy bunny.


I take it he bought it after December 2001? If so, then he won't have
heard what DAB could sound like.....

Not everyone has your 'golden ears'. Allegedly.

FWIW, for the radio I listen to, I'd rather have DAB and some decent
speakers than the best FM with PC ones. All the PC sets I've heard are
heavily coloured. Which is what you'd expect, given the price.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message
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You actually went to Amazon and searched on 'wally', just so you
could post some inane pish in a newsgroup??

You shouldn't have such a **** Christian name.

What are you slavering about?

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tim S Kemp wrote:

Same with the Lighting Director I'm currently working with. So at least
vaguely technical. Made him up a lead so he could feed it through his
Hi-Fi too, and he's a happy bunny.
Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Oh blimey. You'll be getting Riggers to do reviews for Hi Fi News yet.

What the difference between a pig and a rigger?

Alastair

"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message news:E%

Humour really isn't a strong suit of yours, is it?
How would you know? You're completely devoid of it.
********, I've got a very good sense of humour, actually, Wally.
You just try your damndest to keep it hidden, right?

I don't make any attempt at humour when communicating with people I do
not like.

We've yet to see you make any attempt at humour at all.


If that's alright with you?

Why should you care if I give a toss?

Wally wrote:
"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message
news:E%

Humour really isn't a strong suit of yours, is it?
How would you know? You're completely devoid of it.
********, I've got a very good sense of humour, actually, Wally.
You just try your damndest to keep it hidden, right?

I don't make any attempt at humour when communicating with people I
do not like.

We've yet to see you make any attempt at humour at all.


Likewise, Walter.



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In article ,
Al wrote:
Same with the Lighting Director I'm currently working with. So at least
vaguely technical. Made him up a lead so he could feed it through his

Oh blimey. You'll be getting Riggers to do reviews for Hi Fi News yet.

I doubt they'd be any worse.

What the difference between a pig and a rigger?

Go on then.

Mind, I have fond memories of the bacon sarnies made by the riggers in the
good ol' days.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message

Likewise, Walter.

What are you slavering about?

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
Yup. My sister in law has one in her kitchen and is delighted with
it. 'Perfect' reception compared to her old FM radio, she says. Got
quite shirty when I told her some thought it crap.


Oh noooooooooooo, Dave's sister likes it so we're all wrong.

Sister in law. Just an example of the 'man on the Clapham omnibus'
Although she'd be a long way from home.


And changed sex.


And please don't try and speak for everyone.


Even though you don't like this fact, there are a hell of a lot of
people that are against the use of low audio quality on DAB.


Same with the Lighting Director I'm currently working with. So at
least vaguely technical. Made him up a lead so he could feed it
through his Hi-Fi too, and he's a happy bunny.


I take it he bought it after December 2001? If so, then he won't have
heard what DAB could sound like.....

Not everyone has your 'golden ears'. Allegedly.


I don't even think I have golden ears. It's hardly difficult to spot the
obvious degradation in audio quality on the 128kbps DAB stereo stations.


FWIW, for the radio I listen to, I'd rather have DAB and some decent
speakers than the best FM with PC ones.


Bear in mind this is for the kitchen. It's intended to replace a DAB
portable radio, and as I've already said, despite the fact that people
seem to rave about the sound of the Evoke-1, I actually think it sounds
bloody poor, and I don't think it'll be at all difficult to find some
reasonably-priced powered PC speakers that will outperform the poor
audio quality on the Evoke-1 considering that the MP3 files I'll be
playing will be high bit rate.


All the PC sets I've heard are
heavily coloured. Which is what you'd expect, given the price.


What price are you talking about, though? El cheapo PC speakers sound
crap, but they're less than a bloody tenner. If I buy some for, say,
£25 - £40, I'd expect them to sound a hell of a lot better than the ones
that cost less than a tenner, hence the reason I started this sodding
thread: to ascertain which PC speakers don't sound too bad.

Anyway Mr Plowman, you can rest assured that I'll report back after my
purchase.


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Wally wrote:
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Likewise, Walter.

What are you slavering about?


Yawn, *plonk*.


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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:46:13 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
Could anybody recommend any (mains-powered) PC speakers? I plan to use
them with an MP3 player in my kitchen instead of a radio.

Crikey. Your life's work appears to be complaining about the quality of
DAB, but you are perfectly happy to have crap like this?

I have a Rio Karma hooked up to Aego 2 speakers, and the quality is
excellent. Generally not the case though, I agree.

If the OP is interested, these are the speakers:

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p.../source/kelkoo

http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/artic...SP=&v=3&UAN=90

if you try, you can get them at about a tenner cheaper.


Thanks, but £89-£99 is too expensive for me at the moment. My car's
even off the road at the moment to save on tax and insurance!

Steve