In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio to
anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

Strange. I'm listening to R4 DAB on a decent system and it sounds fine.

Hearing loss with age

But the OP wants something better than MW. Or perhaps you prefer that to
DAB too? ;-)

U should know where I stand on DAB by now Dave!..
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , jasee
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , jasee

writes
tony sayer wrote:
Er, don't know, but I'd guess not - that only tends to come with the
costlier mini hifis I think.

Have you checked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/

- that'd get you in the ballpark. I've found DAB reception
unpredictable
- I get better reception in Sheffield than I did in east London.
Perhaps you could do a crafty Argos try-and-see?!

The Pure Evoke has am external socket, as does most of the Pure
stuff I think - quite pricey but I think they give reasonable sound,
and look quite nice if that matters.

http://www.pure-digital.com/Products/index.asp

If you were to consider a freeview box without a TV you'd need a
display - Humax boxes have one, but they haven't got enough
characters to display the full station name. You'd think they'd put
a freeview tuner in some of these 'hifi' boxes. Still.


I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio to
anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

However, when fm radio ceases what else is there to do?



Don't worry FM will be around for a very long time to come yet. Anyone
noticed
any plans to turn of the Radio 4 longwave AM transmitter on 198 kHz as
yet?...

I thought it was imminent (about the time they were starting to turn of
the
analogue TV? about 2009?)

And your source for that is?.....

(Talking about turning off FM radio)
No idea where I heard it g. What is the current situation?

In article ,
jasee wrote:
(Talking about turning off FM radio)
No idea where I heard it g. What is the current situation?

No firm plans. And I'd say unlikely in the foreseeable future.

--
*Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.

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

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio to
anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

Strange. I'm listening to R4 DAB on a decent system and it sounds fine.

Hearing loss with age

I'd love to get you to prove you can tell the difference here between R4
DAB and R4 FM...

But the OP wants something better than MW. Or perhaps you prefer that to
DAB too? ;-)

U should know where I stand on DAB by now Dave!..

Horses for courses. If they were to turn off FM it might be a different
matter. But DAB has its uses.

--
*When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds*

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

In article , jasee
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , jasee
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , jasee

writes
tony sayer wrote:
Er, don't know, but I'd guess not - that only tends to come with the
costlier mini hifis I think.

Have you checked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/

- that'd get you in the ballpark. I've found DAB reception
unpredictable
- I get better reception in Sheffield than I did in east London.
Perhaps you could do a crafty Argos try-and-see?!

The Pure Evoke has am external socket, as does most of the Pure
stuff I think - quite pricey but I think they give reasonable sound,
and look quite nice if that matters.

http://www.pure-digital.com/Products/index.asp

If you were to consider a freeview box without a TV you'd need a
display - Humax boxes have one, but they haven't got enough
characters to display the full station name. You'd think they'd put
a freeview tuner in some of these 'hifi' boxes. Still.


I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio to
anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

However, when fm radio ceases what else is there to do?



Don't worry FM will be around for a very long time to come yet. Anyone
noticed
any plans to turn of the Radio 4 longwave AM transmitter on 198 kHz as
yet?...

I thought it was imminent (about the time they were starting to turn of
the
analogue TV? about 2009?)

And your source for that is?.....

(Talking about turning off FM radio)
No idea where I heard it g. What is the current situation?



AFAIK no plans at all to turn off FM or AM medium or Longwave!..
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio to
anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

Strange. I'm listening to R4 DAB on a decent system and it sounds fine.

Hearing loss with age

I'd love to get you to prove you can tell the difference here between R4
DAB and R4 FM...

Anytime your in Cambridge..


But the OP wants something better than MW. Or perhaps you prefer that to
DAB too? ;-)

U should know where I stand on DAB by now Dave!..

Horses for courses. If they were to turn off FM it might be a different
matter. But DAB has its uses.

Yes suppose it must. Can't think what 'tho!...
--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer wrote:
In article , jasee
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , jasee
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , jasee

writes
tony sayer wrote:
Er, don't know, but I'd guess not - that only tends to come
with the costlier mini hifis I think.

Have you checked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/

- that'd get you in the ballpark. I've found DAB reception
unpredictable
- I get better reception in Sheffield than I did in east
London. Perhaps you could do a crafty Argos try-and-see?!

The Pure Evoke has am external socket, as does most of the Pure
stuff I think - quite pricey but I think they give reasonable
sound, and look quite nice if that matters.

http://www.pure-digital.com/Products/index.asp

If you were to consider a freeview box without a TV you'd need
a display - Humax boxes have one, but they haven't got enough
characters to display the full station name. You'd think
they'd put a freeview tuner in some of these 'hifi' boxes.
Still.


I really question the wisdom of connecting a portable DAB radio
to anything bigger then say 2 and a half inch speakers...

Anything bigger will show up the digital radio lie!....

However, when fm radio ceases what else is there to do?



Don't worry FM will be around for a very long time to come yet.
Anyone noticed
any plans to turn of the Radio 4 longwave AM transmitter on 198
kHz as yet?...

I thought it was imminent (about the time they were starting to
turn of the
analogue TV? about 2009?)

And your source for that is?.....

(Talking about turning off FM radio)
No idea where I heard it g. What is the current situation?

AFAIK no plans at all to turn off FM or AM medium or Longwave!..

Well thats a bit of a relief.