DAB Radios

[BertRoot]

Am after a DAB radio for the old trotter for the kitchen. Any suggestions? Would like one that looks like an old radio but doesn't cost me the earth. It is for the kitchen for fucks sake and doesn't need to be Pink Triangle.

[Fear345]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...text%3EDAB.htm



Knowing you love a bit of bush bert

[Nibb]

Wats the DAB channel availability like in your area Bert?

http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/postcodesearch/

I got one and unless I want to listen to commercial crap its a waste of money!

[willp2003]

any of these? :

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...m/category/288

my mum has a pure evoke and that's pretty good. If she can use it then anyone can!

[liveseytowers]

any of these? :

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...m/category/288

my mum has a pure evoke and that's pretty good. If she can use it then anyone can!

My dad has one again and its really good. Simple to use

[CzarJunkie]

I quite like the Dualit ones....

http://www.dualit.com/content.asp?pa...ategoryCode=25

[GTI]

Berty, I would forget DAB and get an internet Wifi radio instead. As long as you have a wifi router you will have access to 1000s of channels worldwide as well as all the UK radio stations. If you're a Radio 4 fan you will also love the On-Demand content e.g. listen to a comedy show from last week. In terms of sound quality, depending on the bit rate I thinks its comparable to DAB.

I've got the brilliant Logik IR100 which seems to have mercurial pricing depending on the mood of Dixons/Curry's/PCWorld (i.e. 39.99 to 99.99) but look on Ebay and you should get a minter for no more than 50 quid.

[DJAd]

That looks sweet. "Audio file streaming from PC" nice.

[Nibb]

Berty, I would forget DAB and get an internet Wifi radio instead. As long as you have a wifi router you will have access to 1000s of channels worldwide as well as all the UK radio stations. If you're a Radio 4 fan you will also love the On-Demand content e.g. listen to a comedy show from last week. In terms of sound quality, depending on the bit rate I thinks its comparable to DAB.

I've got the brilliant Logik IR100 which seems to have mercurial pricing depending on the mood of Dixons/Curry's/PCWorld (i.e. 39.99 to 99.99) but look on Ebay and you should get a minter for no more than 50 quid.

Cheers m8...I'll have some of that!

EDIT: got one off fleabay for £52.50 inc P&P.

[GTI]

OK chaps, I guess this technology is not so well known so just though I'd jot down some background info.

Most of the Wifi radios on the market run a reference chipset based on the Reciva design. Reciva is the main portal which your radio will access for the radio stations so you don't need to worry about internet stations going off air, changing their webstream address etc.. since the Reciva directory is constantly updated. Reciva based radios range from the fairly cheap Logik/Bush (Argos) stuff through to beautifully made Roberts WM-201 and Tangent Quattro. Although most of the radios are internet only, a few can also receive DAB and FM, as with most things it depends how deep your pockets are.

The other major players are Pinnacle Systems/Roku with their Soundbridge series, however they don't have the userbase of Reciva and AFAIK "On Demand" does not work on that platform. Since I'm a Radio 4 junkie that is a major turn off.

Thats it really, this is a good site to read the latest reviews of wifi radios

[TwoPlAnKs]

Berty, I would forget DAB and get an internet Wifi radio instead. As long as you have a wifi router you will have access to 1000s of channels worldwide as well as all the UK radio stations. If you're a Radio 4 fan you will also love the On-Demand content e.g. listen to a comedy show from last week. In terms of sound quality, depending on the bit rate I thinks its comparable to DAB.

I've got the brilliant Logik IR100 which seems to have mercurial pricing depending on the mood of Dixons/Curry's/PCWorld (i.e. 39.99 to 99.99) but look on Ebay and you should get a minter for no more than 50 quid.

I just bought a FreeCom MusicPal because of this post and its fucking amazing.

Best gadget I have bought in ages, in terms of its ability to just do its job amazingly well, with a few extra silly features to boot, it ranks up there with my TomTom and Sky plus.

Thanks for bringing these things to my attention - I thought they were still an expensive fad.

[broona]

Anyone got a recommendation for a WiFi radio purely to use connected to a hi-fi amplifier? Looking at making a couple of changes to my TV/surround setup, and an internet radio would be a great addition.

Ideally, it would need to be compact so I could put it in beside my amp in my cabinet, and be remote controlled so I can use my Harmony with it, less than £100 would be great too! Cheers.

[GTI]

Anyone got a recommendation for a WiFi radio purely to use connected to a hi-fi amplifier? Looking at making a couple of changes to my TV/surround setup, and an internet radio would be a great addition.

Ideally, it would need to be compact so I could put it in beside my amp in my cabinet, and be remote controlled so I can use my Harmony with it, less than £100 would be great too! Cheers.

What you need is a Revo Mondo my friend. Brilliant British design, under £100 and it comes with a remote controller.

Spoiler:

A handful of reviews on Amazon

[broona]

Brilliant, I'll look into one of those.

[CzarJunkie]

The Revo Mondo looks ideal for me too, I also like the fact you can stream mp3 to it from a pc. A steal at sub £100 too, thanks GTI...............

[Mobileman]

GTI im going to kill you !!!

as im writing this i have 10 internet explorer windows open looking at Tangets, Revos etc and blowing loads of cash on one
choices choices choices !!!

PS my kit is as follows and recommendations

Morduant Short Genies
Denon Avr-2805

yes i know its only 5.1 but it does my sitting room !!

[Mobileman]

The Revo Mondo looks ideal for me too, I also like the fact you can stream mp3 to it from a pc. A steal at sub £100 too, thanks GTI...............

Quick update guys bought my Revo Mondo from Revo's outlet store on ebay link below
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/revo...Q_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Best of all its supposed to be refurb but im 99.9% that its a brand new unit.

All from the huge sum of £66 !!

Also bought a new AV stand with 15% Ebay discount code so looks like i have a busy weekend re-wiring my AV setup

[GTI]

Quick update guys bought my Revo Mondo from Revo's outlet store on ebay link below
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/revo...Q_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Best of all its supposed to be refurb but im 99.9% that its a brand new unit.

All from the huge sum of £66 !!

Also bought a new AV stand with 15% Ebay discount code so looks like i have a busy weekend re-wiring my AV setup

Good stuff, I'm thinking of getting a Mondo too.
Don't forget to register an account on the Reciva website which will allow you to create personal playlists/streams etc... this is pretty essential since you only have about 10 hardware presets.

Its also worth running a "firware upgrade" from the settings menu just in case.

[Mobileman]

Good stuff, I'm thinking of getting a Mondo too.
Don't forget to register an account on the Reciva website which will allow you to create personal playlists/streams etc... this is pretty essential since you only have about 10 hardware presets.

Its also worth running a "firware upgrade" from the settings menu just in case.

Will do Gti its worth keeping an eye out on the ebay site, sure most of the kit is just customers that change mind etc and return the item, some great prices nearly bought 2 of these for christmas presents
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Revo-BLIK-Radi...1%7C240%3A1318 still might yet

just setting up on reciva now