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<blockquote data-quote="OldBen" data-source="post: 367903" data-attributes="member: 194242"><p>I think you need a better signal.</p><p></p><p>I am a great fan of DAB, as I used to have a nice Pioneer DAB tuner in my car (it attached to the radio like a CD changer, sold now with the audio) and Planet Rock was just great for driving around. This was a few years ago though, and I know they have messed around with bit rates since the early days.</p><p></p><p>I actually just bought a DAB radio for the house again, finally. Years ago unless you were in London you had no choice but to get an external aerial. I am based south of Reading so not that close to any of the transmitters and I found I got great reception with the piece of string aerial it came with.</p><p></p><p>I actually tried putting in a co-ax feed from my tv/fm aerial on the roof and this works well as well (90% signal).</p><p></p><p>I don't think you need to buy a new unit though, have you tried to experiment? If the box you have has an external aerial try wrapping the middle core of a piece of coax of about 6ft (2m) round the end.</p><p></p><p>We bought my sister a DAB radio for xmas and after messing around in Comet for a while I did notice that the cheapest units are not as good with reception as the more expensive Pure models for example.</p><p></p><p>On the whole DAB vs FM issue... I think it depends. Planet Rock is great and not on FM so that sounds better... and stations like Classic FM (if you go for that sort of thing) are better on DAB as there is no background hiss. Definetly a lot more choice on DAB... although I would concede that Magic on FM and DAB sounds better on FM.</p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OldBen, post: 367903, member: 194242"] I think you need a better signal. I am a great fan of DAB, as I used to have a nice Pioneer DAB tuner in my car (it attached to the radio like a CD changer, sold now with the audio) and Planet Rock was just great for driving around. This was a few years ago though, and I know they have messed around with bit rates since the early days. I actually just bought a DAB radio for the house again, finally. Years ago unless you were in London you had no choice but to get an external aerial. I am based south of Reading so not that close to any of the transmitters and I found I got great reception with the piece of string aerial it came with. I actually tried putting in a co-ax feed from my tv/fm aerial on the roof and this works well as well (90% signal). I don't think you need to buy a new unit though, have you tried to experiment? If the box you have has an external aerial try wrapping the middle core of a piece of coax of about 6ft (2m) round the end. We bought my sister a DAB radio for xmas and after messing around in Comet for a while I did notice that the cheapest units are not as good with reception as the more expensive Pure models for example. On the whole DAB vs FM issue... I think it depends. Planet Rock is great and not on FM so that sounds better... and stations like Classic FM (if you go for that sort of thing) are better on DAB as there is no background hiss. Definetly a lot more choice on DAB... although I would concede that Magic on FM and DAB sounds better on FM. Paul [/QUOTE]
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