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New member Username: Rhyspect
Post Number: 2
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 04:13 pm: |
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I am thinking about buying a dab radio.any suggestions on what to look out for or which 1 to get?I am currently considering cambridge audios dab300 or dab500, is there any considerable difference between the 2? |
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Silver Member Username: Diablo
Fylde Coast, England
Post Number: 258
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 08:52 am: |
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The dab500 is a much better receiver from a technical point of view. Better DAC, quality output circuits.
Probably won't make much difference to what you actually hear due to the old form of DAB used in the UK and also the low bitrate, compressed transmissions.
There have been recent rumours of licenses being issued for L-Band transmissions. The Cambridge units don't have that band, so something like a Pure 702, which has L-band, might be better.
In the longer term, radio via the internet will offer better quality than DAB or FM, when broadcast using the 128 kbps AAC codec. Have a look at this site -
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/
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