You mean a Brazilian? :confused:

So this is not a DAB Radio ???? Please can you explain more

So, that done, let’s put a few facts straight:
The UK has no plans to move from DAB to DAB+
While DAB+ services are now appearing in the UK, there are no plans to switch the majority of radio broadcasting over to DAB+: not yet, anyway. There have been a lot of DAB sets sold in the UK. DAB sets are in over half of all households here, and generally we don’t replace radios as fast as any other entertainment equipment (like a TV, a set-top box, or a mobile phone). Given this, it’s unlikely that the UK will be switching to DAB+ any time soon, and there are no plans to make that change.

DAB+ doesn’t automatically mean better audio in comparison to DAB
Some of the main proponents of DAB+ in this country want it because they think it’ll result in better-sounding audio. It probably won’t. Many DAB+ countries use 48kbps aacPlus, and the new services on the SDL multiplex are at 32kbps: they offer a good stereo signal, but they're still not a brilliantly clear sound. The main benefits to radio listeners from DAB+ will be additional choice, not enhanced sound quality. (That said, DAB+ normally means stereo is available at bitrates formerly only used for mono, so there is that.)

What is the difference?

Here in the UK, stations can be broadcast in DAB and DAB+

Thanks for the link, I've reserved one, looks good to me :smiley:

Ab80's moved to the SDL multiplex, that doesn't have as many transmitters (about 75% coverage) as opposed to the original mux.
So the prob is your location, more than the radio.
Although DAB radios with a better quality receiver may pick up the SDL mux.

That's all I want it for!

I had to buy another radio for this very reason

you have a good sense of style when it comes to radio stations

you have a good sense of style when it comes to radio stations

Why the hell do people vote things cold because they're not something else, just move on, it's a good deal for what it is. It's like voting a Ford Escort cold becuase it's not a pygmy hippotamus, makes no sense whatsoever.

Voted hot to counteract this madness :stuck_out_tongue:

Ordered this one, refurbed "like new" at £29.99 from 3 monkeys. Preferred the design for the teenage daughter, plus the fact it links to her phone etc with bluetooth.

****correction****
its not happening that fast it looks like

It's 3 watts rms not 3 watts sound!
2W = 93db
4W = 96db
8W = 99db
16W = 102db
32W = 105db
64W = 108db
128W = 111db
256W = 114db
512W = 117db
1024W = 120db

Now for a point of reference for the volume:

10db = normal breathing
60db = normal conversation
110db = shouting in ear, power saw, car horn
120db = rock concert, jet plane at ramp, ambulance siren

Enough to say that 3W through a reasonably good speaker has enough headroom and is plenty good enough for normal room listening.

I hope it's only a visible resemblance.
Pure are pure POOOOO !
My £350 Pure Legato II AND the replacement broke.
You couldn't give me a Pure radio !

No headphone socket is a big omission as far as I am concerned. There are far better radios available, one made by a British company on Amazon for under £60 with far more power than this radio has to offer and more features and DAB+ but it also does not have a headphone socket. If it had a headphone socket I would of purchased it right away. Joy oh joy. I have just looked at it as I did have it saved in my Amazon basket and they have now updated it to include a headphone socket! AZATOM £58.99 30 watts of speaker power. However ATM it is not currently available on Amazon. On the AZATOM site it is £11 more. I have sent them an email asking whether it has been updated to include a headphone socket as Amazon is a bit unreliable for such information. There are pictures showing a leather handle which was not on the original so it does look like it has been updated.

I am prepared to pay £60 but not £70+ for a radio.

Personally I would not purchase anything which has speakers on the ends of the cabinet because it destroys any stereo image. Hama has starting doing that nonsense with their latest radios. They had a pretty decent radio called the DIR3000 which is silver but it is extremely difficult to purchase now.

I already have a similar DAB plus radio made for Tesco , which I bought from Sunday market for £10 but no Internet radio. Can you please post link when it is £59 and not £99 as it is currently showing.

I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. Tuner sensitivity does matter. I purchased a portable/pocket DAB+ capable radio last year and it would receive very little in my local area with very patchy reception. I sent it back to Amazon. I live behind a large hill which tends to block one broadcast point where the hill is between. Reception downstairs has always been very poor at best to unusable. Certain multiplexes from another location are better and more receivable downstairs. Upstairs is much better. I fitted an external DAB aerial which works very well as it is above the guttering. Using that feed from my loftbox works well in my lounge. Having an Aerial socket/connection on the radio would be beneficial but I might be able to get away with some form of clip to attach a cable from the external DAB Aerial to the radios Aerial.

AAC v2 should allow low bitrates in Stereo at a reasonable quality. 32kbps is a little low for even parametric stereo and spectral band replication to provide decent quality however 48kbps does give acceptable quality IMO. Lets just hope that they cannot find enough stations to saturate the available bandwidth when DAB+ comes to widespread use. I bet they will try and reduce the bitrate if they can get enough stations paying for use. DAB is an utter waste of time for many stations due to bitrate restriction where many low bitrate stations are only broadcast in mono. It's no wonder many radios are only sold with one speaker. Mono is so 1980. My first radio cassette player had only one speaker and I do not want to go back to quality worse than that, which most DAB broadcasts are IMO.

The real joke is how advertising claims "DAB quality sound". DAB and quality should not be used together IMO with the bitrate restrictions implemented. If it wasn't for local football coverage only being broadcast on DAB for most of the matches I would give it a miss entirely. However if I want to listen to the matches while I do other things I need a DAB radio. The one I had broke.