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| Sound Quality | 9/10   |
|---|---|
| Features | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 10/10 |
| Value for Money | 8.4/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.5/10 |
By Radio Daze
on 8th Mar 2004
| Sound Quality | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 Radio Daze's recommendation | |
Good dynamic sound quality.
Optical digital output.
Can be used with batteries.
Connection for external antenna.
Too few presets.
Stuggles a bit on F.M.
Would be expensive to run on alkaline batteries. ( Re-chargeable batteries essential for portable use. )
Just bought my Pure Evoke 2 DAB Digital Radio from Q.E.D. £129.99.
I must say this is not a bad radio, I first tried a Goodmans DSR 80 from Q.V.C.
But quite frankly the audio on that, on D.A.B. sounded hollow and muffled . This set was returned right away.
I'm happy to say the audio on the Evoke is far superior on D.A.B., with lots of volume, you can even crank it up full with no distortion, this could not be said of the Goodmans. The radio looks a little old fashioned, but is nicely made.
My only real concern is the F.M. performance, it is far below average, and sounds hissy on most stations!. I don't know if this is normal for this radio, or if mine has not been tuned properly in the factory.
I know you may think this is not important, but not all F.M. stations broadcast on D.A.B. so I feel the F.M. performance should be better!.
There are only 6 pre-sets on each band, not really enough, but this is only a minor gripe.
So for anyone looking for a D.A.B. radio, you can do a lot worse than get one of these, I suppose it is a little expensive compared to some of the others, but as with everything else, you get what you pay for.
| Helpful | Unhelpful | Agree | Disagree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Respect: +4
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