Goodmans GSR-80 Review

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Goodmans GSR-80
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spinnaker's Review of Goodmans GSR-80 DAB Digital Radio

12th Feb 2004

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Easy to set up; good looking; battery operated; easy to use.


Bad Points

Tendency to completely fail to find DAB stations occasionally; bad reception on first use; limited volume.


General Comments

I have the Pure Digital Tempus-1 DAB Digital Radio, which is excellent in all respects, except that it is mains operated only. I wanted a cheaper battery- operated alternative and chose this Goodmans GSR-80 DAB. I was very disappointed at first as reception (commented on in another review and in What Hi-Fi) seemed poor, even though the Tempus-1 is always 100%. This only lasted for the first evening however and for a week now I have had perfect reception in every room in the house. Bad conditions on the first night? I don't know, but I have few complaints now. The sound quality isn't quite as good as the Pure,but is acceptable for the money and the speakers can't take any volume beyond the "medium" range, but this is a portable not a full-blown stereo unit. Also, for some reason, on a couple of occasions it failed to find any DAB reception at all (while the Pure radio has no problem) and went on doing so until the batteries were taken out and put back in again.

This is an early-use report, but overall I would say that this looks like a good cost-effective alternative to more expensive units.

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  • Dominic Shields Rank: Corporal on 29th Apr 2004

    I bought one of these Goodmans sets from Comet in March to listen to the Test cricket on Talk Sport, I hated the design and weight but was prepared to live with it. However on use (in Cardiff) I found that the reception was abysmal and Talk Sport in particular at a whopping 64KB/Sec mono was dreadful - breaking up and fading in and out. To their credit Comet refunded without question when I returned it. The other issue with Digital Radio is this one

    http://www.whathifi.com/newsMainTemplate.asp?newssectionID=2&storyID=109

    The snag is that in the perception of the average well-informed person the word "Digital" spells "Perfection", it doesn't, in this context it means "Not Analogue".