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| Sound Quality | 10/10  |
|---|---|
| Features | 10/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.8/10 |
| Overall rating | 9/10 |
Full review by
Mark Flury
on 5th Aug 2004
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+1
Good Points: Excellent Sound Quality, works a treat.
Bad Points: Band III only, no L-Band reception.
General comments: The Cambridge Audio DAB300 is my 4th DAB tuner (!) since 2001, after a Videologic DRX601E and 2 Arcam DT81's, all of which failed. As I live near Crystal Palace, that could have something to do with it, but no problems with the Cambridge, even considering I use the wire aerial supplied indoors.
Set-up was simple and I like the way the Cambridge scans for stations when it's switched on.
Reception is amazing, particularly on live Radio 3 concerts, you almost feel like you are there in the audience and Radio 4 speech sounds fine, although annoying in mono, when my FM tuner with the same programme is in stereo.
In all am very pleased with it: will be buying more Cambridge Audio gear when my present Hi-Fi needs replacing.
Also I might add the excellent customer service from Richer Sounds, unlike Sevenoaks HiFi, where I had major problems getting a refund after the 2nd tuner (replacing a faulty 1st one) also developed the same fault and before returning my money, they made lots of lame excuses why they couldn't do a refund, (on that score I wonder if some of their staff used to work for another High Street electrical store?!)
The Arcam costs me £650 and the Cambridge DAB 300 (I paid £150) beats it hands down!
The only niggle is that there is no L-Band. The Arcam had L-Band, but it didn't work long enough for me to use it!
Mark Flury's review and ratings | 249 words
Review by
sunking101
on 29th Mar 2004
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+1
The Cambridge Audio DAB300 Tuner sounds fantastic, really good reception and heavy bass but I have one problem and I wondered if others suffered the same? My unit switches itself on and off of it's own accord quite frequently! This is my second unit and this one is even worse if anything, it switched off automatically in the first hour of listening. If any others have this problem I'd appreciate knowing. adamleeds747@hotmail.com
sunking101's full review | 74 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
jimb
expert review 
on 6th Aug 2003
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+21
I have used DAB for a while on a 'portable' receiver, which gave a sufficiently creditable performance to use through a Hi Fi system and encouraged me to go for a full size receiver. The price of the cambridge audio DAB300, that too was worth a risk
I have experience of using Freeview (Panasonic) tuner and Sky (Sony and Grundig digiboxes) to listen to DAB. In comparison the cambridge audio DAB300 radio is in a different league of audio quality. Having used Harmon-Kardon , Yamaha and Tech ...
jimb's full review | 567 words
Review by
Alligator.
on 25th Feb 2003
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+16
DAB (digital audio broadcasting) is fundamentally limited - most stations broadcast at a highly compressed 128kbps, similar to MP3 files. However, this little fact simply makes the DAB300 from Cambridge Audio all the more impressive.
The sound is superb, with real detail and depth in the bass and clean, unobtrusive treble that manages to avoid sounding compressed on most stations. The slim, silver hi-fi seperate has a clear display with genuinely useful features like a signal strength meter ...
Alligator.'s full review | 235 words | 1 comment added.
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