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| Sound Quality | 6.5/10  |
|---|---|
| Features | 6.6/10  |
| Ease of Use | 7.6/10 |
| Value for Money | 7.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 6.4/10 |
| Overall Rating | 5.7/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 31st Mar 2008
User Rating : 3
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Good Points: Looks "cool"
Bad Points: Tuning impossible if you`r a "surfer"
General comments: The Acoustic Solutions Portal 2 DAB/FM without preset`s, is a bin job, gave it away !. I have now had 4 DAB`s...the one`s with blue readout seem to fail within a year. so you don`t know what station you have till the ID.comes on. there is no tone control ..bad ....stick to FM
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Review by
John Walsh
on 10th Mar 2008
User Rating : 6
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I bought this at Argos for £29.99 as i needed to replace an old analogue radio. I thought i'd start off at the cheaper end first , just to see what DAB was like. I accept that DAB can be of inferior quality to FM as i believe they are trying to cram a lot of stations into a narrow bandwidth, but as i listen mostly to Talksport and BBC 5L who broadcast on AM ,these stations sound very much better on DAB. Next purchase for me is going to be an internet receiver that will connect to my hub ...
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Review by
3030nigel
on 12th Oct 2007
User Rating : 10
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I got this Accoustic Solutions radio for £3.74 from a Tesco clearance section, less than you would pay for an equivalent FM one! I'd never really considered DAB before this mainly due to the cost as I've never experienced a bad FM signal on the stations I listen to in my area. However to pick one up for this ridiculous price was just too good to refuse and the reception is certainly crystal clear. I would recommend this radio to anyone (especially if you can get one for the price I did!)
3030nigel's full review | 109 words
Review by
ethan
on 2nd Oct 2005
User Rating : 0
Respect :
+1
To be fair I'm hard to please, and I suspect that my Acoustic Solutions Portal 2 DAB/FM radio may have been defective, at least I hope so.
The sound of this unit was atrocious. No ifs or buts.
The case rattled very badly at normal speech listening levels, and for any rock/pop music it was constantly vibrating at normal levels, and to cap it all there was a load of distortion, especially on speech via the line-output through a very high-end hi-fi system (which was what I primarily wanted t ...
ethan's full review | 575 words
Review by
RickCollier
on 23rd Jun 2005
User Rating : 9
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Handle could be stiffer to act as stand - bows a bit.
I use it as an FM/DAB Tuner.
Using line out socket gives very good quality input to a hi fi amp.
Compares well with fancy tuners costing £150 - £200 or more.
RickCollier's full review | 73 words
Review by
suilven
on 25th May 2005
User Rating : 6
Respect :
0
I'd expect an Acoustic Solutions Portal 2 DAB/FM digital radio to sound crisp and clear but this was far from it. Also the bass is very weak - almost embarassing when listening to a rock music station. Signal strength was fine so I tried headphones and the sound quality was miles better. However at my preferred (low) headphone volume there was a clearly audible hiss and the left-right balance was off so I won't be using headphones. Other quibbles: minor scratches on the clear top panel, mains ad ...
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Review by
Trevor Mawson
on 25th Jan 2005
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+1
After comparing reviews I bought the Acoustic Solutions Portal 2 for its good quality at a competitive price. It takes less than 30 seconds to find all the stations and set itself up. You can check the level of reception with a metering device activated on the display panel. I had good reception here in Warrington and the sound quality is excellent. The signal strength is better than FM signals which can also be received. With good quality headphones the performance on concerts on ClassicFM is s ...
Trevor Mawson's full review | 228 words
Review by
drews99uk
on 6th Jan 2005
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+1
The Acoustic Solutions Portal 2 DAB/FM is very easy to set up for the DAB stations - it just needs a touch on the auto-tune button and it locks on to the 80 currently available channels in my area instantly. There is a good clear stereo sound from the small speakers and a nice retro design in general. It comes at a very good price at £60. It is also nice to have the FM receiver in case your favourite station is yet to have a DAB version. Or if your reception for DAB is not great.
That s ...
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