Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great
and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There
are 48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe
they have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next to it.
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km
away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all >low-RF-gain burble burble.
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov
2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was >astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works
fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get the
book out.
Bill
On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:14:34 +0000, williamwright
<wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great
and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There
are 48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe
they have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next to it.
I think that would do my head in :-)
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km
away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all
low-RF-gain burble burble.
Also cannot receive DAB+ stations.
I actually think a vehicle is the best place for DAB. The audio
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov
2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was
astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works
fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get the
book out.
quality is of less importance (IMHO) and made up for by the robust
coverage.
On 03/01/2022 18:13, Scott wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:14:34 +0000, williamwright
<wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great
and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There
are 48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe
they have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next
to it.
I think that would do my head in :-)
Yes.
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km
away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all
low-RF-gain burble burble.
Also cannot receive DAB+ stations.
Oh good grief no.
I actually think a vehicle is the best place for DAB. The audio
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov
2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was
astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works
fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get the >>> book out.
quality is of less importance (IMHO) and made up for by the robust
coverage.
Yes, or the kitchen portable, which has its lack of audio quality masked
by the frying of chips.
DAB+ at 24Kb which means mono. Its on D1 mux which
also carries Classic
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
williamwright wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Remember how long it took Times Radio to get themselves sorted on smart speakers? Place bets now for GB News Radio ...
On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:14:34 +0000, williamwright
<wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great
and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There
are 48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe
they have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next to
it.
I think that would do my head in :-)
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km >>away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all >>low-RF-gain burble burble.
Also cannot receive DAB+ stations.
I actually think a vehicle is the best place for DAB. The audio
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov
2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was >>astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works >>fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get the >>book out.
quality is of less importance (IMHO) and made up for by the robust
coverage.
Bill
On Mon 03/01/2022 18:33, williamwright wrote:
On 03/01/2022 18:13, Scott wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:14:34 +0000, williamwright
<wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great >>>> and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There
are 48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe
they have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next to >>>> it.
I think that would do my head in :-)
Yes.
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km >>>> away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all
low-RF-gain burble burble.
Also cannot receive DAB+ stations.
Oh good grief no.
I actually think a vehicle is the best place for DAB. The audio
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov
2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was >>>> astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works >>>> fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get
the
book out.
quality is of less importance (IMHO) and made up for by the robust
coverage.
Yes, or the kitchen portable, which has its lack of audio quality masked
by the frying of chips.
Have you seen the best bit? DAB+ at 24Kb which means mono. Its on D1 mux which also carries Classic, but whilst Classic is rock solid GBNews is
only audible here in short distorted bursts.
Will have to see if things improve tomorrow when it is <supposed> to
start!
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Incidentally I have a variety of DAB radios:
1. An all-singing and dancing Sony thing in the office that works great
and does all the audio in that room, but it's over-complicated. There are
48 buttons on the remote plus up, down, left, right, enter. Maybe they
have over-estimated my intelligence. I keep the book right next to it.
2. A Sony portable that suffers badly from swamping from the DAB tx 2km
away.
3. An early Pure tuner that works fine for ten minutes then goes all low-RF-gain burble burble.
4. A Pioneer radio that I apparently fitted in the Transit during Nov 2020 when I had amnesia. No memory whatsoever of fitting it, and I was
astonished when I saw it for what seemed to be the first time. It works
fine but I haven't really got to grips with it. I keep having to get the
book out.
Bill
williamwright wrote:
Might be OK to have it on in the background I suppose.
Remember how long it took Times Radio to get themselves sorted on
smart speakers? Place bets now for GB News Radio ...
In the mean time the BBC makes it harder for smart speakers by forcing use
of bbc sounds and telling you you need to log in soon. You can get around that by asking my tuner radio to play the station but then you have to answer 1 2 or three as it seems unable to get it straight away. Both of
these link through solutions mean that you can no longer have multi room music, since it won't work any more.
my Pure is of course pre DAB plus
In the mean time the BBC makes it harder for smart speakers by
forcing use of bbc sounds and telling you you need to log in soon.
You can get around that by asking my tuner radio to play the
station but then you have to answer 1 2 or three as it seems unable
to get it straight away. Both of these link through solutions mean
that you can no longer have multi room music, since it won't work
any more.
Brian
Who could have predicted something as simple for multiroom radio on Alexa would be so messy?
A lot of the quality problems is naff signal processing at the station the >rest is the apparent need to cram in as many stations as you can, rather >than using the system to give high quality output.
This has basically resulted in there being no broadcast that is truly what
we might call hi fi at all any more.
Brian
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