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18 posts & 15 voices | Started 5 months ago by bigsurfer | Latest reply from spw3

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bigsurfer - Member

We currently have a Klipsche ipod dock that is brilliant, compact with brilliant sound quality but really miss having a radio in the Kitchen.

Looking for a decent ipod dock with a DAB radio budget is currently about £170 currently looking at a mini hifi such as the Sony CMT-MX550i

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-CMT-MX550i-Micro-Hi-Fi-iPod/dp/B003QP49IA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323018469&sr=8-1

Any other decent sounding compact option out their that I might not have seen. I have listened to the Sony and it seemed pretty good.

Has to be DAB as the FM radio reception is pretty poor where we live, DAB seems fine.

Posted 5 months ago #
Jamie - Member

Grundig?

Posted 5 months ago #
cynic-al - Member

I liked my intempo thingy, £30 sh off of ebay, now for sale and everything! Since I went Logitech and wifi.

Posted 5 months ago #
bbAardvark - Member

I've got a Roberts Sound 66 - sound is very good, no problems with reception - £122 from Amazon Linky

Posted 5 months ago #
grievoustim - Member

Why not keep your current dock if you like it- and get an iPod touch. Then you can use a radio app over wifi. That's what I do

Posted 5 months ago #
jockhaggis - Member

Pure Chronos iDock, sound quality is average but it's OK for the kitchen and cheap.

The Pure Contour 100Di looks nice though and has more power!

Posted 5 months ago #
aleigh - Member

i use a radio app on my ipod which is plugged into my docking station everyday

Posted 5 months ago #
RichPenny - Member

Roberts

Or the idea above is pretty good. Internet radio offers much more choice than DAB.

Posted 5 months ago #
grantway - Member

I have the Pure Oasis in the Kitchen and my Daughter plays
her I pod through the headphone socket of the I pod that
plugs into the Aux in on the Pure Oasis.

Brilliant and flexible Radio for a One speaker radio.

Posted 5 months ago #
curvature - Member

I use a Yamaha DAB Mini unit with a set of Monitor Audio speakers in our kitchen but that will put your budget up to around £300

Posted 5 months ago #
Hareydan - Member

Slight thread hijack, but what's the iPod app that gets dab radio? I have a touch and went to the app store but couldn't find anything obvious? Cheers

Posted 5 months ago #
couldashouldawoulda - Member

cynic-al - Member
I liked my intempo thingy,

We got one of those (reconditioned). I love it - but after googling why it seems to freeze every now and again I notice it seems to have a common problem with the power supply. On the plus side - cheap as chips and sound is great. I dont have great hopes for it's longevity.

Posted 5 months ago #
Jamie - Member

Slight thread hijack, but what's the iPod app that gets dab radio? I have a touch and went to the app store but couldn't find anything obvious? Cheers

TuneIn.

Although technically it's internet radio.

Posted 5 months ago #
Hareydan - Member

Cheers Jamie, downloading it now

Posted 5 months ago #
tonyplym - Member

Another vote here for Roberts - I'm listening to the bigger brother of the one suggested by bbAardvark - (link) - as I type this and its certainly one of my better purchases - and it can be had for about £175 if you shop around.

Posted 5 months ago #
warton - Member

Dock + tunein +1

No reception issues, no outlay on radio. Just make sure you have wifi, otherwise your data will be eaten up in no time.

Posted 5 months ago #
bigsurfer - Member

Current dock won't charge an iphone 4 so I presume it won't charge an ipod touch either am I correct.

Posted 5 months ago #
spw3 - Member

Sorry, as ever I came a bit late to this thread. I would strongly recommend listening to a Vita Audio unit. Radio, iPod dock on the more expensive ones, excellent sound and unlike some, not ugly. . Not cheap but I don't regret it.

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