Vinyl has been experiencing something of a renaissance in recent years. While online streaming and MP3s are convenient, it’s still nice to have a physical copy of a record. Sales of vinyl in the UK hit a 25-year high in 2016, so it’s not surprising that record players are making a comeback too. Several manufacturers …
DAB radios come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny pocket radios that can fit in the palm of your hand to products such as the Ruark R7, which is a metre wide. Lots of people would prefer to have a compact DAB radio rather than something large and heavy. Small DAB radios can be …
Since iPods are gradually becoming less popular as smartphones take their place, it’s now harder to find a DAB radio with an iPod dock than it used to be. Several digital radios with iPod docks have now been discontinued, including the Pure Contour D1 and the Roberts Dreamdock. While there are fewer DAB radios with …
DAB radios used to be very expensive, with a basic digital radio costing over £100. Prices have fallen a lot in the past few years, and these days you can buy a new DAB radio for £20 or less. Obviously, the cheapest radios typically have lower build and sound quality. Nevertheless, there are some decent …
If your radio has an aux input, you can connect another audio source such as an MP3 player, iPod or phone and play music from it through the radio’s speakers. This is particularly useful if the audio source doesn’t have Bluetooth and therefore can’t be connected wirelessly. In this article we’ll look at some of …
A remote control is a very useful feature for a digital radio to have, as it means you can control the radio from wherever you are in the room. If having a remote control is important to you, it can be difficult to sift through all the options and identify which have a remote and …
When the first DAB radios were released in the UK in the late 1990s they were very expensive, often costing over £500. It wasn’t until 2002 when Pure released the first sub-£100 DAB radio, the Evoke 1, that DAB radios became affordable for most people. Today, there is a huge choice of budget DAB radios …
Battery-powered radios are useful if you enjoy listening to the radio while walking around the house or garden. They can also be useful if you are travelling or going out for the day and won’t have access to a power supply. Instead of needing to plug the radio into the mains to power it or …
AM/FM radio is still very popular, despite the growth of DAB radio. Many people find AM/FM radio has better signal with less interference than DAB radio. Another advantage of AM/FM radios is that they are usually very easy to use, without lots of complicated features. They’re also less power hungry than DAB radios, so you …
These days, you can buy radios with all kinds of features like Bluetooth, WiFi, aux-in ports and SD card readers. There are also several DAB, FM and internet radios that offer a USB port. A USB port can be added for different reasons. Sometimes it allows you to play music from an MP3 player or …