Steve I agree absolutely. I have a DAB radio, and BBC7 is ok, which you don't get on FM, but FM quality is far superior to DAB. The one advantage of going digital on TV is the audio description, which I have been enjoying very much since I got my Portset media centre. DAB radios are also more expensive than analogue ones, and if it hadn't been for the Sonus 1XT with speech I might never have bothered. Wendy _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 11 February 2008 22:28 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Possibly off topic, but is this the beginningof the endfor dab digital radio Hi Jackie, As far as I am concerned, DAB is, and always was, a big con. The BBC and others led us to believe that it would be CD quality. No such luck. 128K at best, except for Radio 3, which I believe peaks at 192KB. Dreadful quality, and I certainly wouldn't miss it. You get better bandwidth listening to the radio on Sky. Now FM is a different matter altogether. When they switch that off, I will miss that dreadfully, as that is still the best quality radio if you have a good aerial and receiver. All the best Steve _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: Monday 11 February 2008 12:39 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Possibly off topic, but is this the beginningof the endfor dab digital radio And Simon Mayo is discussing the possible demise in digital radio at 1.00 today, Five Live. Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter <mailto:pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Beasley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Possibly off topic, but is this the beginningof the endfor dab digital radio I just heard on the midday news on Radio4 that the group who own Clasic fm are going to close there 2 dab only stations namely THe Jazz and Planet Rock. I don't listen to Planet Rock, but will greatly miss The Jazz. Get your FREE SECURE email account from www.topmail.co.uk