I bought my Sonus in April 2005 when it was released and it has served me well since, I don't use it as much these days as I have another built into my system but it is still the only one I have and no of with speech, unless you count a smart phone! On 27 Feb 2014, at 11:22, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm still using a couple of radios that date back to the 1970s, one of which > is a ghetto-blaster. They do need the occasional squirt of WD40 to stop the > switches making noises, but apart from that they owe me nothing. But then, > I'm not at all excited about DAB radio, and will only use it if I'm foreced > to, or I suddenly decide I can't live without the extra stations. As these > radios have short, medium and long waves as well as FM< I'm not short of > stations to listen to! They don't announce the name of the station, but I > usually know it by its position on the band I'm tuned to. > > Vince. > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Feb 27 2014, 10:57 AM > From: "Kulvinder Singh Bhogal" > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sonus 1XT question > > > Fare enough. Maybe my expectations are higher than that of the manufacturer > or average user. > > Regards > > > Kulvinder Singh Bhogal > Twitter: @BhogalKulvinder > SKYPENAME: bobba2006 > Tel: +441332 514323 > Mob: +447581 483856 > > > > > > From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:37 AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sonus 1XT question > > > > > > > Hi Culvinder. > > I respectfully disagree, the £99 price tag was a reasonable price to pay for > a DAB radio at the time, in any case 8 years is good for most electrical > appliances of this type anyway, in fact I’d say that most radios today > wouldn’t last last 6 years or more without developing some malfunction at > some point in their service lives. I don't think I’ve ever had one that’s > lasted me above 3 or 4 years, not that I can recall anyway. > > All the best, Ibrahim. > > > > > From: Kulvinder Singh Bhogal > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:12 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sonus 1XT question > > > > > > > The average seems to be 8 years and then you have to think about ditching the > radio. > > That’s not very good considering the premium you pay for these radios. > > Regards > > > Kulvinder Singh Bhogal > Twitter: @BhogalKulvinder > SKYPENAME: bobba2006 > Tel: +441332 514323 > Mob: +447581 483856 > > > > > > From: Pele West > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:41 AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sonus 1XT question > > > > > Hi > > The Sonos 1 that went wrong in our house was bought from Tapesense in > September 2006. > > The Tempus 1 that went wrong was bought from Currys in July 2004. > > The Sonos 1 that my husband is listening to at the moment was bought > from Simply Radios in March 2005. > > Make of that what you will. > > Pele > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > > > > > > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > >