Want cheapo dab radio?

Cyber-Mav · 14 Feb 2023 at 09:05

Looking to get into the world of dab radio so need something cheapo for the living room. Got to be small and it will be on most of the day so got to be reliable-ish.
What's cheap that will do the job?

Cyber-Mav · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:03

hold on dab is lower quality than fm? i thought dab is digital radio so quality got to be better than standard fm no?

Cyber-Mav · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:45

lucid said:
The other really good source for free radio is the internet. https://internetradiouk.com/ There are radio stations from all over the globe and the sound quality kicks DAB+ into the weeds. It's unlikely that you'll have reception issues either.

yes the station they listen to is listed on there and works. wondering if i can make a internet radio player, i got raspberry pi pico, arduino, and esp32 and some other junk lying around.

Cyber-Mav · 15 Feb 2023 at 18:26

ahh so its like low bit rate mp3 e.g a song in 32k bit rate? thats lame. i thought it being digital it would wipe the floor with fm audio.

Cyber-Mav · 16 Feb 2023 at 07:52

@lucid thanks for that info. looks like dab is not for me then. parents only want 1 radio station and dont shuffle about, the radio station used to be AM/MW band only but now its got FM its a lot better than MW is. the station sounds a lot better on that internet radio site that you linked to so im wondering if i can get or make an internet radio player that when turned on will just go straight to playing that one channel. should be simple to use with just an on/off button and volume control.?