Roberts DAB Radios

A quick review of the Robert Robi, a small DAB/FM radio for iPod and iPod Touch. It also works well enough with the iPhone, but bear in mind that it’s working like a speaker dock rather than a headset – ie you might not hear the phone ringing.
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Linsey Fryatt gets aural pleasure from her Roberts Robi portable DAB
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Today, Roberts Radio of Great Britain has a line of retro-looking “Revival” radios available for purchase, but nothing beats an original. This is what they were based on. This is the 1958 RT-1. Built along the lines of their tube portables–a Rexine-covered wood case– it’s Roberts’ first transistor radio. And its design paved the way for its successors, the R200 and R300. It’s a six-transistor AM and LW portable using Mullard OC series transistors. It runs on six volts by way of either the small Ever Ready PP1 or the larger PP8 battery. My repro uses four C cells and is covered with 1958 Ever Ready graphics. Tone is very good and it pulls in stations solidly–just what you’d expect from the Queen’s favorite radio manufacturer.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Surprise DAB Radio hit in UK Nothing but birdsong all day long, as a test fill-in by sound engineers from now defunct radio stations. Recorded in Wiltshire from a back garden 20 years ago. Sit back and relax to the sounds of the English country in the summer!

You might know I haven’t managed to find my perfect DAB radio alarm clock and this still isn’t the one. It does not have the microphone jack to allow the use of your MP3 player which would be nice but other than that it works perfectly. I needed one that was reliable and the Pure Siesta happens to fill that need. daz4590.co.uk

Generating website traffic through the use of freebies uploaded to the torrent networks.
Video Rating: 3 / 5