Neil G wrote:

> Well I've concluded it is a rip-off!
>
> My brother for Christmas got a DAB receiver, made by Matsui. This is
> about the shape of a King-size Mars bar about 5x2x1. It runs 6v DC
> and has two (L&R) audio out ports. Cost? Apparently £30. The aerial
> is the interesting part going on what has been said before about the
> cost of specialist DAB aerials. What is it? About a foot of narrow
> insulated multi-strand copper - like you get on FM alarm clocks.
> Hardly high-tech! Works beautifully

Depends on your reception area, mate. The wire one that came wiht mine was
useless. A decent Maplin di-pole only cost be about GBP15 though

> The choice though is actually quite good. Everything from Virgin to
> BBC7!
>
> I suppose you could adapt in a heath robinson fashion this unit for
> the car. Rig a 2:1 transformer for power. Then get one of those iPod
> short-range FM transmitters that Belkin makes so your car radio picks
> it up.
>
> As for the DAB price for home or car, how the manufactuers can still
> ask those sort of prices I don't know.

Miniaturisation innit. Don't forget, yours has no amp either (not that
they're exactly expensive thse days) Plus like all things audio, they
don't all sound the same

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