Thoughts on the PocketDAB 1500
September 10th, 2009
When using the PocketDAB you may become very conscious of walls and dense trees, as these regularly cause break up of the signal or even shrieking. Against a quality CD player it’s disheartening, but in comparison to Radio five Live on Medium Wave, it will make you quite happy indeed. The Sennheiser MX300 earphones are electrifying quality for a group of bundled earphones, and are actually adequate for listening to music or talk when on the go. Unlike its precedent you also now have the choice of listening to FM radio - just press the DAB / FM shortcut button on the front - but it is a last resort.
At the office, we found reception was too poor, and when we were outside we mostly decided to switch to DAB if at all possible.
Pure Digital have incorporated a battery charger in the box with the Pure PocketDAB 1500, and it took five-and-a-half hours to charge the 1500 from empty. Over the course of 2 weeks it provided around twenty hours of airplay on a single charge - very good compared to the 5 hours we generally managed to wring from the PocketDAB 1000 on its 3 chargeable NiCD batteries. As it is so like the thousand, we also predicted similar reception - not really a bad thing, as we’ve found the PocketDAB 1000 to be the best pocket digital radio for this. Having said that, as anyone that’s listened to digital radio on the train will know, it could be a nightmare - break up of signal makes you quickly reach for the off switch.
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