"Knob twiddling heaven"

It was my birthday last week and with the funds unleashed I trotted into town and went looking for a DAB portable radio. This has been high on my wishlist for some time, although Footlocker did distract me somewhat. It's not easy being such a sneakerhead. After much to'ing and fro'ing I decided to go for a lovely (kitchen co-ordinating, of course) Pure Evoke 1XT. A quick browse through What Hifi mag helped shrink the choices; and in the end I went for the recently improved UK's best seller. £90 from John Lewis seemed a good deal and the sound quality impressed everyone who heard it over the weekend. A bit of careful tweaking found that the burglars-favourite (window ledge) provided the best overall reception without the need for the (utter shame of) full telescopic aerial extension. Over 95% signal strength on about 40 stations - job done methought. However, even listening to the trannie these days becomes an exercise in statistical fine-tunery. I can sleep easily now that I've the ability to read bitesize news streams and broadcast bitrates during The Archers. Anyhoo, my own current fave station plays reasonably 'new' new country; but the other half prefers to slum it on Radio Poor, sorry I meant Radio 3.