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Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB 52 |
| Date: |
04/08/02 (4394 review reads) |
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Advantages: DAB, FM and AM reception, CD player for all audio-cd standards, Builtin MP3-decoder
Disadvantages: A bit expensive
If you are about to buy a new radio for your car, you might be interested in this new radio from Blaupunkt.
This little receiver is in a class of its own. It is capable of recieving DAB (Digital Radio Broadcasting) witch is the radiosystem for the future.
Of course, there is also a FM (and AM) receiver and a nice CD-player in the little cabinet.
The DAB is a quite new radio system, that have several advantages. The soundquality is quite impressive, even higher than the wellknown CD-quality. Also, there is several programs at each frequency. How many is hard to say, because this is an option for the broadcaster. The soundquality is decreasing when the numbers of programs increase. But at least 8-10 programs per frequency (in CD-quality or better) is no problem.
Also, there is a few smart data-gadgets in the system, that enables the listener to read a lot of different information on the radio display. Forexample, the name of the program or the present points in the footballgame transmitted...
All this is possible with the system, because it is working on a digital platform. Also, this system removes the noiseproblems often seen in car reception.
Also, the radio has a fine FM receiver, that (of course) have all the trimmings. All the RDS-funktions of the FM-system are included, e.g. trafficinformation, broadcaster info and automatic freqvency shift (from one weak transmitter to another more powerful).
Finally, the radio also has this nice cd-player, that of course will play normal audio CD's, MP3-cd's and even Rewriteable Cd's ! This enables the user to play home-made cd's with about 200 songs per CD !
In top of it all, the radio has a beautiful colourdisplay with equalizer and alfanumerics.
Oh, and did I mention, that it also is beautifully designed ?...
Way to go, Blaupunkt !
http://www.blaupunkt.co.uk/7641705310_main.asp
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- 13/01/04 Sounds a tad rose-tinted to me.
I've had a Woodstock for six weeks and am very happy with it - if I could turn back the clock I'd be even more keen to buy it.
BUT - caveat emptor - if you live in a dodgy reception area you WILL have interference. And it does make odd noises going under underpasses. All I'm saying is that if you are expecting to get the same quality in a moving vehicle as you get at home you may expect to be a bit disappointed.
Ca n't make Traffic work on DAB - all suggestions gratefully received!
Hope this helps,
Jonathan |
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- 17/01/03 I have been eyeing up this radio for quite some time, when I change car this is a definite buy for me. It's available for just over £300. It's not OTT for a car radio, and considering there's nothing it doesn't do.
I use DAB at home, and the first benefit is the extra choice of stations, about 36 available in central scotland, all in crystal clear sound.
That will be the main benefit on the move, no crackles and fizzes! Around town I find with FM you just don't ever get a clear signal, but with DAB you nearly always should.
A friend has the woodstok and thinks it's brilliant. Also takes MMC cards as used in numerous digital devices like mobile phones, PDAs, etc. But with an MP3 encoded CD you can play back at least ten albums on one disc. |
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- 19/10/02 Good op - I like that you added in the URL of the product :) |
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