Which is the best quality?

[craigjm]

I just recently bought a couple of audio units that can receive radio through FM, DAB and Internet Radio. Some channels like the BBC are on all of these. Which is the best quality? It can also pick up DAB+ but the UK doesn't broadcast in that yet does it?

[talkssense]

Depends how good your fm reception is, how good your dab reception is, and how good your internet connection is.

Assuming they are all 100% and the content you want to listen to is available on all of them, the. Personally I prefer the sound on FM every time.

Whether you will be able to tell the difference between the three depends on about 3 million different variables.

[TheInternet]

craigjm said:

I just recently bought a couple of audio units that can receive radio through FM, DAB and Internet Radio. Some channels like the BBC are on all of these. Which is the best quality? It can also pick up DAB+ but the UK doesn't broadcast in that yet does it?

Depends on lots of things, not least your receiver and which station you are listening to. With all mediums at their best internet streaming is tops for BBC stations.

[RobDickinson]

DAb is probably the worst , Mp2 compression at 128kbps generally poorer than FM and mp3 at 96kbps.

Just about any streaming service should be better than DAB before you get into the higehr bitrate stuff

[craigjm]

Listening to radio 2 on all three i think it ranks -

1) Internet
2) FM
3) DAB

On a Ruark R2 Mk3


http://www.ruarkaudio.com/products/r2-overview