Sony XDR-M1 review

Typical price: £149

What is it: Pocket DAB/FM radio

What we think: This DAB radio looks great all the time, sounds great some of the time

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Our Rating

6.8

User Rating

7.5

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	Sony XDR-M1	PURE Digital PocketDAB 2000	PURE Digital PocketDAB 1000	PURE Digital PocketDAB 1500
Review date	15 May 05	26 Aug 05	11 May 05	8 Aug 06
Editor's rating	6.8	7.8	7.5	7.1
Price range	£149			£77.99 - £96.98
Review summary	Sony’s XDR-M1 is small and light and gives you access to all the information in the DAB signal. However, we remain sceptical about DAB in your pocket, thanks to variable performance and poor battery life Read full review	It's pocket-sized, but only just. Nevertheless this is an impressive portable radio that delivers excellent tone and dynamics, provided you're in an area of good reception. The limitations of analogue radios are also present here -- if you're in a wide open space, everything sounds great, but in a tunnel or even in a thick-walled building, you'll lose reception, and sometimes your patience Read full review	When the reception is good enough, this is a decent radio, with great sound quality and a nice, uncluttered look. It is noticeably light on extras, and could have done with some simple additions like a remote control on the headphone jack. It's also a bit on the chunky side Read full review	Pocket radios always struggle against the propensity of DAB signals to cut out completely at the slightest hint of interference. The PocketDAB 1500 does a sterling job, but sometimes the laws of physics are just too much for it to overcome Read full review
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