Digital Radios

Philips AE5200

The battery- or mains-powered AE5200 portable radio offers brilliant design touches, good looks and excellent FM reception for a reasonable price. Its DAB performance could be better and it eats batteries quickly, but it's an appealing machine nonetheless

Editor's rating 5.5

Sony XDR-S10

The portable XDR-S10 is an attractive DAB and FM radio that will suit those who like value simplicity and don't want to spend too much. Although its FM reception leaves something to be desired, its DAB performance is great, and its sound quality is good, so it's definitely worth a look

Editor's rating 5.0

Roberts solarDAB

For gardeners, travellers and those of an eco-friendly bent, the sun-powered solarDAB radio is a great option. Although it lacks an FM tuner, its small dimensions and low weight mean it's highly portable, and its fully charged battery will provide up to 27 hours of listening time

Editor's rating 7.5

PURE Digital One Elite

For a relatively low price, the British manufacturer's One Elite DAB radio offers a heap of useful features, including live-radio pausing and rewinding. It's solidly built, easy to use and offers good sound quality with the spoken word, although it's average at handling music. Overall, it's a lovely radio

User rating 4.0

Editor's rating 7.4

Revo Blik RadioStation

The Revo Blik RadioStation stuffs DAB, FM and Internet radio into one device. With its light and compact footprint, it'll easily find a place on your desk or bookshelf. Despite its build, it delivers solid sound quality so you can listen to radio stations from all over the planet

User rating 3.0

Editor's rating 8.8

PURE Digital Chronos iDock

The PURE Digital Chronos iDock is a triangle-shaped waker-upper. Using it is extremely straight-forward and simple. For technophobes or grandparents experiencing DAB for the first time, PURE's iDock won't offer any confusion and it'll be a perfect bedside companion

User rating 5.5

Editor's rating 6.5

PURE Digital Chronos II

PURE Digital's Chronos II is an excellent DAB radio and alarm clock. Its looks maybe simple, but it's very easy to use and a doddle to set up too. Sound quality is good and you should have no problem picking up the major DAB stations in your area

Editor's rating 8.3

PURE Digital Evoke-1S

The PURE Digital Evoke-1S is an afforable and attractive portable DAB radio. You can set up to 30 DAB and FM stations and multiple alarms, too. Navigating stations is easy, and finding your favourite takes no time at all. If you're just getting into DAB, this would be a great starter choice

Editor's rating 8.3

PURE Digital Siesta

The PURE Digital Siesta is a perfect wake-up call for your inner environmentalist. With its low power consumption plus easy set up, it's an affordable option too

User rating 5.0

Editor's rating 7.0

PURE Digital Move

PURE Digital has made a name for itself with attractive DAB radio systems, and the Move pocket radio doesn't buck the trend. It's small enough to be truly portable, with a built-in rechargeable battery, backlit display and good sound quality, although it does lack bass

User rating 9.0

Editor's rating 8.0

Roberts Gemini 19

The Gemini 19 bedside DAB is a useful fellow who will appeal to anyone who needs a radio to wake them up with a daily dose of Brahms. Its Classic FM button is something of a cheek, but its reception is up to the usual DAB standard and its audio quality perfectly fine for drowsy mornings

User rating 3.0

Editor's rating 6.7

Roberts Rambler RD-76

Robert's DAB formula is an appealing one: take an old design from the catalogue, strip out the insides and replace the analogue circuitry with brand-new digital components. This continues with the RD-76, which is available in a rainbow of colours, and sounds perfectly acceptable for when you're doing the washing up

Editor's rating 7.3

PURE Digital PocketDAB 1500

Although pocket-sized DABs are still bedevilled by reception problems, the 1500 is a welcome improvement. It's rather bulky, but relatively solid and well constructed, with well organised controls and a clear, bright LCD that offers lots of information

User rating 5.5

Editor's rating 7.1

PURE Digital Chronos

PURE Digital's Chronos is a stylish DAB radio bedside alarm clock that serves its purpose beautifully. It's extremely easy to setup, comes with ten DAB presets and four programmable alarms so you can automatically adjust your wake-up time depending on whether it's a weekday or the weekend. Waking up has never been so easy...

User rating 5.0

Editor's rating 8.0

Sony XDR-S20

There's a hint of Bakelite about the XDR-S20's plastic chassis, but apart from that, there's little mistaking this for a vintage model. Solidly built, and with a clear LCD display, this falls down on the quality of its single-speaker sound and, particularly, a confusing interface

User rating 5.0

Editor's rating 5.3

Intempo BB-01

This £90 digital radio with integrated FM tuner and CD player looks like the perfect package, with everything you need for music on the move. But the vast expanse of white plastic looks and feels rather cheap, and the speakers deliver very muddy, indistinct sound

Editor's rating 4.5

PURE Digital Evoke-2XT

You'll love or hate the Evoke-2XT's styling, but there's no arguing over the sound quality: whether you listen to speech or music, the audio quality is top-notch. It also boasts a feature called Active Audio Filtering to get the best sound from your digital broadcasts

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 8.3

Goodmans GCR1930DAB

The GCR1930 looks like an egg. An egg laid by a robo-pterodactyl, but an egg nonetheless. It's a decent alarm clock -- although you have to set the time yourself -- but the sound quality is nothing to write home about

Editor's rating 7.2

Goodmans GSR80DAB

The GSR80 has a funky, ghetto-blaster retro look, but the controls aren't intuitive and an omnipresent hiss ruins the whole point of digital radio -- the clean, crisp sound

User rating 6.0

Editor's rating 6.2

Hitachi TRK100DAB

The TRK100DAB's no-nonsense approach to tuning and easy-to-operate presets make it ideal for switching on and forgetting about. But its medicinal design and low-quality sound make it hard to recommend

User rating 6.0

Editor's rating 5.2