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piaczka
piaczka

I would like to buy myself a digital internet radio but know next to nothing about electronical equipment. I live in Poland and want to be able to listen to the BBC. I have wireless internet at home, but do not want to have to lug my laptop to the kitchen with me every time I fancy listening to an overseas radio station. I will probably only want to tune into a few stations and am not interested in other things such as podcasts.
Basically a priority for me is :
a few chosen radio stations, which are easily and quickly accessible
good quality sound. Nothing tinny.
something not too large and without separate speakers.(the kind of size of the two radios below)

I am prepared to pay anything between 50 and 100 quid for this and will be in London next week where I hope to choose something suitable, A friend recently bought this, though I find it is too sophisticated for my needs:
PURE EVOKE Flow DAB Internet Radio, while I have also looked at Roberts ECO1BK Ecologic 1 DAB/FM RDS Digital Radio on Amazon.
COuld anyone recommend a good, smallish, sturdy radio of good quality for my purposes?
many thanks!

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lor
lor

I'm afraid you've come to the wrong site---we older's don't know that much about electronics.

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piaczka
piaczka

Thanks Lor, that's why I also put this in Travel Tech.

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fieldgate
fieldgate

I'm sure there are other products/manufacturers. Where I live, my local sound specialist sell Argon radio. It's FM/internet radio, wireless or wired, that allows you to listen to all radio stations all over the world. In your money it's about £120.

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go_2
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For the best (new) deals in London go to Tottenham Court Road. The street is lined with shops selling computers, cameras and most likely the radio you're hoping for.
Be prepared to spend a whole afternoon just looking, comparing different models and - finally - haggling the price lower. You should be able to get 5-10% off their already lower prices.
HOWEVER - bear in mind that if something goes wrong with it - you're in Poland and they're in London. And electronic stuff can quite often go wrong in the first few months.
Under the Sale of Goods Act - and also within EU law - you do have rights of repair or replacement, but its easier to assert your rights if you're there in person.

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piaczka
piaczka

Thanks Fieldgate and go_2. Tadeusz, I don't read in Swedish :) and couldn't understand what was written there, but I will try and find it somewhere else, dzieki.
Yes, go_2, I intend to wander up and down Tottenham Court Rd and do lots of research; thank goodness my son will be with me to understand what they say (I don't mean their English, but their 'tech talk')! I am also aware of the disadvantages of buying something electronic abroad, but these radios are difficult to come across in Poland.

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cyrrus69
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Hey
I would suggest
Aluratek's nternet Radio Alarm Clock

With Your wifi you easily have access more than 11,000 radio stations in over 150 countries around the world
You can get it online for about 50 quid
I got mine on www.amazon.com
Good Luck!

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piaczka
piaczka

Thanks cyrrus69. WIll look into that!

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