DAB+ ..........will my exisiting DAB radio still work?

[jimmydash]

But won't be able to get the higher sound qiuality of DAB+?

[dogbucket]

DAB+ is more like a bunch of extra stations.

[Lucid_AV]

dogbucket said:

DAB+ is more like a bunch of extra stations.

In the UK, that's pretty much what it boils down to.

[Lucid_AV]

jimmydash said:

But won't be able to get the higher sound qiuality of DAB+?

The potential quality of DAB+ is immense. Some of the European national stations (the equivalent of our BBC here) can broadcast in DAB+ at CD quality and higher. In the UK we went a different direction.

DAB+ uses a far more efficient CODEC, but instead of using that to up the quality, what we did was use it to stuff in more stations. The sound quality difference between DAB and DAB+ here in the UK isn't that big. The main benefit is that DAB+ allows a stereo signal whereas DAB would often be mono. The better error correction with DAB+ means less of the 'underwater bubbling' sound in marginal reception areas.

If you can get the stations you want via FM or Internet radio then that's the way to go. It won't matter so much on a small portable, but both are significantly better sounding than DAB+.