Re: [Swprograms] ANNIVERSARY WATCH

[Ralph Brandi <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John Figliozzi said:
>IMHO, it won't even have a chance unless someone gets some affordable
>receivers on the market soon.  Yes, the first ones will be pricey but
>there are some (hint, hint) that will be willing to pay the early
>premium to have one and then the prices will move downward.
>
>But, at this point, there isn't a "real" receiver available.  I did hear
>a report that MAYAH was beginning to fill orders from distributors for
>its DRM2010 (US$750+), but have seen no evidence that it's true.

I have seen evidence that it's true.  Radio Netherlands has received a production run radio for testing.  I also saw something posted that Stig Hartvig Nielsen in Denmark has received one.  Jonathan Marks has one (perhaps the Radio Netherlands receiver?) and is planning to bring it with him on a trip to the western U.S. for testing.  So they do indeed appear to be trickling out.

Initial reports on the radio are not good.  Stig reports very poor reception of DRM signals from the radio.  And Andy Sennitt points out that the speaker in the radio is terrible.  You can read their reports at http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews2.htm.  It's at the bottom of the page.  Jonathan talks about his plans at http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2004/06/digitale-radio-mondiale-schedule-data.html.

You'll also notice some critical comments from yrs. truly on DRM in the comments to Jonathan's post.  I had my AOR 7030 Plus modified to be DRM-capable by AOR UK when I had it in the shop for repairs a few months ago.  I have not been impressed by DRM at all, sadly.  The marketing problems they have may be the least of their problems, at least here in the U.S.  Whether affordable receivers come on the market soon or not, DRM may very well fail on its merits.
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