Super price / performance ratio with great quirks

I summarize briefly me because on the functions has been written much. Unfortunately, no one has contacted the audio quality apart. I have several DAB radios and can compare. The result after 4 weeks Test: deficient in digital reception.

The radio has both FM, as well as in DAB mode a very good reception performance (sensitivity). That was it but also already. Who is not at all demanding and better connecting headphones, because the supplied is scrap, has with the device a simple inexpensive radio on the go. Those who expect good quality, but will be disappointed. My criticisms:

- Extremely poor decoding the AAC codec, all the ups and sibilance in speech hiss in direct comparison to another DAB + radio (so it is not due to the bandwidth of the signal)
- An extremely poor error correction, which turns off immediately hard at bit errors. Anyone who has experienced such a PURE DAB + radio fades gently, only recognizes the botch
- The CPU is overloaded hopeless. There are now decoding dropouts when one uses the device or even the marquee of the transmitter changes
- Loading the radio always on, it can not be switched off

The quirks in MP3, the missing key lock and operation have been criticized other. I think that's less of a problem at a cheap radio.

Positive remains only the very good reception performance even of weak stations. The dropouts are only at the signal processing, the device is receiving much truly amazing. If the FM is available without compromising in DAB + is unfortunately on the quality in the headset is not much, because the decoder is extremely bad. "Digital = good" is not true unfortunately. FM sounds much better here and has no dropouts.

So I expected after all the positive reviews more, even if 34 euro is really cheap. But taps on sound I find unacceptable. Even those who do not sound technician is like me, will have to realize in direct comparison with, for example, a "PURE ONE Mini" that are worlds between the devices. In sound and decoding quality. This is not to DAB + and not to the broadcasters, which is only on the device.

My result: Who buys cheap, buys twice here. Hands off! Rather spend more money than even more useless electrical appliances to have in the drawer. Joy does not come on when PPM001.