Turns out they were listening on a Logitech Squeezebox to an internet stream of the station which sounds much better than FM and obviously better than grotty crunchy DAB. The internet radio could also play his music collection, get anything from BBC iPlayer play podcasts and had a whole range of other apps all in a neat little radio with a full colour screen and all for about £113.00
Yes there are a few things to think about before buying an Internet steaming set, the server either has to be on your home PC or NAS drive or you pick up the default servers in Germany and the US and it appears to be hard to switch easily between those options, which means if you have the server on your home PC or Laptop, they have to stay on all the time. But I was very impressed by this set. I did ask Dave why he didn't have a DAB - he laughed and told me they don't get any DAB signal where they live - well what a surprise!
