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To most listeners it would be the best thing they ever heard and it was delightfully easy to use. It’s a fine tuner.
Hi-Fi World, February 2001
Is DAB radio good value at £299? That’s the price of VideoLogic’s new DRX-601E.
The release by VideoLogic of a DAB tuner priced at £299, the new DRX-601E, potentially brings a new dynamic to Digital Audio Broadcasting. Until now it has been languishing, with tuner prices of £500-£800 or more.
this tuner has a good range of facilities. The normal user will appreciate the scrolling display of the track being played (where the station provides such info.) plus station name and type (Rock, Sport etc). The technically minded can use the signal strength meter to assess aerial effectiveness. There’s also data rate and channel number.
At rear the VideoLogic has a 75ohm F Type aerial input - not common in Britain - an SP/DIF digital output (coaxial and optical), audio output and audio input for loop through of an analogue tuner. I connected the SP/DIF to an external DAC to see how this affected sound quality, but there was virtually no difference.
From the outset it was clear to me that the DRX-601E had a fine sense of clarity and delivered, tight bass of good quality. VHF tuners are often weak here.
I was more impressed by VideoLogic’s tuner than I had expected. It auto-tuned with no hassle, presenting thirty seven stations immediately from a piece of wire hung from the wall - without any hiss. To most listeners it would be the best thing they ever heard and it was delightfully easy to use. It’s a fine tuner.
A strong point in favour of the DRX-601E is its high sensitivity. This will affect user perceptions, the unit offering full performance from "a piece of wet string", something VHF/FM cannot do. It is an impressive box of tricks for £299.
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