The XDR-M1 is a great little pocket DAB player. It's the same price as the competition but offers more style and better features with Band-L DAB and FM reception. The unspectacular battery life is a downside but as far as pocketable DAB goes, the Sony is ...
Poor reception performance, Hard to read in bright sunlight
Sonys neat XDR-M1 DAB radio also manages to cram in an FM radio too, so you get the best of both worlds, which is useful if you happen to be outside a DAB broadcast area. Its shiny black casing manages to make the XDR-M1 one of the sexiest looking mod...
Abstract: We only realised this was a DAB radio when we couldnt find the Lada badge and steering wheel. This brick-like portable has a boring screen with grey, blocky text thats hard to read, and a stubborn joystick. Annoyingly, it also insists on beeping ev...
Small and stylish; lots of information on the screen; text memo feature for storing scrolling text; Mega Bass
Dim display; disorganised station list; fussy procedure for storing presets; disconcerting interruptions when you lose the signal; poor battery life
Sony’s XDR-M1 is small and light and gives you access to all the information in the DAB signal. However, we remain sceptical about DAB in your pocket, thanks to variable performance and poor battery life ...
