Best digital radio brands Best digital radio brands

We test music and speech sound quality on digital radios

To help you choose the best DAB radio, we've collected information on the top brands and put it together in one place.

Digital radio brands covered in this summary are Pure, Roberts and Sony. 

We've also provided information about some of the digital radio brands you might see in your local supermarket.

Which? Best Buy digital radios

For more information on the best digital radios to buy, read the full Which? digital radios review and see details of our extensive product testing and unique Which? test score.

You'll find full details of Which? Best Buy digital radios from big names including Pure and Roberts as well as some of the smaller brands that you might not have heard of.

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How Which? chooses the best digital radios

All the information in this guide is based on Which? testing of DAB digital radios from 2009 and 2010. Which? digital radio testing is unique and incredibly thorough.

We use an independent, expert listening panel who listen to the same tracks on each digital radio in a sound-proofed room. We judge a variety of different types of music as well as speech tracks.

We review the battery life, check the weight and assess how easy the digital radio is to use. Our experts also examine how straightforward the digital radio would be to use if you were partially sighted or had limited dexterity – if you suffered from arthritis, for example.

And that’s not all – we also check the performance of any additional features on the digital radios such as alarms, clocks, pause and rewind features, recording, or electronic programme guides.