Do people stlll have radios In the house ?

22-03-2023 1:23am #1

Would anyone under the age of 40/45 who has their own place have one or more of these in their gaff ?

kneemos · 22-03-2023 2:10am

Better options these days. Have a habit of listening to the radio on the phone, generally just Newstalk,but it's a step down even from the old school radio. Bloody music centre right there and can't be bothered.

Potential-Monke · 22-03-2023 2:49am

We have 3 of the 4 in the house. Not the exact ones above, but 3 of the 4 types. Don't have the DAB one. But also have a... "Hi-Fi Entertainment System", you know the big 5 disc, 2 tape, radio with 2 equally big speakers. But we don't listen to them much anymore, they were mainly used by dad and it just doesn't feel right yet using them now he's passed.

I still do like having a gander at the mad yokes you can get these days. I remember paying €500 for one of those 2 speaker systems years ago, back around 2002. It was very very loud, but amazingly crystal clear. I mentioned it to the shop I bought it from, and they asked me to bring it back in to check it out. Seems they sold the twice as powerful speakers/system for the wrong price. Didn't ask for it back, just called me lucky and said it should have been €850!

Bricriu · 22-03-2023 7:07am

I have an oldish radio, big wooden frame, and the big cylindrical glass valves in the back of it that take ages to heat up.

It's fierce good for heatin' up the house. I don't actually listen to any of the oul eejits ranting on on it. I turn down the volume.

Sgt Hartman · 22-03-2023 7:30am

I have an ancient one that used to belong to my Great Uncle. I used to turn it on every morning before I would leave the house for work. I stopped using it early on during Covid because of the same Covid information ads being repeated every ten minutes on every radio station and I haven't used it since.

NewbridgeIR · 22-03-2023 10:24pm

I have a tuner which is connected to my amplifier - along with turntable & CD player. Use it every day.

elperello · 22-03-2023 10:39pm

Radio on the telly is handy and if you have satellite you can get the BBC stations.

mountai · 22-03-2023 10:43pm

Havnt got a Radio --- Got a Wireless instead .

AMKC · 22-03-2023 10:45pm

I do but I barely use them. The one in my bedroom is there mostly for the time and the one in my Kitchen for the odd time I feel like turning it on but that's only for listening to my favorite CDs, remember them?

I have a friend on the other hand who has two radios on all the time and both on the same station so anytime I am in her house I hear radio. She is more an acoustic person where as I am more a visual person.

Slightly Kwackers · 22-03-2023 10:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120386181#Comment_120386181

You are way too advanced. A crystal set tends to keep the volume down anyway and they used to have an automated form of censorship if the program got too outrageous. Banging One's fist down in the same room caused the cats whisker to drop from the active bit of the crystal leading to a long period of self reflection as another active spot was hunted for.

Valve radios are fine if you want to blast out the neighbours, but you are totally stuffed during power cuts. For this reason alonre I cannot see them ever catching on.

Oscar Bravo · 22-03-2023 10:53pm

+1 for radio on the tv. handy when doing a few bits around the house.

kneemos · 22-03-2023 10:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120389717#Comment_120389717

A radio app will get you practically any station under the sun.

griffin100 · 22-03-2023 10:57pm

I usually just ask my Google nest thingy to ‘play classic rock’ if I want music in the background. I bought one for my dad and he loves it, he just asks it to play RTÉ gold and it stays on all day. He’s a serious music fan, he has a sound system he spent €2k on last year and hundreds of vinyl albums and CDs. He listens to them in the evening.

Strumms · 22-03-2023 11:02pm

I’ve a pretty basic one in the kitchen.

This in my bedroom ^^^ must have it about 15 years. The quality of sound is unreal.

ThePentagon · 22-03-2023 11:12pm

Have a plain Panasonic radio in the kitchen. I have it on in the background at breakfast, having my dinner, washing dishes, etc. Nice to have the background noise.

cj maxx · 22-03-2023 11:17pm

I have a radio that I listen to during the day and listen to live football not on tv , Gaelic mostly

KGLady · 22-03-2023 11:19pm

Have a battery one, rechargeable with solar power panel on the back, sits on the kitchen windowsill for lyric fm in the mornings.

22-03-2023 11:19pm

I have a radio alarm clock like the second item in the picture in my bedroom. Can't remember the brand.

I don't use the radio function on it, but I'm a heavy sleeper and the alarm is much louder than the alarm on my phone which I can't rely on to wake me up.

I like being able to see what time it is at a glance if I wake during the night, without having to fumble around for my phone in the dark.

I won't be getting rid of the radio alarm clock anytime soon. The only place I listen to the radio is in the car.

Montage of Feck · 22-03-2023 11:26pm

I've got a Panasonic Power blaster, probably one of the last proper quality boom boxes, but now mostly just cast to the tv. I've been meaning to get a proper amp and speakers to go slightly more audiophile.

Victor · 22-03-2023 11:28pm

I'm becoming an oldie, but have a radio in front of me that I use most days. Sometimes I even play CDs on it.

Hippodrome Song Owl · 22-03-2023 11:29pm

I'm looking to get a radio for the kitchen at the moment. None in the house at the moment. I'm not bothered about great sound quality, just want to listen to the basic Irish stations in the background. I've been surpised by how expensive radios are though!

Should I get a mains operated one? Battery ones are cheaper, but will it be a false economy in the long run?

Do I need DAB (not even sure what that is) or is FM OK?

crosstownk · 22-03-2023 11:34pm

DAB is dead and buried. FM is all you need (or an app).

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/farewell-dab-the-radio-technology-we-didn-t-need-1.4500405

I have an old Sony FM radio on in the kitchen all day when I'm at home - Lyric FM as I type. While I'm commuting on the bike I listen to radio on my phone.

22-03-2023 11:38pm

I’ve a great simple Sony radio for decades, absolutely fantastic sound. Nothing to beat it!

elperello · 22-03-2023 11:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120389858#Comment_120389858

If it's just to be used in one location then go for mains.

You could get a dual power mains and battery one which can be handy in power cuts.

FM is all you need for basic Irish stations.

SuperBowserWorld · 23-03-2023 12:15am

Have a couple of devices that can receive FM and one that can receive AM+FM.

Think they are important if there is a power and Internet access outrage.

Bought a DAB + FM radio in Lidl recently as a cheap kitchen radio + was wondering what DAB was all about. I returned it because there are no DAB broadcasts here. 😁

Gregor Samsa · 23-03-2023 11:17am

To answer the OP's question, I hate radio with a passion and never listen to it. We don't have any radios in the house, and I never listen to it in the car (I do listen to music all the time). My wife very occasionally puts on something via the Echo in the kitchen, and I can't be in the same room while it's on, no matter what the show is. Hardly ever watch broadcast TV either.

Mickeroo · 23-03-2023 11:19am

Have a radio but haven't used it in a while. Just use a smart speaker these days instead. Radio is handy to have if the internet is down though.

banie01 · 23-03-2023 11:20am

I have a few radios, 1 built in on my AV amp and a couple of portables. Apart from time in the car tho? I cannot actually remember the last time I used one.

Most of my listening these days is Spotify or podcasts.

23-03-2023 11:34am

Have one of those retro looking Roberts internet radios in the kitchen. Used everyday - mostly tuned to FM, but also used for internet streaming and Spotify. Has incredible sound when used as a speaker. Quality brand.

miamee · 23-03-2023 12:13pm

I don't at the moment but I'd prefer one. OH is a big fan of 'just connect your phone to the bluetooth speaker and listen to whatever you want' but most of the time in the kitchen especially it's the radio I want to listen to. The radio was always on in the kitchen at home when I was growing up and a kitchen without a radio seems a bit too quiet to me sometimes!

Francis McM · 23-03-2023 12:13pm

yes, still have a radio in the house - an old radio but it works fine

Do people stlll have radios In the house ?

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