Will an old DAB tuner circa 2001 work with the new DAB MkII Codecs?

[Dynamic Turtle]

Hi,

Got my eyes on a "vintage" DAB tuner from 2000/2001 and was just wondering if it has the sort of chipset whose EEPROM can be flashed via auto-update to run the latest codecs? I read somewhere in hi-fi world that older DAB tuners won't be able to receive broadcasts that use the latest (read - much better) compression algorithms, but newer DAB tuners can?

Any way of checking? Are only certain "Pure" chipsets capable of doing this?

Thanks,
DT

 

[nando]

you can contact pure but in my opinion it will not be wise both financially or practical, most DAB tuners that are now in the latest uncompressed to a sense that you can not define between a good cdp do not come cheap, F.A.I.W. the MF x-dab v8 is a fine example, both fm anaolgue and dab.nando.

 

[Dynamic Turtle]

I listened to some DAB and non-DAB tuners over the weekend and have to say that even through the "mid-market" ones like the NAD C4XX and Arcam TXXX, DAB sounded bloody awful.

Bought an old analogue-only Marantz T6000 instead, for £100, and it sounds fine. Pretty decent sound for the money, if you ask me.

Thanks,
DT