On 29/11/2015 13:32, Jim Lesurf wrote:
At times DAB R4 is down to 80 kbps mono.

Yes, and that's MP2, not MP3...
80kbit AAC or WMA would be marginal to me. It's just too low for those
formats - and I kind of like having stereo. For me DAB is nearly dead -
we never bother to record anything for later now, which we used to, as
it's easier to stream it in higher quality.

Andy