Oakcastle DAB500 Stereo Music System Review

Here is my review for the Oakcastle DAB500 Stereo Music System
Product Link: bit.ly/3EgXkIF
Manual Link: bit.ly/3fUHbPG
Key Product Features:
Powerful Stereo Sound
CD Player
DAB+ & FM Radio
Bluetooth
USB MP3 & AUX
Clear LCD Multi-Line Display (dimmable)
Headphone Jack for personal listening
Comprehensive Remote Control
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[@paradoxicalcat7173]

Great to see this unit has a proper CD tray. Very nice!

[@davidwilson9568]

Hi robin nice presentation I have just bought one today from Amazon for £95 it comes tomorrow

[@robinthereviewer6019]

Thanks for the feedback

[@seltaeb3302]

You can get them for £60, they say refurbished but they've sold 31! I reckon they are old stock or display ones. You can't refurbish that many.

[@gentle_rain]

I have the HIFI500 in the US. Can the speakers be upgraded? It was advertized as 60W but looking into the rear ports the magnets are labeled 10watt 4ohms. Does this unit allow for upgrading the speakers?

[@andyboyd126]

Just bought one. First DAB radio. Really pleased with the system, however I've noticed there's a 3 to 5 second delay when changing radio stations.

[@robinthereviewer6019]

I don't think the delay is specific to the DAB500 as I've had similar delays on other devices. I think it's to do with the way it retunes / buffers.

[@seltaeb3302]

5 seconds! Shock horror. Just meditate while you wait. I come from an era where you had knobs & dials. Much more fun & you feel better connected to that station.

[@andyboyd126]

@@seltaeb3302 knobs and broomsticks.

[@hammycats6919]

Is it USB 2.0?

[@puma7817]

Great review.... regarding your mp3 cd can you flick to a certain album/folder (e.g. say the 3rd album out of say 4 on the cd) easily or do you have to flick/go through all the tracks via folders 1 and 2 before you reach folder 3 ?

[@robinthereviewer6019]

To be honest I tend to put a CD in and play the whole thing rather than finding individual tracks and albums so I can’t say for sure. Will double check and let you know.

[@robinthereviewer6019]

I can't find a way to skip to the next folder I'm afraid, you would just have to keep skipping through tracks on the CD until you got to the next folder. You can set the repeat to CD, track or folder and you could set random play which will cover the whole CD.

[@puma7817]

@@robinthereviewer6019 Thanks I appreciate you looking and getting back to me that's a great help

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Don't like USB and output/input jacks at the back, not easy to access. Not quite sure, can you recieve internet radio stations, i.e. French RTL radio?

[@robinthereviewer6019]

Hi, this will only receive DAB radio not internet radio. For that you would need the Majority Quadriga (I have a review for that on my channel)

[@robinthereviewer6019]

Here is the Majority Quadriga review, which does show internet radio being played. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWLMoIt7hbusd68

[@ROCKINGMAN]

@@robinthereviewer6019 Thankyou very much.

[@MichaelBeeny]

Your sound is very odd. Almost like the channels are out of phase somehow. The bass comes and goes, hard to explain but very odd sounding.

[@paradoxicalcat7173]

He's using a mobile phone to record the video/audio, and they are absolute crap for anything. @robinthereviewer6019 could do with some new lighting, too, as the white balance is shot to hell by the limited bandwidth LED strip light he's using.

[@seltaeb3302]

What the hell are you playing this on? How can you hear the bass etc on a KZbin video. He can hear it all but on KZbin it's impossible. & now the room light doesn't suit. You're both a bundle of fun😂.

[@MichaelBeeny]

@@seltaeb3302 I watch on a PC with sound going through my DAC and an L12/2 amplifier that I built. Nothing wrong with KZbin sound when you listen on good audio. Will sound like crap on a telephone however, that's the phone not KZbin.

[@seltaeb3302]

You've heard the expression don't speak with your mouth full, well don't speak with the music blasting out! Was hard to hear you clearly. Everyone is so bass obsessed, what happened to the treble? The treble will give you bass but also a richness. Big names don't have a treble anymore. I'm unsure about the sound. A good tray & how it sounds tells you about a quality.