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[Shackeng]

Can anyone recommend a small DAB radio/cd player with separate wireless speakers? Does such a thing exist? Required to replace the dying kitchen box.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Will it need to be made of Bakelite and pick up the BBC world service?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

....and presumably it will need to come with a cat's whisker.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Smartphone with bluetooth speakers?

[Lizzie Zoom]

Smartphone with bluetooth speakers?

Oh yes, the wireless and even a DAB radio is so yesterday

[Bigron]

If you get a valve wireless you can pick up ITMA, Take It From Here and the Goons!

Ron.

[Shackeng]

OK, with speakers not connected by wires, how's that?

[Raeturbo]

You can get Bluetooth speakers that will pair with your phone and whatever you can play on your phone will play on the speakers

[STEMO]

As far as I can see, Chris, a Bluetooth transmitter plugged into the headphone socket of the radio is the way most people do it. Two inconveniences with that: You'll lose the radio speaker and you'll need to charge up the transmitter.

[Lizzie Zoom]

If you get a valve wireless you can pick up ITMA, Take It From Here and the Goons!

Ron.

Now you are talking Ron!  As a child it was them, the Navy Lark and Billy Cotton's Band Show - Wakey Wayeeeeeee!!- and especially Brian Matthew with The Saturday Club with my first contact with "popular music", that I loved coming out of that lovely warm, great smelling, wireless!

[Shackeng]

As far as I can see, Chris, a Bluetooth transmitter plugged into the headphone socket of the radio is the way most people do it. Two inconveniences with that: You'll lose the radio speaker and you'll need to charge up the transmitter.

Thanks Steve, I had hoped that something that I envisaged would be avlbl nowadays. We have a radio in our breakfast area, but it is difficult to hear in the adjoining  kitchen with extractor fan(s) going. I guess a second radio is the only viable option.

[YZ250]

As we mainly only listen to Internet Radio we have a Bose Home Speaker 500 in the sitting room, paired to an additional Bose speaker in the kitchen, so only one playing device required.
Although in saying that, for playing CD's we have a Panasonic DAB radio/CD player in the conservatory, paired to various other speakers throughout the house. The Bose is quite fussy about what it pairs to (Bose only I believe), but the Panasonic is more than happy to pair with additional speakers (Sonos etc.) dotted about around the house. Each speaker needs to be within reach of your home wifi. 

So, in short, you could buy a system and just add speakers for the other rooms. They can all be controlled by Alexa (the spy in the house  ) if you so wish, or your smart phone, or in the case of the Panasonic, by using the remote. You could buy a Amazon Alexa Echo or Dot/Google Home and just add additional speakers (that's how we started).
If it's just for Internet Radio it's very easy to set up multiple speakers in different rooms from one device but if you want the CD function you will need a Radio/CD player with Wi-fi/Bluetooth compatibility. 

[Shackeng]

As we mainly only listen to Internet Radio we have a Bose Home Speaker 500 in the sitting room, paired to an additional Bose speaker in the kitchen, so only one playing device required.
Although in saying that, for playing CD's we have a Panasonic DAB radio/CD player in the conservatory, paired to various other speakers throughout the house. The Bose is quite fussy about what it pairs to (Bose only I believe), but the Panasonic is more than happy to pair with additional speakers (Sonos etc.) dotted about around the house. Each speaker needs to be within reach of your home wifi. 

So, in short, you could buy a system and just add speakers for the other rooms. They can all be controlled by Alexa (the spy in the house  ) if you so wish, or your smart phone, or in the case of the Panasonic, by using the remote. You could buy a Amazon Alexa Echo or Dot/Google Home and just add additional speakers (that's how we started).
If it's just for Internet Radio it's very easy to set up multiple speakers in different rooms from one device but if you want the CD function you will need a Radio/CD player with Wi-fi/Bluetooth compatibility. 

Thanks very much. Sounds like the way to go. I'm not convinced that the wifi range is great, but as the kitchen is only the other side of the wall from the router, it may work.

[redelitev6]

Internet Radio ? it'll be flying machines next , mark my words 

[Shackeng]

I am puzzled that a radio is not available that can transmit its signal (Bluetooth?) to a speaker without the necessity for wifi/internet radio.