The Disappointment of DAB Radio

We bought one of the first DAB radios,a Pure special which was £99. It was the first DAB to break the £100 barrier.
We love the ease of tuning and the station information but our first big disappointment was realising that Radio 4 on DAB was often mono,yet on FM it is in stereo.
Then came BBC7 another great channel,but in mono,also Oneword,but let down by really dreadful audio quality.
We now own a BUG,strange looking, but does great timer recordings to an SD card which you can then transfer to PC or Mac easily.
The main let down is the 'gritty' audio quality,and we have nearly 100% signal.
The bandwidth is certainly wasted in the commercial sector by lots of nearly identical 'pop' channels,we have GWR Bristol,GWR Bath,GWR Swindon/Wilts,all identical,well very nearly.There seems to be lots of duplication in the commercial sector and a lack of bandwidth planning in the BBC.
I thought the original idea of DAB was SFN,Single Frequency Network,i.e we would only be able to receive one GWR,not 3,or 2 Passions as an example.
I don't want to run down GWR too much,because without their commitment to investing in DAB chipsets we wouldn't even be using it.
DAB has become an excellent digital replacement for portables,mind you the reception problems for full UK coverage need some planning.
If you want quality radio reception then we use FM or Freeview into hifi.
The basic problem is that the MP2 coding does not hold up at low bit rates for good audio quality.
Thats my DAB moan over,here is a picture of Bath on a Saturday afternoon.