The Start of The Digital Era...

Advantages: Great Value, Good Features, Fantastic Quality Sound
Disadvantages: Silly Placement of the Mains Plug At The Back

...I have always been a fan of the radio and although I have quite specific music tastes, I enjoy having the variety and general natter of a radio on in the background, especially to reduce boredom or to make a place seem a little more alive when your home alone. The Pure One Digital DAB Radio is the first and only DAB radio I have owned, you?ve got to move with the times right? I had been thinking about purchasing one for a while after hearing good things about this little radio and have now been enjoying it for about 6 months. The Pure One comes in a choice of 3 colours; black, pink and white. I would have loved to have brought the pink one as it?s a cute pastel colour, but opted for the funky and modern white, mainly due to the fact I was planning on using the radio in my office and most of my colleagues already think I?m a bit OTT...

chugglebunny 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE Classic

Pure Digital Evoke 3 DAB Radio - top sound for a portable radio

Advantages: Great sound, great features, record to SD card
Disadvantages: Can't record one station whilst listening to another, no MW and not the most intuitive to use.

...I pondered for ages trying to decide between the Roberts RD55 and Pure's Evoke 3 as I wanted something that had functionality to pause and rewind, record (specifically to SD card), play FM stations, have stereo sound and play MP3's as well as one that gave great sound and could carry base and wouldn't distort at high volumes but I couldn't find anywhere on the net that compared the 2. I knew the Evoke 3 had won loads of awards but that was in 2006 and with it being 2008 I realised technology would have moved on so the newer RD55 could have improved or equal quality sound without having won any awards. In the end I realised the only option was to actually go into a shop and listen to the sound for myself (having a baby I'd put off doing that as it can be such a mission to get out these days!). The only local shop I found that had a good...

bambi777 01.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Evoke 3

Pure Digital Sound for Sleepyheads.

Advantages: PURE DIGITAL SOUND
Disadvantages: I WISH IT WAS PORTABLE

...I have been living with my Pure Digital Tempus 1 now for about a year and it's wonderful. The sound quality is just great and I am always amazed that all that sound can come from just one small speaker. It has enabled me to listen to a large number of MW/LW stations with a new quality of sound that I could only have once listened to with a slightly muffled sound or not at all. Now I can fall asleep with luxury. The Tempus is a Digital DAB radio but with the added advantage of it being an clock radio. The Tempus measures 210 mm width x 175 mm height x 110 mm depth.and has a lovely light wood surround case, this I have been told is to give a much better quality sound (please let me know if I have got that wrong) and a silver coloured front with a silver handle for easy carrying this handle also doubles as a snooze handle...

mrsatchmo 06.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Tempus 1

Here Beginneth My Digital Radio Revolution

Advantages: Small-form and easy operation
Disadvantages: Mains only unless you purchase the expensive battery pack

...see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalAudioBroadcasting To check DAB is available at your postcode http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digitalradio/dab.shtml To check DAB stations are your postcode http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/ ~~~ PURE ONE MINI ~~~ My main requirement with a DAB radio was to be able to play radio but for it to also look aesthetically pleasing. When I was wandering around the electronics department to gauge the type of products on display I noticed the shelves were primarily lined with the following brands: - Pure - Roberts - Sony And I noticed that the Pure models were more abundant than the other brands. I counted nearly 3 times as many Pure DAB radios than the next brand. They also have some very eye-catching designs. The Pure models are available in simple models or the retro look. I was...

jupiter28 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE MINI

Pure

Advantages: Good Music
Disadvantages: None

...telescopic aerial Full LCD display with additional features Kitchen count down timer Wake up alarm Can use removable Pure batteries & standard batteries for power options. Tone controls and stereo/mono mode. Line in and out options, handy for PC compatibility and digital recording. Size (H)18.5cm, (W)29cm, (D)10cm....

Nazuku 24.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Evoke 2

The Pure Highway saved my life

Advantages: Very Portable and very easy to use
Disadvantages: Suffers from poor signal in some remote areas

...I use the Pure Highway every day in my truck and I have to say it is brilliant. It tunes into a spare FM band on my in cab radio and sounds first class. It is so easy to use and looks great as well. The Pure Highway fits into a small space on my windscreen out of the wiper swipe and keeps me legal. The Highway takes its power from the cigarette lighter and has an internal Arial that is fixed to the windscreen. I found this system ok for most journeys but when I was in more remote parts of the country I suffered from digital drop out. The pure allows you to fade this rather than here that awful screeching sound. I eventually purchased an outside Arial that fits on the cab roof via a magnetic base. This allows me 100% coverage all over the UK so far. I rely on my Pure Highway every day and I have to say it has never let me down...

lorryday 11.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Highway IN-CAR DAB Tuner

PURE ONE DAB

Advantages: Great sound, attractive, easy to use.
Disadvantages: No carry handle.

...Wow! What can I say, I bought this in 2007 for £49.99. It is an excellent DAB Radio and depending where you are there are about 32 stations. The radio is light, small and easy to carry on long-distances. Attractive, mine is black. The night-light display is easy to read and after about an hour you will learn how to use all the functions and options. It receives FM and DAB. It does not have a carry handle so it is not as practical as some. With a lovely clear tone and a a one watt speaker, it is loud enough. The first one I bought was fine until a week later it wouldn't turn on. So, I took it back and got a replacement , the salesman saying he's never come across a faulty PURE. Anyway, my replacement as been absolutely brilliant. I have bought my father one and he has had no problems with his either. Highly recommended....

Art007 02.12.2008 (06.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE

Pure Digital

Advantages: Access To Digital Only Stations, Clear Reception, Looks Very Nice
Disadvantages: Single Speaker, Expensive, Only 6 Presets.

...it in to select. Also present is a 2 line backlit LCD display. The audio quality of the radio is excellent and the list of available stations is growing... The only thing that is annoying is that with old analogue radios you could still listen to stations even if your reception wasnt perfect, you could choose to listen with some interference, With DAB you cant, its all or nothing... if the signal isnt spot on you just wont get the station. It would of been nice to have the option but this defeats the object of digital I guess. The radio is quite heavy but as I said earlier its mains only powered so it wont be moved around much. The mains adapters comes supplied. The radio only has 1 speaker but you can by an optional second one to turn the radio into a stereo system, These were selling for about £70 but have probably been reduced by...

SpencerJJ 04.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital Evoke 1

Essexgirl Does Digital

Advantages: Comparative value for money, easy to use
Disadvantages: Heavy, not as attractive as other models, no alarm function

...WHAT IS DAB? DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting and it is basically a way to hear more radio stations and to hear them interference free, without hiss and crackle. How good you hear it depends on the number of transmitters in your area and currently only 85% of the population are covered. You also don't have a fiddly dial to twiddle to try and find the right frequency, you select a station by name by pressing a few buttons and it finds it automatically for you. WHY DO I WANT ONE? I had been dithering in the purchase of a digital radio for some time. My ex had one that was permanently tuned to TalkSport in the kitchen. If I wanted to listen to something else I need to use the stereo FM radio and fiddle with the aerial which would only grant me reception if I held it in the air whilst balancing on my left leg...

Essexgirl2006 17.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ELAN

Its' OK, I suppose - PURE Elan DX40 DAB/FM Radio

Advantages: Not many - it looks good anyway
Disadvantages: handle too heavy, controls t and display too small

...Bought this because my old FM radio was going home, thinking that it would be great BUT................ it's a bit like digital TV - not as good as you thought it was going to be. The radio itself looks good; very modern steel grey coloured but controls are very small and information on the TINY screen is very small too. The steel (?) carrying handle is too heavy for the radio, actually and drops down with a 'clonk' if you forget about it. Sound quality is OK most of the time, but, really it is not that good. Suppose I could buy a Bose and spend a few hundred pounds but why should you have to anyway? The following is not the fault of the radio, but digital in general in my opinion is rubbish -give me the old Light Programme (pre FM) we didn't have any signal interruptions on that (I know the airwaves are busier now...

judylugg 22.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ELAN