Pure Avanti Flow DAB radio review

Whopping performance to match the whopping price?

7/10

The good: Excellent audio quality, small form factor
The bad: Bit expensive, remote delay
Verdict: It’s much more than an iPod speaker dock and has fantastic audio quality; it is a touch expensive though so not exactly credit crunch friendly
Key specs: DAB radio, FM radio, iPod dock, Wi-Fi

The Pure Evoke Flow got rave reviews, but turns out to be something of a lemon, mostly due to its attrocious user interface, but also due to a lack of input from Pure who have failed miserably to deliver promissed firmware upgrades. Maybe they don't care? In which case would you really want to chance your money on this beast? Posted by Martin Daler, UK
the device is built well and has great features, it is one of the best internet radios out there.

i have owned a Roberts Radio WM-201, which this surpasses in terms of features on the unit and build.

but as an internet radio the wm-201 beats it. why? well it's the lounge site you see. the lounge, where you manage your internet favourites has poor useability compared to what the wm-201 uses, reciva.co.uk. lots of annoying flash and clunky search.

it's a big disappointment for me. i can't get some key radio stations such as www.bigupradio.com (roots, dub and reggae) which is a well known station. also you cant add streams such live365.com stations. on reciva, if you ask for the station, they add it pretty much the next day. i have sent the complicated request form to Pure a week ago with no idea whether my request has been looked at.

so if you are serious about your internet radio, think very carefully before investing.

sure it looks good, but then so does Paris Hilton...
Posted by tristian o'brien, uk