PURE Digital Chronos review

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October 9, 2006

Posted by: Anonymous

"Shame about the display"

What I like:

The style and the four alarm settings and the headphone socket

What I don't like:

The display and the standby power usage

Review:

I have an Evoke 2XT which is superb, and expected the same sort of quality from this. Unfortunetly it does not function well as a bedside clock due to the display being so bright, even on its low setting.

The sound quality is good compared to most clock radios I have heard, but not as good as I had hoped from Pure. It is still slightly tinny and so still sounds like it is a clock radio.

I also don't like the fact that the mains adaptor is always warm. The box says the device has a low power standby, however the device actually uses 2 watts while in standby, which in my opinion is not low power. I have since found out (from Pure) that this is because the same chip powers the radio as powers the clock. Which basically means the DAB decoder is running all the time even when the radio is not on.