Hi Scott - I've owned a Pure Evoke Flow unit for about a year now. I bought it directly from Nevada Radio, a vendor in the UK. (However, Pure has announced that it will begin marketing five of its products in the US starting in March. Go to www.pure.com/us for further info.)
Pure apparently is the leading manufacturer and seller of DAB radios in the UK. I'm very much impressed, not only with the unit I have and its performance, but also with the responsiveness and attention of the Pure technical team. (I, too, was an early adopter or the Com One Phoenix and experienced the same disappointment with them and it as you. Actually, the unit itself wasn't half bad, but the way in which the company abandoned it and its purchasers borders on the criminal in my mind.) The Lounge, as far as I can tell, is based on vTuner. It has been well supported and there appears to be a constant effort to maintain and update it. It does not appear to be as expansive as reciva, but the latter has also been critcized for having a lot of redundant content. The Lounge has over 15,000 station links, in addition to thousands of podcasts and BBC Listen Again. With Listen Again, there has been some criticism of Pure's units' ability to "hold" the program for its entire length. In my experience, this has happened a handful of times over the year I've had my unit; but the ability to rewind and fast forward through podcasts and Listen Again content means that all I've had to do is reinitiate the link and then move through the content to the point where it was lost. All of the stations you named in your post are available on The Lounge. If you find something that isn't, there is a "custom station" feature that allows the user to add a station to his or her ! own radio immediately and then to request that the station be added to the full database. My take is that Pure--because it has several wifi/internet radio products, is successful and well entrenched already in Europe and the UK, and has an alliance with Apple--is here to stay. It's units are well made and of high quality in appearance and function. I especially like the Evoke Flow for its retro look and its portability. The rechargeable battery pack (extra cost) works the radio in wifi/internet radio mode for ten to twelve hours and on FM for about twice that before the need to recharge. If you have any further questions, just ask. John ---- Scott Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that I have had the experience of getting burned with a Wifi > radio, I am leery of the concept of needing technical support and an > online database to keep my radio functional. My ComOne Phoenix is a > brick since the criminals who developed and marketed it have abandoned > their support of the database. > > I am hearing good things about the Pure units, but of course its all > about how well "thelounge.com" works. How good is their database? I > am particularly interested in getting the stations that I used to > listen to by shortwave, such as DWelle, BBC, CBC/RCI, Radio Australia, > RNZI, VOA and RNW. I also like to listen to NPR stations and WRN. I > also want some domestic radios such as WGN and WNYC. I don't use the > box for music programming or playing my local PC content. > > Pretty basic requirements. > > I don't want to to get burned again! > -Scott Walker > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
