Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1327 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Pure
• Model: VL-61054
• Released on: 2008-11-13

Manufacturer's Description

From the world leaders in DAB radio comes EVOKE-2S - a luxury portable stereo DAB & FM radio.

EVOKE-2S is a refined portable DAB/FM radio with impressive audio, a clear OLED (Organic LED) display and long battery life. If you haven’t experienced DAB digital radio yet, you’re in for a treat. There’s more station choice, easy station selection, extra information on the display and crisp, clear digital-quality sound. Our best sounding portable radio yet, EVOKE-2S produces 30W RMS from custom tuned mid-range speakers and separate tweeters driven by PURE Clearsound™ technology. Clearsound is a digital end-to-end audio subsystem using high quality Class D amplifiers and digital audio shaping technology to provide clear dynamic audio, higher volume levels and low power consumption. Packed with features, EVOKE-2S includes ReVu™ to pause and rewind live DAB radio, Intellitext® and textSCAN™, alarms and sleep timer functions, all the presets you’ll ever need and the latest ChargePAK technology. Its OLED display is crystal-clear from any angle and has both manual and automatic brightness controls. There’s also an input for your iPod/MP3 player, a kitchen countdown timer, USB upgradability and real maple veneer casework.

EcoPlus™ is a statement of PURE’s on-going commitment to our environment and its future. It indicates that environmental impact has been considered in the design, manufacture and transport of our products, and has driven both what we do and how we do it. All EcoPlus products are packaged using cardboard produced with a minimum of 70% recycled material, and finished using water-based varnish. All internal pulp trays are 100% recycled, and the user documentation is printed on 100% recycled paper using Soya-based inks. We also encourage our customers to recycle all packaging materials. The boxes of EcoPlus products are designed to be the smallest they can be whilst still ensuring the integrity and security of the product inside. This maximizes the number of products which can be shipped in each container, and thus minimizes the environmental cost of transport.

Ease-Of-Use
Digital radios are much easier to use than analogue radios because they automatically search for all available stations. Once the radio has found all the available stations you just choose the one you want by name. No more trying to remember frequencies.

Wider Station Choice
With up to 55 DAB stations available in many areas, and more on the way, you’ll be spoilt for choice. As well as existing favourites like BBC radios 1-4, BBC radio 5 live, Classic FM and talkSPORT, there are also great exclusive-to-digital stations such as BBC 1Xtra, BBC 5 live Sports Extra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7 and Planet Rock.

Digital Sound Quality
DAB is crackle-clear and hiss-free because it’s not subject to the same interference as analogue radio.

DAB Stations
There's more listening choice on DAB too. These great stations and many more are available in the UK on DAB digital radio. As DAB coverage varies, remember to check which stations are available in your area.

	Clearsound Clearsound is a digital end-to-end audio subsystem using high quality Class D amplifiers and digital audio shaping technology to provide clear dynamic audio, higher volume levels and low power consumption
	Line-in 3.5mm input enables you to connect an iPod, MP3 player or portable CD player and use the Evoke-2S as a portable speaker
	LED Display Auto-dimming OLED (Organic LED) display for superior contrast and improved readability
	ChargePAK An optional accessory for the EVOKE-2S, the E1 ChargePAK is a rechargeable battery pack which fits into the battery compartment of your radio and charges when the radio is connected to the mains so you can take the radio wherever you want. The E1 ChargePAK has the added benefits of being much more economical than regular batteries and significantly kinder to the environment, reducing the quantity of batteries that end up in landfills
	DAB DAB+, DAB digital radio and FM with RDS
	Automatic Brightness Control An integrated light sensor automatically adjusts the display brightness to suit the light levels in your room
	30 Watts 30W RMS of class-leading audio
	Adjustable Bass and Treble Adjust the tonal range of the audio output to suit your preference
	ReVu Allows you to pause and rewind live radio if you're interrupted so you can listen again
	Intellitext Participating stations broadcast sports, news, or traffic reports which are stored on your radio so they are available on demand. Like Teletext on TVs, you can then search this stored scrolling text by category
	TextSCAN This feature enables you to pause and control scrolling text: useful if you want to catch the title of a track, note down a competition phone number or rewind to catch a news item.
	Kitchen Timer Handy countdown kitchen timer ideal for helping you time your cooking to perfection
	Alarm Easy to use tone or radio alarm and sleep timer
	Station Presets 50 DAB and 50 FM presets to help you organise your favourite stations
	Headphone Output Listen through headphones (mutes speaker) or connect the headphone output to your stereo and use as a DAB tuner
	USB Upgradeability A USB upgradeable product is one you can add new features and improvements to as they become available. Upgrades and full instructions are posted on the support pages of the PURE website, and if you’ve registered your product PURE will send you an e-mail to inform you when an upgrade is available

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Customer Reviews

Best radio I have had.
This is the best Radio I have ever had, the sound is fantastic, although I was a little disappointed with the first one that I had, when I put the battery in and let it charge, the first thing I noticed was that when running on battery power, the volume was very low, and it would not switch off, even when back on mains power.

After speaking to the help line, I was told that it needed a software update, as this problem was known!!! I really think that a radio of this cost, should not need the customer to have to start updating software in order to get it work, on a unit just over a week old.

It has now been replaced and is all working well, I am pleased that it has been sorted out.

Its just a pity that it was not "right" from the start

A great radio, but ...
It's a great radio - lovely sound - but ... I'm on my second one now, and it still has problems. The first one wouldn't turn on under battery power (the optional Chargepak). So Amazon sent number 2. This one - wait for it - won't turn OFF under battery power.

Here's the good bit. Pure's technical person said that I'd need to download something 'onto my PC' from their site which would fix it. I use a Mac. "Sorry, we don't support Macs". "I don't have a PC, so can you sent me a new radio that works?" "No, because we've solved the problem". "Solved the problem? The problem ISN'T solved - the radio still won't turn off - you just want ME to fix it".

Basically, as I understand it at the end of that conversation, any replacement radio that a retailer might have in stock would suffer from the same issue and would need the fix downloading and installing. So I'm deeply unimpressed. Pure have sold a radio that doesn't work properly. Owners are then expected to fix the problem themselves, and they not only have to have a computer to do it, they have to have one type of computer. I don't know about Pure. I'd say that was Poor.

Evoke-2S
Great radio.

Plus points: Good sound quality on both DAB and FM, even given low bit rates on DAB, and it will go very loud. The display is clear and smooth-scrolling. DAB sensitivity is extremely good and this is the only DAB radio I have that doesn't need an external aerial for some of the weaker stations. However, it does need the aerial well extended and under kitchen work units this is not always possible. Fortunately, an external aerial can be used with this radio, unlike the Evoke Flow. Low standby power consumption, an option to vary display brightness in standby, very useful alarm settings (weekdays only, for example).

Minus points: One minor annoyance - the claimed 50 presets require scrolling through a list for anything higher than preset number 6. Other radios just require the + button pressed to step up, so for 6 buttons, 1 would become 7, 2 become 8 etc. With this radio you might just as well scroll through the entire list of available stations as it's scarcely slower than using presets and only involves using one control. It's a big enough box to have some room for a few more preset buttons that would have been far more convenient. Minor gripes - a usb or sd card mp3 player would have been nice at this price point and the stepped volume control makes getting the right very low volume level for late night bedside listening a little awkward.

Overall highly recommended.

John