Pure Contour DAB/FM and Internet radio
The do it all dock?
Review The Contour is an elegantly designed music hub from radio specialist Pure. It features DAB+,FM and Internet radios, as well as an iPod dock in a slide-out drawer.
Dark side of the moon: Pure's Contour
You may be forgiven for thinking the Contour bears some similarity to the company’s Twilight alarm clock radio, with its half-moon shape, but given its size, those with longer memories may liken it more to the £1000+ Meridian F80.
There’s no sign of the Twilight’s gently glowing dome this time round though, just a touch-sensitive strip of backlit icons running around the top that control power, volume up/down and mute. Usefully, you can switch on or off simply by tapping this icon bar. Not so usefully, my sample’s self-styled energy saving feature meant it kept trying to turn itself off, even when I was just adjusting the volume. Pure insists it’s not meant to do this.
The Contour measures a kitchen-friendly 37 x 22 x 18cm, comes in matt black and includes a pair of 3.5in full-range drivers. Around the back are 3.5mm headphone and aux jacks, as well as composite and component video outs and a mini USB connection for future software updates. The latter can also be performed using the Contour’s Wi-Fi connectivity. The extendable aerial is used for FM reception.
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The dock slides out smoothly when you push the sides of the front display to reveal a sturdy plastic base for your iPod, which when in place, rests against the speaker grille.
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COMMENTS
DAB+?
FM / Internet radio - fine; but DAB+?
Is this PURE's attempt to push the UK government into adopting a half-way sensible digital system?
? Eh?
For i = 1 to -1 do
start
too expensive
too complicated
i:= i + 1
end?
£200? That'll get the DAB listeners migrating over from analogue in their
dozens, maybe.
Or maybe not even dozens.
Then again... iPod dock... maybe they're on to something.
Matt black?
Not very good in the kitchen with greasy cooking fingers!
