Pure's latest duo: the DX40 and Legato II DAB radios

Our favorite European radio maker is back at it again, not too long after unveiling its Marshall-fied EVOKE-1XT, with a new duo of DAB radios for the UK market. The Élan DX40 is barely distinguishable from its more feature-packed sibling, the RV40, aside from its noticeable lack of ReVu time-shifting abilities. It still sports the Intellitext / textSCAN features for pausing and controlling associated text, comes "ChargePAK" ready if you'll be needing 15 hours of on-the-go DAB capability, RDS support, alarm, and a USB connector for "future upgrades." The Legato II mini-system is a more home-friendly offering, boasting dual 30-watt speakers, black / cherry / maple color choices, built-in CD player, SD slot for recording "hours of DAB content," wireless remote, six-line LCD, ReVu / Intellitext controls, USB connectivity, eletronic program guide, RDS support, and even MP3 playback via CD / SD card. Pure's retro-styled DX40 (click through for a photo) will set you back just £69.99 ($134), while the classy Legato II system will run you £349.99 ($668) when they each hit later this month.

Read - Pure Digital's Élan DX40
Read - Pure Digital's Legato II

[David @ Nov 4th 2006 1:46PM]

I wish the US HD-Radio offerings were as compelling. I have a Boston Acoustics Receptor HD, and it's alright, but its features don't touch this...

Hey Pure, make some for US!

[KultiVator @ Nov 5th 2006 4:57AM]

David wrote...

>Hey Pure, make some for US!

Don't you need a national digital radio broadcasting network first?

DAB radio is pretty nice, but has taken some years to establish in the UK and even today most new cars do not include a DAB radio receiver. Yet this is the way I manage to listen to the superb Virgin Radio, despite living nearly 100 miles away from London (e.g. I'm well outside the FM broadcast radius for this great station). So all the advantages of living in the "big smoke" without the traffic, pollution, endless vistas of concrete, mouthy Londoners.


KultiVator

[skype_fan @ Nov 5th 2006 5:01AM]

One thing I don't understand with these DAB Radios is the fact that ALL of them have so tiny displays, why ? Give us big OLED displays please, no need for these 80's style displays anymore.