![]() ![]() When using the battery power supply system, amplifier regulating circuits become largely redundant because their job has been done for them by having a global AC supply which is stable. It seems that complicated regulation circuits in amplifiers often create as many problems as they solve. Interestingly amplifiers that are free from complicated power supply regulating circuits tend to sound more natural, colourful and free – they simply sound more believable. If you wish to electrically separate your digital and analogue electronics, as well as your Class ‘A’ and Class ‘B’ components this is accommodated on the integrated consumer unit and power outlet sockets – something we highly recommend. ![]() Used in this way the battery life is 2500 charge & discharge cycles. Pure Evoke C-D6 DAB+/FM Bluetooth Stereo All In One Music System With Remote Control This item is in very good condition comes unboxed with mains & remote. We normally specify a battery capacity that retains 70% of its charge after ten hours of listening ‘off-grid’. With the charger switched off the performance improves further. Used in this way the battery life is expected to be around 20 years. With the charger permanently switched on the battery pack behaves like a large capacitor between the national grid and your system. There is also the compound benefit of improved reliability and longevity of audio equipment which likes a stable operating environment – constant voltage, precise frequency conditions, and freedom from mains-borne ‘hash,’ dirt and spikes. Either way the sonic benefits are comprehensive and once heard, hard to forget. Highway 400 works with your existing audio system using a simple aux-in. Like an esky with a radio built into it, this seems like a useful product, but isn’t.There are two ways to use the system: one is with the charger permanently switched on, and the other is with the charger temporarily switched off. The easiest way to enjoy DAB digital radio and Bluetooth music streaming from. Simply put, this type of product has been usurped from almost every angle – there are much better portable speakers for this price, speaker systems have long since camouflaged into the home décor, while radios haven’t needed actual antennas for over two decades now. VERDICT:Īgain, it comes back to the actual usefulness of this. It’s also way too expensive, at $499, there’s simply no reason for this to be priced where it is. No Apple Music support is available, let alone lesser known streaming services, while an inordinate amount of focus appears to be on setting up the clock, alarm, and timer. Innovation wise, this product also falls short, with digital, FM, and internet radio, Spotify, Bluetooth, and ‘podcasts’, the only available options. At anywhere approaching full volume, the bass rattles and turns muddy, while the trebles are far too shrill to enjoy at such a level. The 2 x 20mm soft dome tweeters and 1 x 3.5-inch full range woofers give decent 40W stereo sound, but fall short of any comparable party speaker. I’m not actually sure who the market is for this product. With its portability as a key selling point, it is baffling that the battery pack is sold separately. The Play is actually a portable version of last year’s Evoke Home system, which also featured a CD player to add to the anachronistic feel of Pure’s stereo range. Hell, even buttons are aren’t completely flat or on a touchscreen seem like a novelty from the not-so-distant past. It’s also been quite a while since we’ve seen an actual antenna take such a key role in a new tech product, or ‘FM radio’ being touted as a key feature. ![]() The flip-up 2.4-inch screen is another hold-over from this early-00s mindset, with its physical controls tucked under a pop-up screen. You ended up with hybrid stereos that did a little bit of everything, but specialised in nothing in particular, with iPod docks, pop-up screen, USB slots, and players for CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, and other soon-redundant media. Yet it seems to also incorporate that brief window in turn-of-the-century stereo design, when the then-nascent DAB+ radio format was struggling to match its ‘digital’ promise, a period when iPods were the major new music-delivery system but still needed stereo speakers in order to be useful. If this thing turned up in an old episode of Neighbours, sitting on a kitchen bench with a horse race blaring through it, it wouldn’t look out of place. With a front made of recycled grey wool, and a prominent metallic handle and tuning knob to match, the Evoke Play recalls an old beach wireless in its design, and shape. Too boxy to hide away as a subtle speaker system, and without the pristine audio quality expected at this price point, the Evoke Play seems charmingly and somewhat confusingly, out of step with the market. Pure’s Evoke Play is an odd little product to bring to market in 2022. ![]()
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