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- Portable Design- 75W RMS Output
- Wi-Fi, DAB and FM with RDS
- 30 DAB and 10 FM presets
- Alarm and sleep timer
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By Mr. M. Swain (Wolverhampton UK)
I am very pleased with this beautifully designed radio. The sound is second to none and it looks good. Easy to set up.
By N. Smith (UK)
Sound and streaming capabilities are generally good but the unit is let down by limited alarm functions (2 with basic settings unlike the cheaper Pure products who offer 4 more sophiscated alarm settings. Good display however too bright at night time on it's lowest setting, you can however switch the display off completly if required.
Problem however on occasion with the unit not responding to commands from either the remote or direct on the unit .
By Mr. Paul R. Collins (Hemel Hempstead, UK)
The unit Amazon shipped to me was obviously refurbished. Although it had been carefully resealed, I am not happy to pay full price for a product with a scratch on it's top panel and somebody elses' finger prints left all over the metal buttons.
Turning to the Avanti Flow itself, it really excels as both a DAB and an FM radio. Radio 4 news is clear at all volumes and Planet Rock can go loud without any distortion or even a trace of rattle. The inbuilt subwoofer is thankfully subtle in operation, adding to an already warm tone. It lacks ultimate hi-fi detail, but that is a mercy because it gives the Avanti a magical ability to smoothe the edges of low bitrate DAB.
Being a systems engineer by trade, I started out manually configuring the Avanti for my network, but it simply could not connect to the TwonkyMedia UPNP server built into my QNAP NAS box. The radio had however successfully connected to my WPA2 wi-fi network, and it downloaded a firmware update. With the new firmware, and accepting the default DHCP networking configuration, it connected to my UPNP server. Sadly however the Avanti still intermittently reported "server not responding" when using UPNP.
UPNP navigation through my extensive mp3 collection was laborious. Moving folder by folder, I tired of hitting the + button during the journey from "A-Ha" to "Zutons". Several times I attempted to use the seach function, but this appears to only work when you type a perfect match. Thus there is no chance of quickly getting near the artist "Paul Weller" just by typing "Well", and I struggled to remember the exact spelling of CDs I ripped years ago (e.g. did I put a . between Sgt and Pepper). Whereas a UPNP server is magically easy to use with the likes of Windows Media Player 11 running on a PC, it was just too hard with the Avanti.
Internet radio worked very well on the Avanti, once set up. Just as with DAB, the Avanti is very sympathetic to making the best of low bitrate streams, and high bitrate serious stations like BR-Klassik are excellent. The Avanti will however only play stations which you have pre-selected using "the Lounge" website. Whilst it this a very attractive looking website, it took me longer than I would expect to work out the interface.
After very careful consideration, I'm afraid my Avanti is going back to Amazon. The Avanti is a lovely DAB radio, but this is a premium product and it needs to be equally good with all it's features, including as a UPNP renderer.
By S. Ward (UK)
A good product that has performed well thus far although not had it that long ( a couple of months ) i like all the functions on it and the software . Took a while to set it all up but once its done your away
It communicates well wirelessly , the sub is a nice touch as is the ipod dock
All in all a nice piece of kit reasonably priced
we have had a pure DAB radio for years and it has performed well
By Paul Tsalolikhin
It took me time before I decided to go for this one. In fact, I was already going to John Lewis to purchase Roberts internet portable radio when a sales person let me listen to pure avanti radio. The sound was superb, and when I compared the sound with Roberts, pure was much superior.
Although Pure radio cost double than my original budget, on my return home I started to investigate it through published reviews. From others feedback I knew it was the radio I was looking for.
It's been almost 1 month since I receive this radio and I am not disappointed.
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