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This little thing is fantastic. I haven't really listened to much radio before, but was talked into buying a DAB radio by a friend, and I haven't regretted it. I'm now addicted to Radio 3. I didn't even realise I particularly liked classical music.

The radio has great, clear sound which fills up the room. I think it's really worth spending that little bit extra for a better quality radio if you're going to be doing much music listening on it. Unlike the Pure One Classic, this has stereo sound. Depending on how much you're willing to spend, it might also be worth checking out the Pure Evoke range.

Unlike similarly priced Roberts Radios, this has useful ground-breaking features like an alarm clock and kitchen timer. It has standard line-in and line-out connections which work with normal iPods and earphones. It also lacks annoying-nags. I'm a very light sleeper and like the fact that the little screen's backlight can be turned off (or set to turn on for 10 seconds or so when you press a button.)

I've also bought the chargepak for this - a lithium laptop-style rechargeable battery that pops in the bottom and now allows me to listen plugged in in my bedroom, and then take the radio downstairs and continue listening without taking the power cable with me.

I didn't originaly intend to buy this in cream, but I found a special offer on a cream one so went for it anyway. I'm now glad that I did, as the cream looks a lot better in reality than comes across in the photos.

Overall I'm very pleased with this radio. Nothing has annoyed me about it yet. It is recommended as a best buy by various magazines, so I trust the sound quality is as good or better than similarly priced competing models, though I have not tried any others out myself.

I think it's a lovely radio the fact that you can rewind radio is great plus it let's you read what is playing and with the battery it's easy to take with me to other rooms I've got the cream one a bit more expencive but it was bought for my bedroom.PURE ONE VL-61085 Classic DAB Radio - Black

Good sound and easy to set up - even for an extreme radio amateur like me.

Good little radio but you would expect so for the money.
Good points:
Controls on the front - great for on top of the fridge! Simple to use, pause/rewind live radio (I have used this more than I thought). DAB+ upgradable.
Bad points:
If you want to use the line-in for an ipod you have to plug and unplug the audio cable from the radio every time you use it. This is even the case if you use the Pure iPod docking station - appalling product-integration.

Fantastic. Great sound. Soft touch feels good. Buy cable (cheap) to use MP3 through item. Definately recommend product. Husband would like one in every room!