Pure Digital Avanti Flow

Like Pure's recent Evoke Flow, the Avanti Flow combines internet, FM and digital (Dab) radio receivers, along with the ability to stream music from computers or hard disks on your home network.

It adds an iPod dock connector on the top of the unit, with stylings that lend it the look and feel of a bedside radio.

Setup was a little less easy than it was on the Evoke. It needs to connect to your home wireless network (there's no wired connection) which means entering the password, but because there are no dials on the unit you have to use the up and down buttons or the remote control to enter it.

That aside it was easy to set up the Avanti Flow, and configuring the Dab stations was a one-touch process. Generally the Avanti Flow was easy to operate – there are buttons to change the source (FM, Dab, internet radio, iPod and so on) and for volume control, as well as presets for particular stations.

It again links to the Lounge website so that you can listen to and select internet stations there that will then be transferred to the Avanti Flow as 'favourites' to save you the hassle of having to find stations each time through the slightly fiddly interface of the radio itself.

Sound quality was very impressive – the larger housing has allowed for a subwoofer to be fitted into the unit's bass and consequently it's capable of getting quite loud.

It's not a great-looking product, lacking the clean design and neat lines of its Evoke Flow predecessor, but as clock radios go the Avanti Flow doesn't look bad. The display on the front is clear and easy to read, and it's bright too – in fact, one complaint we had was that although it has separate brightness settings for both 'on' and standby modes, the display didn't dim enough when the radio was off, lending the room a green glow while we were trying to get to sleep.

It's a decent alarm clock, with two settings that can wake sleepers using any of the radios, an attached iPod or a buzzer.

It probably has the most features of any such clock radio we've seen, but it's still a slight stretch at this price.