Quite a few speakers now use Apple’s
AirPlay technology to stream CD-quality music over your home Wi-Fi network.
Pure’s new Sensia 200D takes a different tack, opting for a rival wireless
system known as DLNA (digital living network alliance).
Quite
a few speakers now use Apple’s AirPlay technology to stream CD-quality music
over your home Wi-Fi network.
Apple doesn’t support DLNA in its iOS
mobile devices, but you can use the DLNA networking features of the Sensia 200D
simply by downloading the Pure Connect app from the App Store (bitiyfVBZPaT).
An Android version is available, too.
Connecting the Sensia to a home network was
very straightforward, thanks to the touchscreen controls on its colourful 7in
display, and we were able to start streaming music from an iPhone with no
trouble at all.
The sound quality is excellent: clear and
detailed, and with respectable bass given the relatively small size of the
unit. The 30W output isn’t enough to get a full-on party going, but it’s fine
for listening to the radio while you work or playing tunes over dinner.
The Lounge app does have a couple of sloppy
flaws, though - the main one being that it lists songs in alphabetical order,
rather than according to the original album track listing. Pure told us that
this would be fixed ‘in the next few days’ - and hopefully by the time this
review is published - but it’s amazing that they allowed a mistake like that to
slip through in the first place. The app’s Search function doesn’t currently
work either, and Pure could only say that a fix for this was coming soon.
The
sound quality is excellent: clear and detailed, and with respectable bass given
the relatively small size of the unit.
Verdict
The Sensia 200D itself works very well,
although it is a bit pricey for what is essentially a fancy digital radio.
However, the unfinished iOS app is simply sloppy, and we’d recommend that you
check the latest info on the App Store before buying the Sensia for use with
any iOS device.
Lounge
music - The Sensia 200D provides wireless streaming for iOS (and Android)
devices
US$374.9
Pure • pure.com
Product page: bit Jy/NYN4k3
Likes
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High-quality digital/internet radio with
wireless streaming
Dislikes
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Expensive
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At time of writing, the OS app doesn’t feel
finished
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