Pure i-20 iPod dock offers quality audio and video sharing

Pure has announced a new iPod dock – the Pure i-20 – which takes the pain out of linking up your iPod to your audio setup.

This is because it allows users to connect to a hi-fi or radio using digital or analogue outputs.

At the moment, unless you go down the streaming route or cough up a lot of cash, connecting your iPod to a dock-less hi-fi means you have to use a 3.5mm jack.

The problem with this is that the sound gets squeezed.

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The Pure i-20 iPod dock uses PURE Clearsound digital tech to extract the digital signal from your iPod – a method which Pure believes means that you don't have to compromise with sound quality.

For those with an analogue setup, there's a Cirrus 4353 hi-fi quality DAC and high-precision low-jitter clock on board to enhance the sound of your tunes.

Pure has managed to get its product stamped with Apple's 'Made for iPod' and 'Made for iPhone', so it seems that Jobs himself likes what the audio company is doing.

And it will also pump out video content and accepts analogue video formats (component, S-Video and composite), which is a first for a dock.

The Pure i-20 comes with a remote control, is priced at £74.99, and is out now.