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Apple Intros Expensive Boom Box
28Feb06
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Filed under: Amplifiers, Speakers, Monitors, iPods & Portable Media Players
Apple today announced iPod Hi-Fi, a high-end ($349) iPod boombox dock with remote. The Hi-Fi is portable, and can run from six D-cell batteries or wall power.
“Apple is reinventing the home stereo with the new iPod Hi-Fi, the first iPod accessory that adds true high-fidelity sound quality to the iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.
At least at the Think Secret site, customers aren’t as impressed with Apple’s latest announcement:
- “This doesn’t even hit me as an “apple design”. It looks more like a styrofoam cooler you but at your local walmart. For 350 dollars, there are some fantastic alternatives to the boombox.”
- “This isn’t a hi-fi, it’s a powered speaker. A very expensive powered speaker. It’s right up there with the iPod Socks in the world of innovations.”
iPod Hi-Fi includes built-in handles, a removable front grille with precision-mounting clips, touch-sensitive volume control buttons, the Apple Remote, a universal power supply, and the ability to power iPod Hi-Fi from six D-cell batteries. Read more…
