October 8th, 2009
How much is too much for an iPod speaker dock?
I realize it would be nice to have the finer things in life — champagne wishes and caviar dreams –, but how much would you pay for an iPod dock? Bower & Wilkins just made its new Zeppelin Mini iPod speaker dock (pictured above) available for pre-order on Amazon for $400. Bose, who’s known for continually releasing high quality, but expensive, products, also just released a new iPod dock, the Bose SoundDock 10 at $600.
The Bose SoundDock 10 boasts a pair of proprietary Twiddler transducers, also known as a speaker, which is the secret behind the high fidelity sound. The SoundDock 10 is available now.
The Zeppelin Mini streams digital data straight from the iPod and uses an internal digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) to bypass the DACs in the iPod itself. Of course, it works with any MP3 player, but B&W claim that by using the internal DAC, the sound is unparalleled by any other iPod speaker system. The Zeppelin Mini will be available in November, but is available for pre-order now at Amazon.
With all that said, how willing are you to dish out $600 just to have something to plug your iPod into? With digital music becoming more and more of the norm, and CDs and vinyl taking a backseat, then maybe it is worth the extra money to get the best out of your digital music.
Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Jennifer R. Bergen is a journalist and blogger living in New York City. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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