It may come as a shock to those of you who haven't been paying attention, but Sony's quietly released quite a few iPod-compatible audio systems in the past few months -- everything from
alarm clocks and boomboxes to
semi-portable speaker systems to dock adapters for its high-end ES receivers and
Bravia TVs. What's been missing is a classic shelf system, but given the proliferation of iPod-compatible gear from Sony, today's introduction of the CMT-BX50i and CMT-BX20i comes as a pleasantly inevitable surprise. The $130 CMT-BX20i can control an iPod via the included remote, with menus and track info appearing on the display, and offers 50 watts of RMS power and a single CD player, while the $180 CMT-BX50i adds in A2DP support for both receiving tunes and transmitting them out to a pair of wireless cans. All in all, not a bad little system -- but you know there's a Walkman division VP who's totally got the sniffles right now.
posted Jan 6th 2008 8:29PM
"Sony's iPod lineup"
It's a sign of the Apocalypse!
It says a lot about the CEO of Sony, Sir Howard Stringer, he's willing to put profits ahead of the "not-invented-here" bias. I think it's a good move for Sony. And it certainly does not hurt the customers/consumers out there!
I'm not going to buy a Sony Walkman just because they won't support my iPod. I'll just buy some other brand with iPod connector. And next time I buy a portable audio/video product I just might buy the Sony product over the iPod because it goes with my system.
Huh... that's actually something along the lines of what I've been looking for in my dining room.
I'm shocked that the solution might be from SOny.
Would it kill them to jump into the '90s and include a DVD drive in these things?
The Sony shelf systems we get in the US are pretty sad. It would nice if they brought over their Giga Juke series over here.
RELEASE DATE?!?!??!