Wireless iPod docks were all the rage
back in 2006 (seriously, we remember nerds camping out
for them), but the trend sort of petered out as 2007 emerged and focus turned to
more important matters. Now, Marantz is looking to bring it all back in style with the IS301, a Lucullan wireless iPod dock that transmits both audio and video sans cabling and includes a port-filled receiver for tight-knit home theater integration. Practically every dock-connecting iPod (no iPhones allowed, at least not officially) will work fine here, and there's also Bluetooth 2.1 support for receiving and beaming tunes from BT-enabled devices. Expect the bundle to storm Japan in January for ¥26,250 ($277), after which we Americans will drop down on bended knee and plead for a US version.
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posted Nov 21st 2008 4:46PM
Elegant seems to me a stretch...
I thought it was elegant looking until you see it without the ipod touch in it.
It looks like a rotary phone puked on it.
The clock-looking thing on the dock is confusing me.
You mean the on/off button?
Yeah, me too...? -_^
Buttons:
On/Off
Volume Up
Volume Down
Input
not those! The dial with the numbers 1-12!
That would be the channel for up to 12 docks throughout the range of the base station.
why all these expensive thinks just to listen to mp3's. obviously people with money dont know what good sound is
you tell em, Jagger
Lucullan? Someone has been reading "The Word of theDay"
I'm a writer, so yeah I'm reading the Word of the Day! :-)
Haha i get that too and didnt even pick up on it. Nice catch!
looks pretty sweet...
though for 277 it should
But umm... doesn't that iWhatzithoozit already have the wireless???
Is it just me, or does that iPod Touch look a little wide?
it must just be the angle. the icons seem to be spaced out correctly
Is it just me or does that dock make it look a little like the G1 with those buttons and the extended bottom?
Why cant you get an TV that does the same thing? The Apple TV only costs $229 too and it has more features.
yeah, can't wait to beam that iTunes quality video in my theater!! Woohoo...good times are a comin' So long Blu Ray...
I wouldn't buy an accessory worth more than the iPod itself. (but that's just me, some of you have more cash burning holes in your pockets)
makes the iphone look like like the G1
why would you need those hi-def outputs? the iJunk's rez is barely even SD rez.
It's called upscaling, genius. And you can't do it in-hardware without hi-def output.
This product is in very poor quality and many problems, I realize that the manufacter is actually in HK and China....