Marantz's IS301 wireless iPod dock elegantly cuts the cord

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.

[Via Impress]

Gallery: Marantz's IS301 wireless iPod dock elegantly cuts the cord

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[SFO Kevin @ Nov 21st 2008 4:59PM]

Elegant seems to me a stretch...

[slarity @ Nov 21st 2008 5:04PM]

I thought it was elegant looking until you see it without the ipod touch in it.

[Metkis @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:49AM]

It looks like a rotary phone puked on it.

[Peter @ Nov 21st 2008 5:00PM]

The clock-looking thing on the dock is confusing me.

[Patriks7 @ Nov 21st 2008 5:15PM]

You mean the on/off button?
Yeah, me too...? -_^

[Jenny @ Nov 21st 2008 8:04PM]

Buttons:
On/Off
Volume Up
Volume Down
Input

[Peter @ Nov 21st 2008 8:38PM]

not those! The dial with the numbers 1-12!

[scott @ Nov 22nd 2008 2:04PM]

That would be the channel for up to 12 docks throughout the range of the base station.

[mick @ Nov 21st 2008 5:07PM]

why all these expensive thinks just to listen to mp3's. obviously people with money dont know what good sound is

[phanbouy fan fan @ Nov 21st 2008 5:20PM]

you tell em, Jagger

[Ken Renner @ Nov 21st 2008 5:17PM]

Lucullan? Someone has been reading "The Word of theDay"

[Darren @ Nov 21st 2008 5:18PM]

I'm a writer, so yeah I'm reading the Word of the Day! :-)

[slarity @ Nov 21st 2008 6:16PM]

Haha i get that too and didnt even pick up on it. Nice catch!

[DB @ Nov 21st 2008 5:25PM]

looks pretty sweet...

though for 277 it should

[jeeps @ Nov 21st 2008 5:26PM]

But umm... doesn't that iWhatzithoozit already have the wireless???

[MadMike @ Nov 21st 2008 5:27PM]

Is it just me, or does that iPod Touch look a little wide?

[DB @ Nov 21st 2008 5:31PM]

it must just be the angle. the icons seem to be spaced out correctly

[trilobob @ Nov 21st 2008 5:34PM]

Is it just me or does that dock make it look a little like the G1 with those buttons and the extended bottom?

[whatishalo? @ Nov 21st 2008 5:39PM]

yeah, can't wait to beam that iTunes quality video in my theater!! Woohoo...good times are a comin' So long Blu Ray...

[Cris @ Nov 21st 2008 5:40PM]

Why cant you get an TV that does the same thing? The Apple TV only costs $229 too and it has more features.

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 21st 2008 5:54PM]

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)

[IcanCU @ Nov 21st 2008 6:04PM]

makes the iphone look like like the G1

[Al Bundy @ Nov 21st 2008 10:55PM]

why would you need those hi-def outputs? the iJunk's rez is barely even SD rez.

[scott @ Nov 22nd 2008 2:06PM]

It's called upscaling, genius. And you can't do it in-hardware without hi-def output.

[Marantz Fans @ Feb 1st 2009 10:21PM]

This product is in very poor quality and many problems, I realize that the manufacter is actually in HK and China....