Sonoro Eklipse iPod / CD sound system hits the FCC

Sonoro's Eklipse iPod / CD sound system has been available in Europe for a few months now, but it hasn't exactly made much of a ripple 'round these parts. That looks like it could well be changing, however, as the device has just recently landed in the hands of the folks at the FCC, who unsurprisingly seem to be particularly interested in the system's remote control. As for the rest of the system, you can expect to get an always welcome OLED display, along with 7.5W of power output, a headset jack, a standard 3.5mm input to accomodate your non-iPod devices, and support for MP3 and WMA-loaded CDs in addition to plain old audio CDs. Of course, an FCC appearance doesn't always assure a US release, but if there is one, you can probably expect to pay about the same €499 (or $690) that it currently demands in Europe.

[The Number 1 Cubs Fan @ Dec 31st 2008 3:12PM]

No AM/FM? FAIL.

[rita hainsworth @ Dec 31st 2008 3:28PM]

Looks like a traffic "walk" sign with an Ipod on the top of it.

[Game_playa @ Dec 31st 2008 3:56PM]

Exactly what I thought when I looked at your picture

[shugg @ Dec 31st 2008 4:21PM]

what are the chances they would create a remote control dock for the storm.,none zero zilch,cuz its a has been.

[Jon Nelson @ Dec 31st 2008 8:04PM]

Uh, that was unnecessarily inflammatory.

Don't be such a dick.

[aznofazns @ Dec 31st 2008 3:47PM]

huzzah

[Game_playa @ Dec 31st 2008 3:57PM]

Wtf engadget, why do you post all these millions of iPod docks?

[BlurMagic @ Dec 31st 2008 4:07PM]

I was wondering the same thing...

Every single dock, from every single company. Im thinking about photoshopping my own iPod dock just to see if I can make from page Engadget.*






* I will.

[noyp @ Jan 1st 2009 2:12AM]

It may be because it is ridiculously expensive for what it is, but who knows.

[L3 @ Dec 31st 2008 4:00PM]

Not 6 or 9 dollars. Not 69 dollars. 690 dollars. Como say what?!?

[Levi @ Dec 31st 2008 4:02PM]

All I can think of when I see these high end iPod setups is if you care abuot the sound quality enough to spend $500 or even sometimes $1000's that these things cost, you probably shouldn't be using a freakin iPod. At the very least, get a player that supports better formats...

...Or just stick to the original media?

[nick @ Dec 31st 2008 6:10PM]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!

[noyp @ Jan 1st 2009 2:17AM]

I agree with the last part, but most "audiophiles" (I use that term loosely), want a clear line-out signal, bypassing as much of the internal op-amps, capacitors, etc. as possible. Sadly, the ipod is the most common because the only other ones I can think of from the top of my head are the creative zen vision m, the iriver ihp-1XX, a few of the sony players, and the cowon X5. All of which are "obsolete" in the gadget world. Ya, I know a lot about this stuff. I regret it bitterly.

[a-train @ Dec 31st 2008 4:42PM]

what's a cd?

[noyp @ Jan 1st 2009 2:18AM]

I think it's that round thing with a hole in the middle that I use as coasters.

[Rotaryfan @ Dec 31st 2008 5:05PM]

I sell one of these sonoro setups at work. they suck. why people buy this over pioneer, klipsche and other brands, I just don't know. then again, we haven't sold a single one.

[[e-mail] @ Jan 1st 2009 12:33PM]

Looks like a camera to me.