iPod gets Apple-made, high-fidelity speaker system
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Feb 28, 2006 at 2:40pm
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod Hi-Fi—a new high-fidelity speaker system that works with the iPod and a home stereo system—at an invitation-only, special event at 10 a.m. Pacific at the Apple Town Hall on the company’s Cupertino, California campus.
The iPod Hi-Fi sports an all-in-one design.with an isolated enclosure system that includes two custom designed wide-range speakers and a tuned, ported bass system, which, according to Jobs, minimizes vibration while maximizing sound quality. It can be powered from a wall socket or by six D-cell batteries. It’s controlled by the Apple Remote.
The iPod Hi-Fi features handles for transporting, a removable front grille with precision-mounting clips, touch-sensitive volume control buttons and a universal power supply incorporated into the all-in-one design (so there’s no bulky power brick to weigh it down) and the ability to power iPod Hi-Fi. It integrates with all iPods with a dock connector. It automatically recharges your iPod while docked and displays features of the iPod that maximize the iPod Hi-Fi experience such as Tone Control, Large Album Art mode and volume mirroring (though the first two features are only available with an iPod nano and 5G iPod).
The iPod Hi-Fi includes a dual-purpose 3.5-mm auxiliary input that accepts either analog or digital signals for connection to a variety of audio sources. Apple today also announced its own line of leather cases designed specifically for the 5G iPod and iPod nano models. The Leather Case for iPod is made with hand-crafted Italian leather.
The iPod Hi-Fi includes the Apple Remote, a removable grille, an AC power cord and 10 Universal Dock adapters, and is available for US$349. The Leather Case for iPod is available in 30GB and 60GB models as well as an iPod nano model, each for $99.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
