For our iPod dock Battlemodo we tested new 30-pin speaker docks under $500 Australian from Sony, B&W, Logitech and Altech Lansing.All of them are compatible with both iPods and iPhones. More »
It wouldn’t matter if these headphones cost $20 as opposed to the $500 RRP they currently carry around, I still think they look way too nice to wear out in public. More »
The folks at Bowers & Wilkins have finally released that Panorama soundbar that we saw back in January. It’s a pricey but sexy looking piece of kit… More »
B&W, those purveyors of fine (and expensive) speakers for the discerning audiophile, showcased their upcoming Panorama soundbar over at CES. They claim it will do to the soundbar category what the Zeppelin did for iPod docks, which I can only assume means raise the average price by a couple of grand… More »
B&W make some awesome sounding speakers. Awesome sounding and awesome looking. So when the email saying their Zeppelin iPod dock was getting an Australian release, there was a certain amount of nervous excitement at the possibility of owning one.
All that came crashing to the ground in a pile of burnt hopes and tattered dreams when I saw the price, though. It will cost you $999.95 to own one of these docks. That’s a grand of your hard-earned cash. Or put another way, the same amount of money could buy you 15 iPod Shuffles, five iPod Nanos, three iPod Classics or two iPod Touches.
What makes this more offensive is that our American cousins can pick up the same product for US$599.95 on Amazon. That’s about $645 at current exchange rates.
If you’re an Australian B&W fan, you have every right to feel ripped off here. Of course, if you are an Australian B&W fan, you could probably afford the grand without batting an eyelid.
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The Bowers and Wilkins Liberty claims to be the world’s first wireless entertainment system to offer 8 channels of audio—full 5.1 and an extra 2 channels for wherever the hell you want. But even more promising, maybe, is that while streaming your CD or DVD audio to its bundled speakers the Liberty will automatically adjust to wireless interference, tweaking its transmission on the fly for less delay and greater clarity. Given that wireless audio is far from perfected, B&W’s approach could be more successful than that of others. Check it out this fall for an unnamed price. [audioholics via audiojunkies]
