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Bowers & Wilkins' Zeppelin Mini Alights

You wanted a zeppelin, but the astronomical helium bills and parking space issues put you off. You were about to settle for a Zeppelin, the iPod dock from studio loudspeaker company Bowers & Wilkins, but its finely delivered sound could still be the aural equivalent of the Hindenburg: explosive. Then this arrived: a kinder, gentler -- and smaller -- Zeppelin Mini.

If you like, you can dive into the jargon and babble -- paragraphs about "slotted cones" and "long-throw motors" and "Flowport enclosure architecture." But none of that will speak to your ears the way the Zeppelin Mini's sound can: beautifully, and from various sources. The Mini will receive your iPod and iPhone, a mini-USB port will welcome your other MP3 player or PC, and an AUX input will bring your "older, legacy sources" in from the analog cold (looking at you, lovers of vinyl...).

Final flourishes include the Zeppelin Mini's docking arm swinging vertically or horizontally, you can sync your iPhone or iPod Touch while it's docked, and the Mini charges the two while it plays. And because it's smaller, you can fit it into more places -- including, when you finally get around to it, your airship zeppelin. The Mini can be acquired through Apple and other retailers for $399.00.

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Bower & Wilkins Signature Diamond Speakers

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Gadgets

We've been finding all sorts of pricey speakers lately. The latest come from another famed industrial designer, Kenneth Grange, who has designed Parker pens, Kenwood food mixers, the Kodak Instamatic camera and the Wilkinson Sword razor. His latest project is the Bowers & Wilkins Signature Diamond limited edition speaker. The
Signature Diamond is a two-way speaker with a Kevlar midrange/bass drive unit inside a sculpted, cylindrical cabinet. It also has a marble tube-loaded tweeter with a dome of synthetic diamond to deliver high frequencies. The speakers come in a limited-edition of 1000 individually-numbered sets for £11,000.

[via Tech Digest]

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