10:40 am valleywag: 10:36 BOOMBOX: $349, on sale today. *goes on sale. they set up the hifi in some rooms for the press to visit. "iPod Hi-Fi. Home stereo. Reinvented." says the screen. "i'm an audiophile" he says "i'm actually getting rid of my stereo." o rly, steve?
10:40 am engadget: 10:31am PT - Your stereo's really ready to move to an iPod based stereo if we can get the quality up. ... Three driver system... we have a dock right on top, you can plug in any iPod we've ever shipped wit a dock connector.
10:34am PT - It even has an auxiliary input in the back so you can plug your shuffle in. Let's look inside... we've integrated the electronics and the power supply in there, there's no power brick. You can power this off D size batteries, you can take it out the cabana or the pool, great sound wherever you are. We have two 80mm mid range drivers in sealed acoustic suspension. We have a 130mm dual voice coil woofer with a ported bass reflex design, we get great bass on this thing that doesn't distort when you crank it up. It has a sealed resin enclosure that doesn't vibrate. ... one of the things's we've done is putt a speaker option in the iPod menu. Update's already out, you can set the tone control, boost the treble or the bass.
10:35am PT - You can have the screen go black and and just display the album art. Great for newer iPods. (GOING OVER FEATURES) We think we can deliver home stereo quality for the first time in the iPod ecosystem. How much does this cost? SHOWING PRODUCTS OVER 1000 We're delivering audio quality absolutely competitively with these products, we're gonna price it at $349. It goes on sale... today.
10:40 am engadget: 10:30am PT - You want a wide frequency range... room filling power without distortion. We're gonna introduce one today that has some of the attributes of some of the speakers out there today. Today we're introducing the iPod Hi-Fi.
10:38 am valleywag: 10:35 sealed resin enclosure that doesn't vibrate "software updates going out?" someone tells steve: "already out." "great! even better." apparently he didn't keep tabs on that. apple remote for the hifi. he's still casual about this
10:38 am iLounge: Price: $349 - Goes on sale today.
Jobs: We have some rooms upstairs - sample a kitchen, dorm room, living room, study.
10:36 am iLounge: It's a sealed resin enclosure, and doesn't vibrate.
IPod integration: there's a software update for iPods that puts a speaker menu item in the main menu.
Tone control, backlight always on or off, large album art on or off.
Screen can go black and just show album art.
Controlled with the Apple Remote.
10:36 am valleywag: 10:31 BOOMBOX: integrated power supply. six d-size batteries. 2 80mm wide-range drivers. in sealed acoustic suspension. bass system: 130mm dual voice coil woofer. ported bass reflex design. "and it doesn't distort when you crank it up". universal dock connector. integrated handles
10:34 am iLounge: Pull black grille off of white box to reveal three speaker drivers.
Integrated power supply - no brick.
Power it off of six D-size batteries if you want. "Several hours outside."
Two 80mm mid-range drivers in sealed acoustic suspension.
In center is 130mm dual voice coil woofer, ported bass reflex design.
Great bass, doesn't distort when cranked up.
Universal Dock connector and integrated handles.
10:33 am ilounge: Comes with inserts for every iPod. Two buttons - volume control.
10:32 am valleywag: 10:29 New products! whoa. it's gonna be a boombox. he's talking up what people want from a home stereo.
10:32 am iLounge: iPod Hi-Fi
Home stereo. Reinvented.
Looks like a center channel speaker with iPod dock on top.
10:31 am iLounge: Jobs: 40% of all autos sold this year in US will have iPod connectivity as an option.
Now's time to add In the Home. People like to use iPods with groups inside. Problem with these products - stereo products - is that they don't offer home stereo quality.
What is home stereo quality. Audiophiles need a large sound stage. you can hear the performers sounding larger than the speakers. Precise imaging and separation. Each instrument can be heard separately. Third thing is wide frequency range. You want great bass, also be able to hear the highest frequencies. You also want room-filling power without distortion.
10:30 am valleywag.com: 10:25 news clip abt "the kid who bought the billionth song." the michigan white boy. xeni jardin in the clip. (like madonna meets aliens)
