Speck Products has announced the SpeckTone Retro, a new iPod speaker system with vintage styling. “SpeckTone Retro looks like nothing you’ve seen for the iPod. The clean lines and nostalgic elegance of 1950’s style makes a statement without replicating or competing with the modern, sleek look of the iPod itself,” says Speck. The $150 speaker system features a top-mounting iPod dock, 28 watt output, a 4” subwoofer and two 3” drivers, and support for 4G and 5G iPods, the iPod nano and iPod mini. SpeckTone Retro’s all-wood speaker cabinet is available in three high-gloss lacquered finishes—green/brown, black/black and white/silver. It will begin shipping in June.
SpeckTone Retro iPod speaker system debuts
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Pretty neat. looks like the retro apple hifi.
I really like the look of this, but no wireless remote?
i hope this speaker system gets a good review for both sound and functionality. i also second the above comment – no remote???
there were no remote in those days… 😉 I think it’s ugly..
Did they even HAVE remotes in the 50’s?
actually, i would like the remote to be as big as fox mulder’s cel phone in the early episodes..
I personally hate the whole 50’s retro aesthetic, whether it’s in furniture, clothing or electronics. This is One Ugly Box (OUB) in my humble opinion.
Uglier than the iPod Hi-Fi……at least it’s cheaper! 😛
check out the web site… it comes in black and white/grey. looks a lot better in those colors. the price is tempting, even with no remote. i’m looking forward to reading a first look or a full review.
Wow. I seem to remember my parents had a washing machine in that shade of green (dryers were rare birds in the early 1960’s for most folk). Deja vu all over again, not that that’s a good thing, mind you.
That looks soo kitsch.
Atleast they don’t say “A new speaker system made for audiophiles”. Lots of points for that one 🙂
It is pretty damn ugly though, even in black and/or white.
Pretty darn cool looking! I hope they don’t bundle a remote with this, and maybe the sound will be audiophile quality!
I like the chartreuse version best. Yeah… I said chartreuse, lol! No remote though is a problem. eban, I’d invite you over for a daiquiri, but you’d have a real hard time keeping it down at my pad, a real hard time.
Peace.
No remote is a problem…why couldn’t they have embedded a remote in one of their iGuy’s and called it SpeckDork Remote?: https://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/speck-products-iguy-ipod/
I like this system, but then I have a taste for the late fifties modern design. If the sound quality is good I will be tempted. As I probably would use this bedside, a remote is of little importance for me, but I would liked to have seen a radio tuner integrated.
I knew it! I knew the pictures were of a retro stereo system (or I did, at the very least, have my suspicions)! Now, iLounge, tell me: did I win one?
It will look really cool alongside a Fender Telecaster. Now I want it in blonde/black…
“They didn’t have remotes in those days”
Nope, didn’t have iPods either… or digital sound.
Should sound pretty good but that
green tone does have a familiar tint
a la radio shack salesperson attire circa 1950’s
O..MG!!!! I love it! I love the green and brown. A more accurate description of it’s retro styling would be mid-century modern. Right out of Rob and Laura Petre’s living room. Just perfect. Been dragging my feet about buying a speaker and lo and behold, I couldn’t have designed a more perfect model.