It's oval, it's got tweeters and woofers, and it plugs into your TV too - a cheap alternative to home theatre systems?
Sitting 7.8inches high and 25inches wide, this mother-of-all iPod speakers has landed in Australia with all sorts of claims about the oval shape being an "ideal baffle" for minimizing "spurious reflections".
Oval speaker debates aside, the Zeppelin tries hard to be a "proper" speaker, stuffing tweeters, a midrange driver (sharing 25w per channel) and a 50w bass woofer, under the polished stainless steel and cloth.
The big drawcard are the video out ports (S-Video and Composite), which in theory could be used to "channel images from your iPod to a TV". Given the $999.95 price, turning this portabole speaker into a mini-home theatre setup (of sorts) mightn't be a bad idea, though it's not going to have the thump of a dedicated multi-speaker system.
The Zeppelin is also meant to be portable, though at 7.5Kg it's a far cry from the compact BluAnt M1 we looked at recently. There' no Bluetooth either, which would make an interesting addition, though likely difficult considering the power requirements of the Zeppelin.
