Here’s a speaker-dock for your iPod that’s pretty unique: the Heritage Deluxe Table Radio by French company Revo, which is basically a dock that looks like an old radio from the 60’s. While it’s not quite as unique as, say, an iPod dock that’s shaped like a stool, this old-school radio packs in a lot of serious “right now” tech. See, this old-school wood-and-aluminum box isn’t a speaker with a slot for parking your ‘Pod. It’s a full DAB radio, with support for DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), DAB+, FM and Wi-fi internet radio. The heritage also supports wireless audio streaming from a networked PC or Mac, which is so much more than what the average “new” speaker docks will give you.

The Heritage features a custom-designed 3-inch neodymium speaker driver and a 7W amplifier for pumping out sounds through the aluminum grille. Aside from the iPod and FM/DAB radio tuner, you can also play tunes through a USB port.

The dock on top will support anything from the 4th-gen iPod and iPod mini to newer iPod touch and classic models, and will display the track info on the OLED screen up front. It doesn’t fully support iPhones though, but it’ll still play and charge an iPhone if you turn it into an iPod touch by switching it to In-Flight mode. Other audio sources can also be plugged in via a generic 3.5-inch audio jack, and the Heritage box can in turn connect to a home entertainment system via stereo RCA, and optical out connections at the back.

The heritage also supports wireless audio streaming from a networked PC or Mac, which is so much more than what the average “new” speaker docks will give you.

It’s currently selling for £229.99 (around $340) over at Firebox, along with a rather non-retro-looking remote.

Tags: Digital Radio, Home Audio, Home Entertainment, Internet Radio, iPod, iPod Accessories, iPod dock, Revo, Speakers

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