Be The Talk of Megaton With This Awesome iPod Dock
Sleek, white and oh so sterile, most iPod docks are a little joyless, but it doesn't have to be that way, as this retro-futuristic mash up shows.
Retro-Futurist, Atompunk or even Ray Gun Gothic; it doesn't matter what you call it, this iPod dock is probably coolest you're likely to see in a long time. Built into an old piece of audio test equipment, the dock can also be used as a regular speaker, or have a guitar plugged into it.
Creator Pete Verrando is a sound production recorder who has been restoring and building audio devices "since his teen years" created the dock out of a 63 year old Philco Dynamic Tester which was apparently "just a small amplifier/speaker combination with an external probe for fixing audio equipment."
The dock has gone up on ebay [http://cgi.ebay.com/Audiophile-Vintage-Philco-Ipod-Dock-Speaker-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ150388779278QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item2303dea90e#ht_2960wt_1165], and wouldn't look out of place in your Megaton home.
Source: Retro Thing [http://www.retrothing.com/2009/11/vintage-philco-ipod-dock.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RetroThing+(Retro+Thing+-+The+vintage+technology+site)]
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Sleek, white and oh so sterile, most iPod docks are a little joyless, but it doesn't have to be that way, as this retro-futuristic mash up shows.
Retro-Futurist, Atompunk or even Ray Gun Gothic; it doesn't matter what you call it, this iPod dock is probably coolest you're likely to see in a long time. Built into an old piece of audio test equipment, the dock can also be used as a regular speaker, or have a guitar plugged into it.
Creator Pete Verrando is a sound production recorder who has been restoring and building audio devices "since his teen years" created the dock out of a 63 year old Philco Dynamic Tester which was apparently "just a small amplifier/speaker combination with an external probe for fixing audio equipment."
The dock has gone up on ebay [http://cgi.ebay.com/Audiophile-Vintage-Philco-Ipod-Dock-Speaker-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ150388779278QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item2303dea90e#ht_2960wt_1165], and wouldn't look out of place in your Megaton home.
Source: Retro Thing [http://www.retrothing.com/2009/11/vintage-philco-ipod-dock.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RetroThing+(Retro+Thing+-+The+vintage+technology+site)]
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