It’s a blimp, it’s a band…no it’s an iPod stereo!
The Bowers and Wilkins Zeppelin may be named after the famous airships but the similarities stop there. After exploding into the market in 2007 the Zeppelin has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone and USA Today for its superior sound quality as a high-end iPod stereo. What’s the big difference between any other iPod dock and the Zeppelin, the answer is plenty. Just looking at a Zeppelin it is obvious that there is something different. Its sleek, long black design mimics the silhouette of a Zeppelin airship. The design complements the look and feel of an iPod with features such as a mirror-polished stainless steel back.
If the design alone doesn’t blow you away, the sound it delivers might. A Zeppelin is powered by two woofers, two tweeters and five inch subwoofer. The 100 watt iPod stereo can fill any room with crisp music and thumping beats. The Zeppelin’s 25 inch width allows for stereo separation, where music is meant to be heard louder from one speaker than another. The Zeppelin’s weight is even larger than other iPod stereos, weighting in at 16 pounds! The “extra” weight it carries around is a result of a more substantial construction sparing no expense for quality; B&W literally made this a solid design.
The Zeppelin has an iPod cradle similar to other iPod stereos, allowing you to dock your iPod, iPod nano, iPod touch or iPhone. When iPods are docked with the Zeppelin they can be charged for continual use. The Zeppelin also comes with a remote control, an auxiliary-input audio jack, and composite- and S-video output jacks for viewing iPod-hosted video and photos on your TV.
The Zeppelin is one of the best new innovations by Bowers and Wilkins and that’s saying a lot! In the past 50 years they have been making some of the highest quality speakers available. If you want to float away on the music of the Zeppelin, visit The Sound Room in Chesterfield or Creve Coeur!
