Oregon's wireless speakers for the iPod

I may be just about the only person in the world not to own an iPod, but even I can't help letting a little speck of drool escape from my mouth at the sight of Oregon Scientific's wireless hi-fi system. Thankfully, it will work with other players, but the Music Sphere system has been designed with the iPod in mind, and it even has the iBall version with a matching iPod dock/charger. The rounded speaker connects wirelessly to a base station that will feed it music from a CD player, computer, radio or MP3 player. Apparently it will work at distances up to 30 metres.As well as the iBall version, there's also the WRS368 Music Sphere, which can accommodate up to three sources at a time.

Sadly, the LED display on the speaker unit doesn't offer track listing, so you'll have to return to your music player to find out what you're listening to. The Tech Digest gang saw the speaker in the flesh yesterday and tell me that it sounds much better than FM style streaming devices (this one uses Frequency Hopping Shared Spectrum (FHSS) wireless). The price is good too with the iBall going for £199.99 and the WRS368 Music Sphere at £179.99. Both are on sale next week both in the US and the UK.

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