FatMan’s latest high-end audio couple is the Wi-Tube and Fat Dock, a combination that allows you to use the Wi-Tube valve amplifier to stream music wirelessly from a docked iPod, iPod Touch or iPhone to anywhere in the house.
The Wi-Tube and Fat Dock handle other media players, of course, thanks to a standard 3.5mm input, but Apple products are this duo’s bread and butter. The Fat Dock not only will stream music wirelessly, but charge any iPod slapped into it, while also offering syncing ability to a Mac or PC through USB.
As for the Wi-Tube amp, it can accept input through RCA as well, while the FatDock can output by RCA, USB, Video or S-Video in addition to its wireless functions. The whole thing is controlled by a bundled remote control.
It’s an attractive combo, but unfortunately it’ll cost you when it hits stores in late April: $599 is a hell of a lot to pay for an iPhone dock.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
