For everyone iPod is what a portable music player is. And For many in that group, iPod is the only music player the love, let it be portbale or anything. It’s for them, this cutie, named ‘Vita Audio R4′ is made.It’s simply an iPod dock from Vita Audio, an excellent team of higly skilled engineers and designers from the Great Britain, and are award winners for their Ruark loudspeaker systems. And when a product comes from their hands, there won’t be any compromise in quality or design.

It was revealed on this march12th, as a successor of Vita Audio’s highly successful R1 DAB/FM radio and R2 DAB/FM Stereo. And it’s pretty much one step further from R2. Apart from other usual iPod dock’s this beauty stands out on it’s design. It’s long, and curvy edges will git into any of your rooms quite nicely. Not just rooms; carry it to your office, no one would suspect.

What makes it a better iPod dock?
It’s available in two colour tones. Rich valnut veneer or white piano lacquer. It’s been described as the music player for 21st century. It’s features and specifications won’t make you feel the other way too. It offers 2.1 channel sound, and an 80 watts speaker system adds what lacks in many other small sized iPod docks - Bass (Which is a lover of electronic genre won’t compromise on any situation. And I’m one too). iPod dock is the main feature itself but the device also sports as a Digital Audio Broadcasting radio (which catches digital stations in the UK and pulls RDS data from analog FM channels) and a CD player for your usual audio CDs as wel as mp3 or wma. More expansion comes in the form of a USB port, which wil let you connect any flash drive, and there’s dual aux-in jacks, which makes it compatible with any other audio player. More importantly it supports iPod mini, iPod’s up to 5th generation, also iPhone in the inflight mode. What more could you want ?

Well, the price would make you seriously rethink about buying this beauty. The walnut veneer trim version will sell for $974 and the version with white lacquer will have a price tag of $1071. It will be officially released only in june. So there’s some time to sum up 1000 dollars.

Features

Class leading stereo sound

80 watts nominal power output

Integrated active subwoofer

Slot loading CD player plays CD-Audio, MP3 and WMA music disks

USB port for playback of MP3 and WMA music files

DAB and FM Tuner with RDS

Integrated iPod Dock supports iPod Classic, iPod Nano 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation, iPod Touch, iPod mini, iPod with colour display, iPod 4th, 5th generation. iPod Shuffle and earlier models are supported by front and rear auxiliary inputs

Intuitive docking Vita Audio ‘RotoDial’ provides remote control of R4 and iPod functions

Two auxiliary inputs for MP3 and other audio devices

3D enhanced stereo sound

Information support for MP3 files on CD and USB

Selectable tone settings

Stereo headphone output

Easy to use clock and alarm functions

Available in Rich Walnut veneer or Dream White high gloss lacquer

Dimensions H145 x W450 x D255mm

Weight: 8 Kg