One of the more amusing items to appear at this weeks’ Computex trade show in Taiwan is from A-Zone International (which, unfortunately, is better known for its line of collectable dolls): an iPod dock featuring a glowing, pre-WWII-style valve amp.
A-Zone doesn’t sell the MP5 iPod Dock Valve Station itself; instead, it makes the units using valve amps made in China, and other companies sell them as OEM products. Currently, the iPod Dock Valve Station is only available in Germany and Japan, but the company hopes to line up sellers in other parts of Europe and, eventually, in the United States. (And, to be fair, A-Zone also manufacturers solid-state iPod docking stations for companies like AudioVox and Intempo Digital, so it’s not like the have no idea what they’re doing.)
