Jason Dunn
11-22-2006, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://sg.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=27&product=15868' target='_blank'>http://sg.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=27&product=15868</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Hi-resolution docking speakers. Enjoy live studio sound with your MP3s. Slot in your ZEN Vision:M into the advanced docking station and turn it into a full-scale hi-fi system for your home, PC or notebook. The Creative X-Fi Sound System Z600 turns all your MP3 and CD collection into a rich and lively audio experience; sound so good, you'll feel right in the center of a live performance. With Creative's award-winning X-Fi audio technology, the X-Fi Sound System Z600 restores the details of your music, lost through MP3 conversion. Bring your music back to life!"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/lowres_z600.jpg" /><br />[<a href="http://images.sg.creative.com/images/corporate/artwork/hires_z600.jpg">high-res image</a>]<br /><br />Now that's a tasty-looking speaker dock! Say what you will about Creative, but I firmly believe their Zen series devices over the past year have been utterly fantastic - great design, great functionality. But they just don't have the marketing juice to take on the iPod, or the software design skills to create a great desktop experience (though WMP11 is an improvement). At any rate, specification wise, the package delivers 35 Watts RMS per channel (2 channels), and 130 Watts RMS via subwoofer. No firm data yet on what pricing will be when released in North America.