Kenwood AS-IP300 iPod Docking Station – Has Kenwood Lost the Plot?

Whilst we genuinely never thought we would see the day that we knocked a Kenwood product we simply cannot think of anything especially good to say about their new AS-IP300 iPod Docking Station which, apart from a rather curious design (that looks tacky) also strikes us as being an overtly plastic affair the likes of which we’re quite surprised that Kenwood would ever consider putting their name to.

In truth, we may have been a little more forgiving if this bizarrely styled device had been borne from another (lesser) manufacturer (we’re thinking along the lines of Bush here) but the truth is that the design would still leave us cold. It’s just terrible and smacks of uninspired cheapness. Dear oh dear.

Unfortunately it’s not even as if, in digging a little deeper, there’s anything that could serve to underpin anything other than the immediate disposability of the device, what with the speakers delivering a paltry 1.9W of power – something that makes the fact that the AS-IP300 can be powered by batteries alone as well as AC power wholly unsurprising.

Available in either black or white the AS-IP300 iPod Docking Station retails for around $140 (€95) though, to be frank, our iPod wouldn’t be seen dead in even the same room as this device (and quite right too).

We sincerely hope that this is not the sign of things to come from Kenwood (perhaps they could release such products under a subsidiary in future – something like ‘Kenbush’ perhaps).

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