Keeping it real fake, part LXX: Blue Raven hatches a Hi-Fi knockoff
By Erik Hanson 
posted Aug 13th 2007 12:29PM
posted Aug 13th 2007 12:29PM
Blue Raven has introduced the Maestro 1070, an iPhone and iPod hi-fi docking station, with 70 watts powering a 5" center sub and two 3" satellites. Looking suspiciously like the official iPod Hi-Fi -- but with handles on the side, not the top!! -- the universal dock accepts and charges Apple's hardware, and also has an auxiliary port for those rocking other players. The Maestro includes a video-out jack for connecting to a television, a 12-key remote control, comes in black or white, and retails for $199.
Not an HD story. Geez.
Engadgethd.com is more of an "EngadgetEntertainment."
I concur.
Apple's HiFi has handles on the side too. It's just that the handle wraps up to the top too. This thing probably had to leave that off just so it's less likely to attract a lawsuit. Frankly, this type of thing speaks to a lack of design creativity if they start with someone else's design rather than making their own.