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Philips Fidelio DS9000/10  It's no secret what product the
Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker DS9000/10 is going after. The
DS9000 is an iPod speaker dock more than just a little
influenced by the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin. And while Philips
may not have quite the brand cachet of Bowers & Wilkins in the
audio world, that doesn't necessarily preclude the DS9000 from
proving itself worthy of your hard-earned monies. In the
DS9000's favour is its price. While its MSRP is the same as the
B&W Zeppelin - £399 - it's actually available for £360 on
Amazon. Assuming that price holds, it's a decent chunk of change
saved. For £40 it's much easier to see past the different labels
on each device and judge them purely on their objective merits -
as we should be, really.  The aesthetics are most accurately
described as divisive. The design isn't as universally appealing
as the blimp-inspired Zeppelin, but it has a certain something
about it nonetheless. There's