2. What's In the Box?

The starter kit comes with a base unit and one remote unit for $250; additional remotes are $130 each. They come in two colors, white and black. The design of the base unit is similar to the many iPod docking stations that are on the market: the iPod fits in a cradle between the two speakers, using its docking/charging port. You can also directly connect any other MP3 player, or your stereo system for that matter, with a supplied 3.5 mm male-to-male mini headphone cable.

Each remote unit contains two stereo speakers and a small subwoofer, and the base station will broadcast to four additional remote units.

There is no software needed to make use of the Eos—if you have a portable music source, a stereo system, or your PC running a media player, that is all that is needed. The stereo will require a RCA-to-3.5mm converter cable that isn’t supplied by Eos.

Also included is a remote control for the base unit, and we’ll get to that in a moment as well.