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Onkyo Japan rolls out their newest stereo with a hard drive, the BR-NX10. This newest release is definitely a high-end product, bringing the best of in stereo storage. Many of these Japan released gadgets never see the light of day in Europe or the U.S. Because of the NX10’s large price, this stereo most likely won’t be an exception to that rule.

Although the price is a whopping ¥94,500, the high-end quality is clear from the specs of the machine. The player can decode any type of PCM, ATRAC, ATRAC3/+, and MP3 tunes, whether it be loacated on an attached USB memory key, attached through a PC via the stereos on-board Ethernet connection, or just on the drive itself.

The high price leads us to believe that the sound quality of the NX10 is audiophile quality,. The audio output is rated at 19Wx2 and includes 2 composite I/Os. Though the coolest thing lies within its Ethernet internet connection, which automatically draws track info from Gracenote’s online database. Ok, Onkyo. You’ve impressed us. — Andrew Dobrow

BR-NX10 Product Page [Onkyo Japan, via Digital World Tokyo]

Computer stereo systems are an annoyance. They are never as good as you want them to be, they lack the ease of usability that we all strive to find, and most of the models on the open market are rehashed versions of stock speakers with a different skin. The Logitech X-240 might not be audiophile quality (in fact it’s similar to most other one step up from stock models), but the edition of a device dock is a cool incentive to choose the X-240 over other models. The dock can accomadate both the Apple iPod and the Microsoft Zune along with PDA’s and other mobile devices. To make sure that the dock fits properly, the X-240 comes with different sized trays to house your device of choice. The product description also flaunts its “convenient volume and power controls”, which most likely means it comes with an external knob, which really does shave off a few seconds of the volume altering process. The X-240 will be available in the US in April for $49.99, and in Europe in May. — Andrew Dobrow

Logitech X-240 speakers with built-in dock [via Krunker]