Well, it’s hard for audio system’s exterior design to get outdated. I mean, how can speakers get outdated when their drivers are round? It’s been like that for centuries. Yes, your audio speakers might look so futuristic with some funky triangular shapes and some added neon lighting, but retro looks still get dig by people.

Onkyo’s latest are designed just like that, for minuscule offices, studio apartments and your everyday bedroom, with the CS-V645 DVD / CD mini system leading the way. No funky spaceship designs, but they just look awesome. This guy’s got an iPod / iPhone docking station on the top, a USB port on the front, built-in FM radio tuner and support for MP3, WMA, JPEG, and DivX file formats. It’ll also upscale content to 1080p over the HDMI output and a remote for good though so that you can change the stations and volume and lots of stuff when you’re lying on your bed. The CD-only CS-445 is practically identical save for its incompatibility with DVD and the removal of its USB socket, but as with its older brother, it boasts a 40-watt amplifier and a pair of two-way loudspeakers. The CS-V645 is expected to crash in early December for $399, while the CS-445 reaches retailers this month for $329.