The industrial designer David Laituri and his partner at Sprout Creation have launched a new compact audio systems company, Vers, that focuses on high-quality wood crafting and rich sound. "Vers is a line of hand crafted real wood sound systems for iPod, iPhone and others, with a lot of thought put toward sustainability, using recycled materials where possible, selecting energy efficient components, eliminating lead, heavy metals and other chemicals," says Laituri.

Vers' debut product is a 6.5-pound dock able to play and charge iPod Video, iPod Nano, iPod mini, iPod, iPod classic, iPod touch, iPhone and others MP3 players with its 8 adapters. The Vers 2X gets an hand-crafted cherry veneer cabinet with a dual vent and two 3" full-range custom-engineered 15 watt speakers powered by a class-D amplifier. An advanced 14 functions remote control is also include in the package

This product is available from now and it costs $179.