Apple is in the hiring mood, it seems. They're looking for acoustic engineers to "be responsible for the design and development of many aspects of consumer loudspeaker systems such as Apple’s Hi Fi - including enclosure design, passive and active filter design, transducer design, and design validation."

Apple's iPod Hi Fi boombox is currently number 4 in the iPod speaker accessory wars. While some consider the iPod speakers to be expensive at $350, we all know that $350 is power cable territory. But if anyone can get people interested in luxury electronic devices, it's Apple. Check out MacRumors for more.

The pic shown is luxury design house Dunhill's alligator skin mod. Personally, I think we need more animal coverings on our speakers. Nothing like a little hide to tame resonance.