I find it amusing that what is happening is the re packaging of the good ol' ghetto blaster.
A plastic speaker box. But what is actually sort of sick, is they don't even have to bother with most of the components anymore yet they are charging 3x or even 6 x the price of a classic ghetto.
How much do you think a Bluetooth receiver costs the Chinese? Right, $5 or so.
So take a $25-$75 ghetto blaster, remove the radio, CD, iPad dock and the USB port... put a bluetooth receiver in there and sell it for $150 to $300. Brilliant!
It's like the Dollar store headphones. I paid $10 for a nice looking, actually great sounding set the other day. They have no markings on them.. That's because across the street at The Source,, (Radio shack) they sell them along with those "Beatz" for $100 plus. Same phones but with a "brand" name printed on them.
Is there actually "stereo' stores out there anymore?
Just make sure your studio includes at least one set of plastic speakers so you can proof your mixes on a real world system.