Holiday Gift Guide 2012: an iPhone dock that’s meant to be noticed

Bang and Olufsen, maker of distinctive-looking audio and video products, wouldn’t sell a run-of-the-mill dock. The BeoPlay A8 has high-quality speakers, a device charger, the ability to connect wirelessly to your iPad, iPhone or iPod and the sleekest of designs, all of which will appeal to the audiophile in your life. Now you just need to figure out which of six colours they’ll like best. We recommend red (natch). $1,150. See 6 other gadget gifts »

Available at Bang and Olufsen, 175 Avenue Rd., 416-935-1919.