fwiw - darrin it looks like this might be the interface you are looking for
the controller was very well built, solid and rugged and waterproof so no worries if you spill a beer
the company is new but they are all sillicon valley veterans, one of the guys who worked on the ipod headed the project up... the controller looks and operates very similiarly
the local spot just started carrying Sonus Faber speakers again....