Deals.Woot

I'm still looking but this was the first thing that popped in my head that sort of does what you want, The Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock from thinkgeek. It has mp3 connectivity over a usb port.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9bac/

I don't know if this is what you're thinking of, but it's what I do. Why don't you just hook your ipod up to a set of speakers and use it's sleep and alarm features? You listen to what you want to going to sleep and tell it to go to sleep in 30 minutes and then set the alarm for whatever playlist you want to wake up to. Works like a charm

@quailman: Forgive me on this, but I am actually not too familiar with the infamous ipod. I recently acquired an iPod Classic and I didn't realize it had this alarm feature. Can you tell the ipod to play through a playlist while falling asleep and also for waking-up?

@flappysquirrel: Here is how to program the alarm function: http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/tutorials/ipodalarmclock/index.shtml

How to use the sleep timer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26500?viewlocale=en_US

Basically follow the instructions for the alarm. Then pick the music you want to listen to and activate the sleep timer. The ipod will sleep after a certain period of time. The alarm will then go off and play the playlist it was programmed to play, not what was playing when the ipod went to sleep.

@flappysquirrel: No, you really need just need to find a nice set of external speakers you like and follow the instructions in the one with link to apple support.

The ihome will do the same thing, let it play whatever music you want to sleep to, it will then play the alarm to the playlist called ihome in your ipod. See page 5 in the ihome manual:
http://www.ihomeaudio.com/pdf/iP9_IB59415_89.pdf

@flappysquirrel: I liked the set that Woot had some time ago. I think it was a Phillips. I liked it because it had blue tooth, and a CD player, and the ipod dock. I never ever listen to anything with a headset, so the ipod lives in that dock.

One of the things that was attractive with that one was that it had a remote. Yes, I am that lazy.

Found it. http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3197899

Actually, @catbertthegreat, if you end up finding one of these, I'd like another. The original was $89.99 plus the $5.00 S&H.

"Philips Micro Hi-Fi System with Bluetooth, CD, SD, USB & iPod Dock"

"You ordered 1 Philips BTM630/37 Bluetooth Micro Hi-Fi Stereo System with iPod Dock, SD slot, USB, CD, AM/FM, EQ. which each cost $89.99"

It's a nice product, and I'd love it somewhere near that price.

@shrdlu: So help me (the ignorant one) out here... What's so great about the blue tooth? What does this allow you to do?

@flappysquirrel: I didn't care about it. The bluetooth allows you to talk to it and upload stuff without connecting cables, but I have bluttooth DISABLED on every device I own. It's one of the first things I do. I liked the built in CD, and the AM/Fm Radio, and the iPod dock. The slot for the SD card, the USB, the Bluetooth, all were wasted on me.

The Logitech Squeezebox Boom will do that but it is over $200 and requires a computer to be turned on all the time and the files must be stored on the computer.