I love my ipod, it is constantly in my jacket pocket so I can listen to it when I'm out and about or in my car, sometimes I even listen to it in my flat when I'm doing the cleaning or the ironing, I just love listening to music.

I got this ipod speaker for Christmas and it is definitely a brilliant present for a music lover and ipod owner. The speaker system itself is relatively small and compact at about 12" across but delivers a big sound! The speaker is mainly black with a silver trim and has 3 control buttons on top, volume up/down and an on off button. The control buttons are a good size and protrude slightly from the surface so they can be found easily by just touch. The buttons respond well when pressed and the power on/off button glows blue when the speaker is on and orange when it is off. The speaker is mains powered with a long power cable similar to a laptop charging cable although it does not have a battery so can only be used when plugged in. The speaker also comes with a remote control, this can be used to switch it on/off, play/pause the music, turn the volume up and down and skip backwards and forwards through tracks on the ipod, this is a very useful feature as it saves you from having to fiddle with the actual ipod itself when you want to change tracks and you can control the system from the other side of the room without having to get up. You can only use the remote to skip through songs on a play list though, it cannot be used to change playlist or album or whatever.

The sound quality from the speakers is good, the sound is clear and crisp and for such a small unit it can deliver a very loud sound! It does not have the best bass range in the world but that is to be expected as it doesn't have a separate sub woofer or anything so if you are looking for something with more bass quality then you would be better with something different.

The speaker comes with several adaptors so all types of ipod and iphone can be used with it, I have an ipod video which fits in without an adaptor. The speaker charges the ipod as well when it is plugged in which is handy for me as I use my ipod a lot which runs the battery down and am always misplacing the computer charging cable! The speakers also have an s-video socket on the back which can be used to play videos stored on your ipod on your tv or computer monitor (I haven't tried this out so can't comment on how well it works) there is also an aux in socket on the back so you could hook it up to your computer or cd player, again I haven't tried this out so cannot comment.

The speaker system is available on amazon for about £80 with an rrp of £130 which is very reasonable for such a good wee speaker system. I would definitely recommend this unit to anyone who wants to bring a bit of music into their lives :)