Calling all iPod owners

[andrewducker]

I have an iPod nano and want to purchase a device for listening to its music via speakers. Am I best off picking up a pair of cheap speakers, or is it worth getting a dock of some kind? Any recommendations?

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[drdoug.livejournal.com]

I have an iPod nano and have a pair of small cheapo unpowered speakers (about £10 IIRC) for general use and a pillow speaker (£15 from Maplin) for going-to-sleep. The great advantage of these is that they're cheap and don't require batteries or power. The disadvantage is that the sound is pretty rubbish, but it's good enough to bop along to.

I also have one of those nifty iTrip FM radio broadcaster thingummies to plug in to the bottom. This lets you listen to your iPod on any FM radio - e.g. my main stereo and my car system. The sound quality on these is fantastic (except on tiny, tinny FM radios, obviously). Only slight downer is that it uses the battery much faster than headphones - so I plug it in to a charger if I want it for any length of time.

Never been tempted by a dock - too much money IMO. To get decent sound quality you need to spend a frightening amount and it just doesn't seem worth it given that I have radios around the house anyway.