inputs.text: might surprise - bought brother lives smallish apartment wanted something pipe tunes ipod like think im nice guy wasnt buy type bose speaker dock however based user reviews got little guy loves says fills apartment sound sounds richer better lower end speaker size right produce gets 6 hours charge says thats fine really needs popped open extended give best sound unlike models doesnt dance around noisy bassheavy music may may not con presenting plugged speaker ipad gen 1 really impressed sheer volume clarity produced low end sound detectable use car nobody ever think market subs trunk still quite good personally disliked short connecting cable know one would destroy moving ipad yanking speaker table brother no issues however understand devices limitations believe find enjoyable right circumstances environments really sounds quite good stature hope helps