inputs.text: flexible playing wonder - picky audio person love trying new gear lately portable speakers drug choice hard imagine old preipod days good set portable speakers impossible find million choices not device old altec inmotion im3 tiny macally podwave exceptional logitech purefi anywhere logitech audiostation fairly nice home theater bedroom system also listened many docks dabbled speaker design room acoustics basic tools behringer ecm8000 omni condenser mic measurements truerta little wonderbar great find mere 40 flexibility astounding play music via sd card usb drive fm radio aux 35mm port copy mp3s sd card usb drive play directly not uses standard nokia lion battery actual battery compartment yes actually change lasted near 7 hours incredible logitech purefi anywhere uses sealed lion battery expect toss unit away hope warranty literally take apart buy custom battery 100 set place dock points interface buttons no way \\tune\\ old fashioned way certain fm frequency instance search stations cycle presets want directly get certain station no way 3 multifunction buttons no separate volume controls isnt display either also means sort folders sd cardusb drive cant navigate go forward back 40 isnt deal breaker msrp price downer important part hows sound compare itagainst large speakers isnt fair even larger docks made home portable docks fair game granted license ipod dock costs manufacturers decent bit cash fact doesnt one helps bring cost firstly simplyvibe bar pretty good sound id say good size bass average thanks passive radiator nonexistent low levels mids good highs decent 2\\ full range driver crank medium volume bass shows balances sound much better stereo separation youd expect soso dock type systems get loud fact fill small room sound decent medium room comparisons old altec inmotion im3 good time overtaken better highs simplyvibe not much bass midrange shrill probably due fact im3 1\\ drivers compared logitech purefi anywhere much expensive unit id say purefi better around purefi bigger enclosure radiating surface area although dual 2\\ drivers suspect ones logitech higher quality since distort higher spl reach higher frequencies well dock really compares mind altec imt320 sold ive sampled quite times best buy apple store dual 2\\ drivers instead passive radiator bass reflex design front porting altec actually better bass however simplyvibes bass tighter faster thanks radiator design port applaud solution prefer quality quantity although market would hazard guess thumping sloppy bass would sell better highs mids comparable price wise altec another 20 assuming stays 40 course altec ipod dock not fm tuner ability use sdusb memory also simplyvibe much compact well big plus portable conclusion id say unit really hard beat play almost anything sound quality good size not big much easier throw bag logitech however redunduncy function im not sure ill keep id love though many speakers mere 40 cant recommend thing enough