A nice-sounding powered speaker is the Tivoli iPal. It's basically an AM/FM radio with a rechargable battery and a single "high-end" 2.5" speaker. It has a stereo headphone jack and an inupt jack to handle an iPod (or SB).
The tuner in this thing is better than the one in many modern receivers. It pulls in tons of stations and locks on without drift. We use it out in the yard with FM or an iPod and it sounds great. The lack of stereo speakers doesn't matter much - with most small powered speakers, you don't get much separation anyway. The amp and speaker in the iPal sound clean, clear, and (dare I say it?) rich. It sounds better than many big boomboxes with cheap ear-bleeding speakers. It's kind of pricey at $150, but this is a quality unit that will last for many years, and it's something you'd actually want to listen to. The rechargable battery is supposedly good for up to 16 hours, though I've never come close to verifying that claim. It's fine for hotel listening and would work great with a SB in a net-connected hotel room. Use it with SqueezeNetwork for internet radio, the live archive, or the sleep-inducing ocean/rain/cricket sounds. Good alarm clock, too. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20756 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
