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We’ve had this nice little iPod speaker dock from Intempo for a couple of months now, and it’s really been a good buy. We took an iPhone and an iPod Touch along to John Lewis to test out various docks, and this one certainly had the best sound for the price. (The best sound at any price is the Zeppelin Ipod Speaker System but at nearly £400 it was well outside our price range!)

The Intempo has very good bass for its price range, probably due to its generous housing size, and it comes with a variety of adapters to better fit your particular iPhone or iPod to its pop-out docking station. Once in the dock, your iDevice will charge as it’s pumping out its music content, and you can easily use the included remote control to navigate your playlists to match the mood.

It also has a DAB radio, which was our first exposure to this medium, and it works very well. Even without the aerial fully extended it found a large number of stations, and its preset system makes saving them easy. The glossy black finish is good-looking in an unassuming way, and should fit in well with any reasonably modern decor scheme.

If you’re looking for a reasonably priced speaker dock with good sound, that’s easy to use, looks nice, and works well, it’s certainly worth a look.

Intempo Digital RDI iPod Speaker Dock With Built In DAB

This cool-looking iPhone dock is much more than just a dock. Sure, it’ll accept your iPhone’s USB cable so your iPhone can be charging or syncing while it’s sitting in it, but it also contains some clever acoustic design.

It actually amplifies the sound of the standard iPhone speakers, using nothing more than swirly, curvy airtubes that amplify sound like an old-fashioned gramophone horn. Nothing old-fashioned about the clear acrylic design of course! And it doesn’t need any external power whatsoever.

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So your iPhone is great for listening to music on the tube or in the car, and of course you can listen to that exact same music through iTunes when you are in front of your computer; but what about when you’re chilling in the lounge, or have some friends over for a few drinks?

That’s when you need a good-looking set of speakers to plug your iPhone into. We’re usually talking about a small dock with a couple of speakers built-in.

Those dinky little speaker sets are fine for a bit of background music but if you want to make a serious impression on the air in your room, you need the power of a subwoofer. This Sony conveniently connects the 50W subwoofer wirelessly, meaning no cables to trip over, and you get Harmonic Sound Bass Boost with 4 presets as well.

If you get tired of the music on your phone, no problem: the dock includes a DAB and FM tuner, with 40 presets and timer, while the convenience of a remote control rounds out the package.

Get the Sony subwoofer speaker dock for a great price here: Sony AIR-SW10Ti Wireless Speaker / Subwoofer With iPod / iPhone Speaker Dock