Altec Lansing iM11 inMotion Mobile Speaker System Battery Charger, Speaker System for iPod (White)

Pros: moderatly loud portable Can use batteries charges ipod has usb for pc
Cons: not much bass not much treble cheesy volume

I found my inMotion on Ebay for $9 ($20 with shipping) new.

For $20 I feel a got an amazing deal. If however I paid $100 (retail). I would feel ripped off.

It sounds as good as a cheap set of pc speakers, which, for my office, is great. Rocking out would not be good.

If you want amazing sound then plop out $300 for a bose system. If you want a well designed pc speaker system for your iPod then this is it.

Pros: Small size, fit in my purse, cute design.
Cons: Distortion at high volumes, lack of overall volume at a pretty short distance.

First of all, let me say that I don't have an Ipod--I bought these used to use with my motola itunes phone, as well as a CD Discman and a tape player--so the whole thing would be more portable than a typical boombox. So, I can't vouch for how they work with an Ipod.

I love that they're small and put out nice clear sound for the tape player and have decent volume in that regard as well.

However, they don't have much volume with my "phone pod" (it's the motorola SLVR L7) and they distort at higher volumes. They also seem to lose volume very quickly when I go about 10 feet away from them in a room--so they are no replacement for a home system.

I would rate them about a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm considering taking them back and getting the JBL round donut kind (the onstage) if I decide I can live without the added portability of the batteries (the jbl onstage is plugin-only.)