Lots of positives here, but a few minor negatives, too

Looks and sounds like it should cost more – if you’re after a powerful yet easy-listening budget dock, try this one

Bold design, with a big sound, but one that doesn't really thrill

A very fine, cheap travel speaker

A deserving Award-winner: great sound from a small, travel-friendly speaker system

The Vision M is something of an iPod imitator, but it doesn’t quite match its inspiration

One of the best performers in this category – if you’re a PC user on a decent budget, you must hear this sporty Walkman

Good to have WMP compatibility, but it needs better sound.

A pretty simple iPod dock design, but others do it better

Half-decent for the money - but only half

A bog standard CD/MP3 player, with a minimal feature set. Apart from the typical controls such as resume, shuffle, repeat and so on, this player also has 'Digital Dynamic Bass Boost' which provides minimal strengthening of the bass signal.

Priced at the budget end of the MP3 Player market, this device doesn't perform too badly. Sound quality is acceptable, considering the price, and the preset EQs come in handy. The bass is reasonably full, the high tones are clean and not harsh, although the mid-range was a little empty, with just a hint of background hiss at higher volumes.

The Targa TMU-401 MP3 player, whilst a little light in on-board storage, outperformed devices with larger storage capacities.