The Chronos II improves on the abilities of its five-star predecessor – making it a big fat bargain
We like the idea of iPod docking alarm clocks, but the sound from this Magicbox is nowhere near good enough for the money
Given the price and build, the Edifier E3350 performs surprisingly well.
You can get comfortably better sounding iPod docks for this money – though without the showy extras available on this JVC
A good-quality speaker dock, make no mistake, but it's such a cut-throat market nowadays that even that can't match the best of the competition
Variable quality in some areas leaves the i177 as a useful iPod dock/speaker system that also has a handy alarm facility if that's useful to you
We get suspicious when music-making products include novelty items as thermometers: too much influence from the marketing department we think
A compact and cleverly organised iPod speaker system that unexpectly majors on volume but leaves the quality to more accomplished rivals
A weird, though only slightly wonderful design: one an inviting array of speakers, but hampered by a rather indistinct and unsinpiring sound
B&W's original Zeppelin iPod dock won a Best Buy in our 2009 Awards, and now it's joined by a smaller version, the £300 Zeppelin Mini