A brilliant little speaker for the size/price/portability/ease of use etc. and I can highly recommend it. My partner was given one of these as a gift a couple of years ago now (a more sedate beige coloured version!) and we've been fighting over it, on and off, ever since. Now, that's not because of the sound quality - let's face it, it's not good quality hi-fi, bose or ipod docking station quality - but it's just so useful. The cube is very light, doesn't need to run off a plug in power supply (like so many portable speakers do), can run either off AA batteries or from a USB lead plugged into a laptop, it's extremely portable and because of its price it's great for taking anywhere with your mp3 player - holidays, beach, hotel rooms, and I use mine at work to listen to music running off itunes and spotify on my laptop. It's best at lower volumes, i.e. for personal listening, but will give a reasonable volume if you want it to. Not just useful for music, but also for watching dvd's on your laptop, especially if you find ear phones a bit of an irritation for any length of time. At less than a fiver you can't go wrong - my advice is to buy one and try it, I'm sure you'll find it useful! One word of warning: the colour!!! The pink one is VERY pink and girly!