Portable travel Speakers suitable for lap-top or tablet.

[Stanfordian]

I use a product from the company NuForce, which I think should be available in the U.K. It is a cube shaped speaker that attaches by USB. It cost about $50. It has two seperate channels so there is a bit of stereo seperation but of course there won't be much of that from such a small enclosure. However I usually play it at low volumes ( we don't want the Hotel Management ejecting us during the Finale of Janacek's Sinfonietta) and it keeps the wife and I entertained and frees us from headphones when we read our books late at night.
If you want something that is truly high end, I recommend powered speakers from Audioengine. Their smallest model goes for around $200 and truly sounds great. I think that these stretch the limits of what would be considered acceptable as portability for travel, however.

Hiya richardfinegold,

Just ordered the a NuForce Cube Portable Speaker, Headphone Amp, and Audiophile USB DAC in Silver from Divine Audio for £55 inc. p&p.

I really like the look of the Minirig Portable Speaker but it looks to have too much power for a hotel room and slightly bigger than wanted for the luggage.

[richardfinegold]

Hiya richardfinegold,

Just ordered the a NuForce Cube Portable Speaker, Headphone Amp, and Audiophile USB DAC in Silver from Divine Audio for £55 inc. p&p.

I really like the look of the Minirig Portable Speaker but it looks to be too much for a hotel room and slightly bigger than wanted for the luggage.

It seems like you got a good price. I hope that you enjoy it.

[Flosshilde]

"As always we like to test anything we decide to sell so took one on a motorbike trip to the Himalayas. We got up to 4500 meters above sea level and the battery continued to work well. Everyone on the trip was amazed by it and three of them brought one. It was wonderful pulling up for a chai and 10 seconds later the tunes were echoing around with all the locals trying to work out where all the noise was coming from....."

Probably thinking "Bloody hell, why do they have to make such a racket? They're as bad a as the people who want to find a MacDonald's everywhere they go."

(I realise the OP is going to play his music in the privacy of his hotel room - with due consideration for his neighbours. At least, I think - hope - he is)

[richardfinegold]

Probably thinking "Bloody hell, why do they have to make such a racket? They're as bad a as the people who want to find a MacDonald's everywhere they go."

(I realise the OP is going to play his music in the privacy of his hotel room - with due consideration for his neighbours. At least, I think - hope - he is)

I was hoping that the motorbikers had triggered a yak stampede with their tunes and had their bikes smashed to bits.

[Flosshilde]

[Stanfordian]

It seems like you got a good price. I hope that you enjoy it.

Hiya richardfinegold,

Thank for the tip. The NuForce Cube Portable Speaker sounds great.

[richardfinegold]

Hiya richardfinegold,

Thank for the tip. The NuForce Cube Portable Speaker sounds great.

My wife and I are spending this weekend at a Bed and Breakfast in Wisconsin celebrating our anniversary. I brought the cube and am listening to it now. Our room has a sitting room and I had placed the computer/cube combo there but it just didn't project enough into the bedroom so I moved it. It is a great device but inevitably given it's dimensions and price there are bound to be some limitations.

At least it won't play loud enough to trigger a yak stampede.