A little more elegant than the tinny plastic or huge-woofered alternatives, this little speaker comes in the shape of a shopping bag, and packs a fairly decent (for small speakers) 30 watts of output. You can pop your iPod or other MP3 player into the top, and the handles of the bentwood case can be used to hang it up.

Sadly, it is both non-stereo and non-portable: you have to plug it into the mains, which precludes wandering the streets uptown and blasting out the strains of Mozart to an appreciative crowd of lunching laydeez. ?31,500, or $335.

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