Sonos has aggressive designs on your living room with its first soundbar - but can a soundbar for music lovers satisfy a cinephile?

With its Lightning connector and Airplay capabilities, the Z2 is a compact iPhone 5 dock with sizeable sound.

A very capable Bluetooth speaker that's lightweight for carrying around and has a great battery life.

Can you get a big sound out of such a small speaker box? We put the SP1 to the test.

We were really impressed by Logitech's UE Boombox. It wasn't small, though, so here's a more bag-friendly, mobile version.

Rarely do we see a speaker system that truly defies convention, and it's rarer still when the result looks like this - an elegant desk with a kick-ass stereo speaker and amp built right in.

It's great being able to listen to music wherever you go, but it's even better when you can stow your headphones and play your music loud and proud using a portable AirPlay speaker.

Libratone's Zipp portable AirPlay speaker looks great. But does it cost too much money?

Loudspeaker soundbars are all the rage right now and it's easy to see why: they deliver oodles more oomph than the weedy audio that comes from most regular TVs.

he first thing you'll notice about the Creative Sound BlasterAxx range is that it looks distinctly sci-fi, like the control panel of a futuristic starship.

The Audyssey Audio Dock Air looks like someone has taken a biscuit tin, turned it on its side and then covered it in tactile black cloth.

The Sonos Sub makes us want to throw a party just to put it through its paces.

Samsung's next-generation 2.1 Air Track audio system can be both a soundbar and conventional hi-fi. Your TV is spoilt for choice.

By applying its UE brand, Logitech isn't shy of suggesting these AirPlay speakers are audiophile-friendly - but we are.

Philips' penchant for simple, robust design is noticeable, with the circular Fidelio SoundRing speaker featuring the same grey and metal aesthetics as the DS9010 iPad dock.

You can always count on Philips to do something striking with the design of its speaker docks, and the doughnut-shaped Fidelio SoundRing DS3800W is no different.

Beautiful AirPlay speaker system delivers true hi-fi quality sound in impressive style

The peculiar Sony SRS-BTV25 Bluetooth wireless speaker is aimed at the smartphone, iPod, iPad and iPhone market, although it will work with any device capable of connecting to a Bluetooth speaker, including most tablets and a fairly large wealth of MP3 players.

This speaker system is muscular and compact - like corned beef

The power behind this sub belies its cute size

A home cinema speaker system that goes one speaker better than the rest

A speaker dock that promises 'spatial sound without the extra speakers'. Does it measure up?

An affordable soundbar has us surrounded with audio

The baby brother to an award winning sound system shows AV performance runs in the family

An affordable 7.1-channel hi-fi speaker system that beefs up the Neo V2, but is it too big?