This isn’t the most exciting audio product to look at but the sound more than makes up for that. Arcam's taken the same capacitors and amps from its flagship product and crammed them into an iPod dock not much bigger than a lunchbox.

Price: £499 | Arcam

Ideal for sitting on a bookshelf or the corner of your room, the rCube is also highly portable, to the extent that you carry it with you from room to room. If you’re heading to the garden, the eight-hour battery is more than enough.

You can stream to it as well via the magic of dongles, using KLEER technology for highly impressive sonic results. It's sound is as enticing as its looks are workmanlike.