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Hands on ... Scosche boomCAN

Portable music players such as the iPod have revolutionised the way most people listen to music, it now being possible to carry the equivalent of hundreds of albums with you everywhere you go.

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Finding a speaker system that allows you to ditch the headphones and play music out loud when you get to your destination is decidedly trickier.

Countless portable speaker systems have hit the market in recent years, but most are several times the size and weight of the music player they host -- suddenly your svelte music player resembles a 1980s ghetto blaster, which might fit the bill in South Central LA but not the douce streets of Giffnock.