The monolithic Creative Sound Blaster Axx SBX 20 certainly has a unique look - as well as Bluetooth for phones.

Just because you've got a small set of speakers, you don't have to put up with tinny, bad quality music.

Logitech's Z623 speakers come with George Lucas-approved THX-certification. At £120 the Z623 certainly doesn't come cheap, but does it sound like it's worth all that extra money? The answer is a resounding yes.

There's no ignoring it - power up the Sony SRS-DB500 and a great ring of blue light pulsates around the multi-jog dial. Any thoughts of subtle ambiance for enjoying films and games goes out of the window - as well as a blinding blue glow.

Microlab's X16 2.1 speaker system includes customisable low and high tones, but those adjustments are made either through flimsy buttons on the subwoofer or via an infrared remote control.

The Logitech Mini Boombox utilises the smartphone's Bluetooth connection to become a rechargeable wireless speaker. The Logitech Mini Boombox charges via a USB cable and is small, with a simple - yet quite good looking - design.

iLuv's Boom Cubes are tiny speakers, but can produce a surprisingly big sound.

A powerful set of speakers that plug into your laptop's USB port

This speaker bar is the perfect fit for any iMac, Cinema or Thunderbolt Display

A cheap and cheerful 36 Watt 2.1 gaming speaker system

The Teufel Concept C300 delivers excellent sound without the clutter of unnecessary wires

Is the Edifier Aurora a case of style over substance?

Can these travel speakers live up to the adage that the best things come in small packages?

The Altec Lansing InMotion AIR has pretty much everything you could want

Don't dismiss the tiny Mimi Qube Wi-Fi Speaker System – it has a few impressive tricks up its sleeve

It's versatile and attractive, but does its substance match its style?

Corsair's first speakers have to be heard to be believed. They're that good.

A great PC speaker system with a range of inputs

To invest in a 5.1 speaker system you’ve got to be a keen gamer or someone who loves to hear music while sat at their PC. So, assuming that you fall into one of these categories, you’re going to be more than a little interested in Logitech’s satellite-ample G51 system.

The Razer Mako 2.1 speaker set is absolutely phenomenal. Without a shadow of a doubt, it's the best looking and best sounding 2.1 desktop system we've ever come across. And that's high praise indeed, because there are some pretty damn good PC speaker systems out there.

It's sometimes very hard to review a pair of low-end speakers. Weighing functionality against audio fidelity is an almost impossible task. And yet that's what we're having to do with the Parrot DS1120s.

This mid-price speaker set from Saitek, just misses out on the 'quality' sector. Despite having a fairly impressive sub-woofer the satellite speakers of the Saitek 3D 380 are a bit of a disappointment. They aren't particularly stable sat up on their end and get in the way when laid down on their bellies.

LaCie, like Apple, puts a premium on good design. So when LaCie set about making these FireWire desktop speakers, it should come as no surprise that design luminary Neil Poulton was called in to do the job

There seems to be a modern obsession for enjoying media as far from the source as possible. Slingboxes enable us to watch television from a Web café in Phuket and Orb gives us access to our MP3 files from darkest Siberia

We're big fans of the Gigaworks T20 speaker set, and very familiar with it, so it was amusing when the T40 arrived having sprouted an extra midrange cone on each speaker, like some kind of sonic mutant.