MP3 player speakers are becoming an increasingly popular choice for audio output, as more and more people are resorting to using mp3 players rather than CDs to store and listen to their music collection. In fact, speakers for mp3 players have overtaken compact disc hifi systems as the number one choice of music playback equipment, and most quality hifi manufacturers now include some kind of mp3 playback feature in all of their products. As mp3 players become more affordable and contain more memory, lots of people are looking for a simple way to plug in and play their portable music players at home, outside or on holiday, and the range of mp3 player speakers on the market is becoming wider and wider.

If your speakers are going to be used portably, then you can expect great, but not fantastic sound quality. The reason for that is that specialist features such as a full subwoofer for bass, would actually require wires, which would defeat the point of having portable speakers. Most speakers designed for mp3 players do have miniature woofers so do not expect much bass from them, but you can still get great speaker quality if you shop around and know where to look.

The first question you should ask yourself before you take the leap and buy a set of speakers for your portable music player, is will the speakers work with my MP3 player? The most common type of mp3 player and speakers to go with it, is the iPod. These are so phenomenally popular that most speakers for mp3 players are actually designed only to take an iPod mp3 player. Most of these speaker docks will provide a place where your iPod, iPhone or iPod Touch can sit and stream music through its speaker system.

There is a huge variety of these kind of speakers available, so shop around before you buy. At the higher end of the market are products like the SoundDock system from Bose electronics, which are usually stylishly designed with impressive sound quality to match. At the lower end of the market you have products like the iLive IS208B Stereo Speaker System with iPod Dock, or the Altec Lansing inMotion iM413 Portable Audio System, which is somewhere in between the two. If your mp3 player is not an iPod then make sure you look for speakers which have an audio or USB input that you can run from your mp3 player. You might also want to look for speakers which will automatically charge your mp3 player's battery while it is plugged in at the mains.

When looking around for your speakers you should always make sure that you buy from a reputable dealer, and compare the price of the same speakers from various retailers. It is also helpful to go online and read customer reviews of mp3 player speakers before you buy them.

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