The Saitek iPhonic A-100 pocket speakers are pebble shaped, come in a black casing and are surprisingly loud.

They are lightweight, fit comfortably into the palm of your hand and are certainly eye-catching. Saitek claims the shape helps maximise bass and minimise distortion.

There’s no volume control on the speakers, which is a shame, leaving you to control the sound via whichever device they are plugged into. To get around the lack of volume control, Saitek has made these quite punchy, meaning you’ll often find yourself turning them down, not up.

For such tiny speakers, the sound is very clean. At normal to high volumes we didn’t experience any distortion and there’s just about enough bass to stop the sound becoming tinny.

The speakers take four AAA batteries or can be plugged into the mains, although the adapter does not come in the box. There are also a number of connectors for laptops, mobile phones and mp3 players, meaning you can have the two devices either literally attached to each other or with some distance between them.

Classed as pocket speakers, they are easy to carry around and, overall, we were impressed with the sound quality when you consider their size and price.

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