Podgear PG18 Pocketparty Shuffle Station

A wearable iPod shuffle-specific speaker system that runs off of AA battery power, includes a lanyard

While not wearable, earlier PodWave miniature speaker accessory delivers better sound quality, lower price, and virtually identical size. High-distortion audio is unimpressive and grating. Somewhat difficult to detach shuffle once attached, works only...

By further comparison with PodWave and the first PocketParty, which are both compatible with every iPod and actually do a good job of delivering low-distortion audio up to almost the peak of an iPod's volume range, PocketParty Shuffle distorts audibly...

Perfect fit for iPod shuffle ; super-compact design

Sound quality proportional to size ; difficult to remove iPod shuffle from speakers

There are only two drawbacks to this arrangement: The first is that you can't access the shuffle's off/play/shuffle switch and battery meter button, since they're on the back of the shuffle. The second, more serious, is that I found it fairly difficult...