The speaker system works well with the bass-booster on, as other reviewers have stated. We can use it with our iPod Nano (5th gen.) and our iPod Touch without any difficulties. Additionally, it works well for watching movies / listening to music directly from our MacBook. The interchangeable "faces" are helpful for allowing access to navigate each iPod; additionally, being able to control the menus of the iPods through the system is convenient. Both iPods slide in and out fairly easily, so switching between them is not difficult. This system if very portable, so it is convenient to move about our home. I do wish it would stand upright instead of lying flat. It would take up less space this way, and there seems to be no obvious reason it was not designed to stand upright. Of course, a remote control to control the volume and switch songs / podcasts would also be convenient. However, for the value of the unit, it does what we expected and we have not had any problems with it! This is not a wall-shaking, movie theater sound experience, but for the price and size of the system it is a good value!