One box, one remote, and speakers that are part of the design
An all-in-one system is judged on what it includes rather than what it could become, and the sensible way to read the shelf is by sources: a CD mechanism, DAB+ and FM tuners, USB playback, Bluetooth with its codec, and network streaming. Two things are worth checking that listings bury. The first is whether the speakers are passive and replaceable — a system with ordinary binding posts can be improved later, one with a proprietary connector cannot. The second is the power figure and its conditions, since this is the shelf where peak power is quoted most freely. We compare stated power and its conditions, sources included, Bluetooth codecs, speaker type and connection, and whether the speakers can be replaced.
Vertical micro system · CD · MP3 · FM · USB · Bluetooth with NFC · free-standing or wall mounted
A vertical compact system that can be wall mounted — which in a small room is the specification that decides whether it fits at all.
Best for: A small room, a kitchen or a workshop where there is a wall but no surface.
≈ 70 €
2 × 30 W stated · 2-way bass reflex speakers · CD · DAB+ · FM · internet radio · Spotify Connect · Wi-Fi
The compact system with real network streaming — internet radio and Spotify Connect over Wi-Fi, which the rest of this shelf does without.
Best for: A bedroom or a kitchen where the music comes from a service and the box should need no phone in the room.
≈ £239 / 181 €
2 × 150 W stated · internet radio · DAB+ · FM · Bluetooth · USB · AUX · 7.1 cm colour display · app control
A compact system with internet radio and an app, whose stated 2 × 150 W is far above the rest of this shelf — and given without conditions.
Best for: A household that wants internet radio and app control in one box, with the power figure read for what it is.
≈ 130 €
40 W stated · wooden speaker cabinets · CD-MP3 · DAB+ · FM · Bluetooth · USB
A compact system with wooden speaker cabinets rather than plastic — the material is stated, and on a small speaker it is what stops the box adding its own sound.
Best for: A second room where a system should just work — disc, radio, phone — without any setup.
≈ £99 / 98 €
120 W RMS stated · 3-way bass reflex speakers · CD · DAB+ · FM · Bluetooth · USB · AUX
The only compact system in this catalogue that states its power as RMS — 120 W — and pairs it with three-way speakers rather than the usual two.
Best for: A room where one object has to be the whole music system, and where the sound matters more than the streaming.
≈ 279 €
