I personally love the Bose sound dock, the sound is amazing, it compact, it's a Bose.  Bose in general rarely turns out bad products.  There are a few things that would help improve it, like an input for something other then the ipod, but I believe the new generation has that.  I also lost all the different inserts for the different types of ipods, we started with the 5 or 6 inserts that come with the dock because we started not needing any, but then my ipod broke and a got a nano, I found that you don't need the inserts, the nano sits on there just fine without any support, maybe a heavier...