No need to use headphones & others can enjoy the music too.

I have one in my bedroom, and use it to play soft music (jazz, classical, soft-rock) in the evening

However, we set it up in our kitchen and have started to use it every night for background music (easier than blasting the music from the other room)

Small but useful -- you can use iPod's alarm feature to create a pretty functional alarm clock that plays wake-up music of your choice, very useful for travellersIt's a very worthy purchase for such a small "system"..

I love music and hate clutter

But after plugging in my non-iPod MP3 player, I called my husband in Europe, and he could still hear the music loud and clear over the phone, even when I was in a different room than the speakers

and you can go around your house and do other things while you listen your favorite music without using cd

The Bose does have a 'richer' sound while playing some music, which does make the music seem like its better.