The speakers also have their own independent volume, so they produce enough sound to fill our kitchen pretty nicely while drowning out the sound of running water when doing dishes (again, the Sony portables couldn't quite do that).

I was replacing a portable Sony devise that I really liked, but busted one of the speakers

That's why I bought Altec Lansing's INMOTION speakers - while the Sony portables are fine when I'm traveling, they just don't produce a

I own a pair of Sony SRS-T77 portable speakers that I bring with me on business trips.