Sony SRS T88

SRS-T33 - Tiny; low price; offers both battery-powered and unpowered passive-mode operation; rugged construction; hard to drive into distortion. ; SRS-T88 - Can run on batteries, with an AC adaptor, or unpowered; compact lightweight one-piece design;...

SRS-T33 - Batteries not included; no volume controls; extremely low output levels; little bass. ; SRS-T88 - Little bass; low volume levels; distorts easily.

We realize that it's unreasonable to expect audiophile sound from such tiny systems. If portability is your main consideration, you may find the ruggedly built SRS-T33 to be worth its modest price. But we consider the Philips DGX320 or even Sony's own...

If the SRS-T88 didn't cost quite so much, we'd like it better. Spend the money only if you need your speakers to be hardy.