This is my favourite item at the moment, my son is the one that gets bought speakers but this time I thought 'what about me'. At first I tried attaching plug from speaker to phone but I got a lot of distubance, it is much much better using bluetooth. I haven't had a good stereo for years now but this speaker has great sound I don't need a stereo anymore. It is quite a weighty speaker(hold the strap), I have it connected with my phone and Fire 7 to listen to music.