Margo, There are all kinds of portable speakers that you can use. It all depends on how much you want to spend. If you do a search on buy.com you will come up with several of them. Also, a lot of folks seem to like the TDK I'm a Speaker that apparently can be modified to hold the BookPort and also serve as an amplified speaker. --Best regards, --Rick Alfaro --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx _____ From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margo Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 5:45 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] External speakers Hi, listers. I am a new Bookport person and am thoroughly enjoying it. I would like to purchase a set of or an external speaker for times when I don't want to use headphone or earphones or ear buds with it. have any of you purchased speakers or a speaker for the Book Port and if so, which speakers or speaker, and how much do speakers cost? Should I get the speakers with the amplifier built in? thanks so much. I'm really enjoying this list as well. Margo and Elmo