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'Tis the season to be jolly, to spread good will to all and, most importantly, revel in the anticipation of receiving some cracking Christmas prezzies under the tree. But if you're sick and tired of giving and getting novelty socks and ties each year while your AV set-up looks on longingly, this superb selection of audiovisual delights should keep Santa's sack stuffed like the proverbial turkey…
Ixos Disco Cube, £49
The perfect party accompaniment, Ixos's Disco Cube is compatible with all 3G to 5.5G iPods and throws the tunes out of its LED-lit sides. Bass is supplied from a 3-watt sub and the whole things flashes along in time to the song playing. There's a line-in for non Apple-types who still crave the disco.
More info: Ixos
Creative Zen Stone Plus, £35
The biggest and best - or should that be smallest and sexiest - rival to the iPod Shuffle, the Zen Stone Plus offers 2GB of storage (around 1,000 songs), LED display, FM radio, microphone alarm and stopwatch. It's beautifully built, comes in black, white, blue, green, red and pink and weighs only 23g.
More info: Creative
Kameleon URC8305 universal remote, £50
This ergonomic, aesthetically pleasing universal remote can control up to five slices of AV pie from over 1,500 brands via its touch panel. It sports variable sensitivity, lighting controls and shows only the keys you need to see. Plus, it's totally future proof with easy updates via the net.
More info: John Lewis
mobiBLU Cube, £50
Ludicrously diminutive, this is the nemesis of Zen and iPod chic, with its positively outrageous cubist design and tiny 2.4cm2, 18g dimensions. But crammed into that tiny box is 1GB of storage and enough juice for eight hours of playback, and on the outside (even more impossibly) an OLED display and cool brushed aluminium finish. Odd but great.
More info: advancedmp3players.com
Sennheiser CX300 earphones, £25
Sennheiser's entry-level in-ear phones are a great step up from your standard in-the-box fare, including the iPod's bundled efforts. Comfortable, punchy and bass driven, they isolate you totally from exterior sounds and come with three earbud sizes to suit even the ample-eared among us. They now come in iPod white too.
More info: Sennheiser
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