Micro and style systems

The Shanling MC-30 is eminently unique and likeable, but the its new price severely dents its performance-per-pound credentials

Can connect tunes from your PC via your network, or from its own 80GB built-in hard disk - a good micro system choice for fans of digital music

DAB radio, USB and 3.5mm line-in, and a Bluetooth option make this pretty attractive - allied to its big, bouncy sound, Panasonic has built a decent s

High-end audio firm creates a sublime combination of style and substance: great audio and video performance in one sleek, Ferrari-badged box

Unlike most micro systems we encounter, this TEAC is DVD-ready, but even with video piped via its HDMI it lacks something in picture quality terms

Pity the remote control gives a poor impression all the time, because this is actually a clear-sounding and attractive piece of DAB technology

A typically impressive design from Pure, which looks good and has useful features like DAB reception - if only it didn't sound so plain

This is a very fine, well featured micro system: reasonable speakers as an option, though it's good enough to witthstand even better boxes

The USB input on this latest laptop amp makes sense, as do the three line-level inputs, but we're not entirely sold on it

The Audio Analogue Enigma is a very fine-sounding combination of CD player, tuner and ampliification - but it's let down by various usability problems