Beats by Dr. Dre Beatbox Portable From Monster

The powerful, portable Beats by Dr. Dre Beatbox Portable from Monster offers a solid audio performance, but suffers from a hiss issue at higher volumes.

Overall, it's a stylish-looking system, and its portability is at least aided by sturdy handles built into to either side for easy carrying.

The Beatbox Portable as mentioned earlier, requires a whopping six D cell batteries to power it on-the-go. That's going to make the system a bit heavier, and it's not exactly environmentally-sound.

The system ships with eight adapter trays for various models of iPods and iPhones, a simple remote control for docked devices, and a power adapter, which connects on the back panel, near the 3.5mm Aux input.

It comes in black-and-red or white-and-gray (our sample's color scheme), and both models feature the indented Beats logo on the front panel's metallic speaker grille.