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"  For the last few months I&amp;#039;ve been in Los Angeles, producing and directing a television show and starting preproduction on my next film. Needless to say, I have even more stress than usual. To relax, I listen to music, usually old protest songs like &amp;quot;Waist Deep in the Big Muddy,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Eve of Destruction,&amp;quot; or Zager and Evans&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;In the Year 2525.&amp;quot; My office has the Sonos ZonePlayer S5 boom box hardwired to the Ethernet, so I can browse nine million songs via Rhapsody as well as control my iTunes collection. Connecting to the Ethernet every night in my hotel room, however, can sometimes be tricky and expensive, so I decided to try out the latest iPod docks. My favorites: Best Sound:  The Bose SoundDock 10 ($600; bose.com) is by far the biggest and heaviest of the bunch, which is why the sound is so good. (In general, the more speakers weigh, the better they sound.) The Bose presents big, loud, impressive, undistorted music. Like most of the others I tested, it has video out, so you can use it as a sound source for your makeshift home theater, and it comes with a remote. At half the price, the iHome Studio Series iP1 ($300; ihomeaudio.com) is also worth mentioning. With its woofers and tweeters encased in smoked Plexi, it looks as if it were stolen from the cargo area of a custom Escalade. It uses something called DPS technology (developed by a relative of Jon Bon Jovi, which must be a plus) to expand the sound electronically, but it sounds a lot like the old &amp;quot;loud&amp;quot; button to me. Best Design:  Whether on its pedestal or sitting directly on your nightstand, the GenevaSound S ($300; geneva-lab.com) is as much a piece of art as a speaker. The sound is good, and when you turn the speaker on, a cool motorized swivel flips to reveal the docking port. A nice feature is the iPod-like scroll wheel on the top surface, which makes for intuitive controls, allowing you to change songs without having to touch the iPod itself. It also has an antenna for FM radio. Best Value:  Instead of having the iPod stick out above the device, the Klipsch iGroove SXT ($150; klipsch.com) cradles it between the speakers, which protects it from damage (I tend to throw things after the 40th cover of &amp;quot;Eve of Destruction&amp;quot;) and streamlines its profile. The Klipsch produces very good sound for its price and size. You can also carry it around as supplemental computer speakers. Klipsch makes excellent, sturdy devices, and this is no exception. Best Portability:  I really liked the iLuv iMM190 ($150; i-luv.com). It is small and round, and your device sits nestled, right in front of the speaker. If you&amp;#039;re using an iPhone, with the included app, the iLuv conveniently becomes an alarm clock for your nightstand. And because it&amp;#039;s also battery operated, you can easily take it with you. Just like your unresolved stress and frustration. Barry Sonnenfeld is an Emmy-winning television director and the director of Get Shorty and Men in Black. Browse Through 50 Songs Every Man Should Be Listening To &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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