newshound wrote:

this is what I sometimes use in the kitchen
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
to play stuff on, or streamed from, a tablet, phone, or laptop

Yep, I used to have a tinny old transistor radio in the kitchen, but
recently bought a VaVa bluetooth speaker, quite weighty, not claiming
it's an actual hifi replacement but certainly impressive bass and volume
for a small device.

My nexus7 tablet had become too sluggish for general usage, but is happy
to run iPlayer radio and google play music, weather and news "ticker"
widgets for good measure. I plug a chromecast audio into the speaker
(both USB power and audio in) so wifi gives better range than bluetooth.