One of the things a lot of modern audio kit lacks is touchability: as lovely as it is to get amazing sound from a system, it's just a bit less fun when there aren't sliders to slide, knobs to rotate and switches to flick. So I'm intrigued by the new Tivoli Songbook and Songbook Max, two portable Bluetooth speakers with lots of touchability and some unusual audio features too.
The Songbooks were inspired by hardware of the 1970s and 1990s, and are an evolution of the firm's previous Songbook radio that was discontinued over a decade ago. They're both designed to be portable, and they're certainly striking looking: the green version looks like it was torn from a US Army Jeep, while the cream color option looks like it should be sat next to one of those 70s drinks trolleys with a half-globe on top of it. But don't let the retro looks fool you, these are thoroughly modern devices.
