PA Will Travel

Alesis's new TransActive Mobile may well be the 21st-century busker's dream: It's battery powered, and, in addition to sporting one combo mic/line input, a 1/4" instrument input, and stereo inputs for keyboards, CD players, and the like, the TransActive has a dock that routes signal from an iPod. The rechargeable battery offers up to 12 hours of life, or the unit can run on AC power. Alesis.com [$599]