Hydrobeat Illumination is a very inexpensive fun little speaker that you may like it for a second, portable speaker, or as a low priced one to have until you pick your main speakers. Amazingly, to my ears, the sound is as good as my Polk pair- even at loud volumes.
You pair it with an iPad, phone or computer via Bluetooth. Mine receives well over 50 feet away, through an outside wall. It's survived many drops, it is waterproof and floats (Oops!), so it's great for the shower or outside working. The suction cup lets it stick to a wall. I've used it with my phone in my work truck that has an old-timey radio with no aux input nor any Bluetooth.
One can control the music selection, volume and such from the speaker or the source. It's got an FM radio in it, but changing stations is easier if I pair it with my phone and use that radio to pick stations. (The speaker only has Seek for stations. There are no presets.) There is some kind of way to pair it to the television for sound, but I got lost in the TV set's directions.
It's been saving my sanity while painting the outside of my house. I leave the computer in the house and choose the music on the speaker outside. At medium volume, I get about 9 hours out of a charge.
Hydrobeatonline.com I've got the Illumination Original. It was about 20.00 USD on sale.
Enjoy Your iPad!
Paul