KEY POINTS:
1. Apple Ipod Hi-Fi
$698.99 from Bond & Bond
There are plenty of iPod speaker systems and units on the market, but this is one of the few designed by Apple for Apple. Simply plug in your iPod (any size or version) or your computer and away you go. It's sleek and sylish design won't clash with your other Apple accesories, but more importantly, it offers the best sound quality of any available iPod speaker system. A must-have for serious music nuts.
2. Guitar Hero II (Playstation 2)
$159.95 from Gameplanet Store
With 40 tracks of crashing guitar melodies, Guitar Hero II was made for musos. Play along to Wolfmother, Foo Fighters, the Stones and more. Take on your friends in head-to-head competition, or team up to beat the system. Package includes guitar.
3. CD of some description
From $24.95, from record shops
If people love music, the obvious gift to get them is a CD of some description. But what to choose? Drawing on the Herald entertainment team's vast musical knowledge, we've picked a few fool-proof choices that should pass muster with any self-respecting music lover.
* Local Music: Evermore - Real Life (alt rock); Black Seeds - Into the Dojo (soul/dub); Shapeshifter - Soulstice (drum 'n' bass)
* Classics: U2 - Under 18 Singles (rock); The Beatles - Love (pop); Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (country)
* Chart Toppers: The Killers - Sam's Town (rock); Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadmium (rock); Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (alt rock)
* Overall favourite: The Veils - Nux Vomica
