These devices will have smallish non-audiophile speakers, but they are guaranteed to be better than those on what ever mobile device is hosting (or streaming) your music.

Tim is talking about connecting an auxiliary cable to a TV or “clock radio” while traveling, to use as external speakers. It is a neat idea for the minimalist-at-heart.

Commenter, Josh Marshall makes one essential addition:

If you include a second cable, with an 1/8″ jack on one end and a pair of RCA jacks (the red and white ones) on the other end you’ll cover most of the remaining cases. 99% of TVs have them.

I’ve been trying to conjure a solution for a very same problem. The best I could come-up with is a more tech-infused solution; the Jawbone Jambox.