Marakantz is right. Headphones, particularly the Etyomatics are great on the plane. Couple it with the airhead amp and (don't shoot me here) the MP3 jukebox (it's actually quite good if you don't over compress and holds hundreds of CDs) and you've got a really great compact system. If you don't want to wear headphones in the hotel, MP3 has some really small portable speakers using "flat" technology. How do they sound--like you would expect for $80, but tolerable for low volume background music while working on the computer in hotel rooms--I know the routine all too well.
System for weekly traveller to use in hotel room
I travel in my work every week. I can not bring a compact system like a Linn Classik with speakers to the hotel rooms I stay in. How have others solved this issue? I have more time to listen at the hotel in the evenings that I have when I am home over the weekends. Looking for how other have solved to get a travelling sound system that can satisfy the high end listening requirement.