I came up with a creative, inexpensive, and tasteful solution to this whole listening to music without earbuds problem. I mounted up an aluminum nashbar front rack for 12.99$. I plan on using this for other things as well. Then I bought an Ihome speaker case which holds the .mp3 player as well. I use a zune 80gb in it and it can be controlled from outside the case. I picked up the case at TJ Maxx for $7.99. It runs on 4 AAA batteries and is pretty loud.



I also attached some small black bungie cords with zip ties(made loops around the rack) to the rack for an aesthetically pleasing way to keep it in one spot.