The POD also has a headphones socket, great for when theirs more than one person in the house !

I have and still use a Pod Pro (mac daddy version of the PodV2) sounds great. I recently sold a GNX2 as next to the pod it sounded horrible.

It is also possible to pick up a PodV2 on eBay for not many bucks:

Check this out !
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41421&item=3762596438&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41419&item=3762688516&rd=1

The second one has a "buy it now" price of 150 bucks, thats about 75 quid !

Im not sure wether thay will ship internationally, or how much shipping will be so I'd check before you bid ! You mnay also need to watch out for US power (110 V).