In reply to An Triubhas: I have both an iHome and a Gear 4 dock for my house, one is in the kitchen, the ihome, it has fm and am radio and plays and charges my ipod selection fine (nano 1-5 and itouch/iphones)
the gear 4 lives next to my bed as my alarm clock, the radio is a bit clunky, but i leave it set to R2 and that is what it plays in the morning, better as an alarm clock than a dedicated playing dock, still works with all the ipods in the house so all good there.
go in to a store with your main ipod and see what looks nice and works with your system and is easy to use! hate complicated systems!!!