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The Bottom Line: The Soundmatters FoxL Personal Audiophile Loudspeaker is well-constructed and offers a super compact design without sacrificing sound quality. Sure, it's pricey, but it's worth it.

Specs: 5.6 in x 1.4 in x 2.2 in, Active, 4 Watt

The Bottom Line: The Soundmatters FoxL mb Personal Audiophile Loudspeaker is well-designed and offers some handy features, but the poor Bluetooth audio quality makes the price hard to justify. Check out its Bluetoothless brother instead.

Specs: 5.6 in x 1.4 in x 2.2 in, Active, 4 Watt

The Bottom Line: The Pioneer VSX-1018AH's solid sound and generous feature package make it a great value in the midrange AV receiver class.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 650 Watt, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES decoder, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution, 9 bands, Universal remote control (Infrared), Black, 16.5 in x 17 in x 6.8 in, 29.1 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Harman/Kardon Go + Play is one of the best-sounding portable iPod speaker systems you can buy, but its high price and lack of compatibility with recent iPod models make it a limited recommendation.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 9 in x 20 in x 9.5 in, Active, 10 KOhm, 60 Watt

The Bottom Line: Highly detailed sound is the key strength of Boston Acoustics' CS2310 system, but it lacks the muscle to make home theater come alive.

Specs: home theater speaker system, 5.0 in x 25.9 in x 7.7 in, Cherry, 2-way Active subwoofer, passive satellites, 89 dB, 100 Watt

The Bottom Line: Highly detailed sound is the key strength of Boston Acoustics' CS2310 system, but it lacks the muscle to make home theater come alive.

Specs: home theater speaker system, 5.0 in x 25.9 in x 7.7 in, Black walnut, 2-way Active subwoofer, passive satellites, 89 dB, 100 Watt

The Bottom Line: The Denon AVR-789 sounds great and is fully featured, but isn't the easiest receiver to set up and use.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, Digital graphic - 9 bands, Universal remote control (Infrared), 17.1 in x 14.8 in x 6.7 in, 25.4 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Denon AVR-1909 sounds great and is fully featured, but isn't the easiest receiver to set up and use.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Remote control (Infrared), 17.1 in x 14.9 in x 6.7 in, 25.4 lbs

The Bottom Line: In addition to delivering solid sonics, the Zvox Z-Base 550 sets itself apart from competing single-speaker units with the unique capability to double as a stand for your TV.

Specs: surround sound speaker, 28 in x 14.5 in x 3.4 in, Black, Active

The Bottom Line: The Numark TTi is an average turntable with a unique iPod recording feature, but it doesn't take the sting out of digitizing your records.