All Home audio

The Bottom Line: The Onkyo SKS-HT870 speaker package offers up tons of performance for the price, but it's not the most stylish speaker system.

Specs: home theater speaker system, Glossy black, Active subwoofer, passive satellites, 130 Watt, 230 Watt

The Bottom Line: While its bulky design isn't for everyone, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more full-featured and better sounding all-in-one 7.1 home theater system for the price than the Onkyo HT-S7200.

Specs: Home theater system, AV receiver, Speaker system, Surround Sound, 290 Watt, 1200 Watt, Universal remote control (Infrared)

The Bottom Line: The Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K delivers an excellent feature set and outstanding sound quality for its price, making it our top midrange AV receiver pick so far.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS Express, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES decoder, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, 9 bands, MP3, WAV, WMA, Universal remote control, Gloss black, 16.5 in x 13.7 in x 6.2 in, 19.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Logitech Squeezebox Radio has an exceptional design, an unmatched variety of streaming music services, and solid sonics, making it the top value pick for Wi-Fi radios.

Specs: Network audio player, Stereo, Network audio player - AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, AIFF, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, Remote control, Black, 8.7 in x 5.0 in x 5.1 in

The Bottom Line: The Logitech Squeezebox Radio has an exceptional design, an unmatched variety of streaming music services, and solid sonics, making it the top value pick for Wi-Fi radios.

Specs: AV receiver, Remote control, Red, 8.7 in x 8.5 in x 5.1 in

The Bottom Line: While it's expensive and isn't loaded with features, the Bose SoundDock 10 is classy looking and sounds excellent for a compact iPod/iPhone speaker.

The Bottom Line: The Altec Lansing inMotion Classic offers a stylish way play your iPod or iPhone around your home. It sounds remarkable for its size, but it lacks the low-end oomph of a larger system.

Specs: portable speakers with digital player dock, 13 in x 2 in x 6 in, Active

The Bottom Line: The Onkyo HT-RC160 has nearly all the same functionality as the similar TX-SR607, for about $100 less, making it one of the best AV receiver values of the year.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 5 - 100000 Hz, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, Universal remote control (Infrared), 17.1 in x 13 in x 6.9 in, 23.8 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Denon AVR-790 is a fully featured midrange AV receiver with standout upconverted video quality, although it's held back by some subpar design issues and average sound quality.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, Universal remote control (Infrared)

The Bottom Line: While its $50 list price is high, the Orbit USB iML237 portable speaker is an attractive option for laptop users who want a compact travel speaker that outperforms their internal laptop speakers.