Audio Components

Review These speakers are good for vocals, so ideal for TV, but they lack the bass to carry music.

Review The JBL Studio 290 is a three-way design with two 8-inch low-frequency drivers, a 4-inch midrange driver and a 1-inch CMMD dome tweeter.

Review These speakers have good bass response, but they're over-powering for all but the biggest rooms.

Review These are the best floor standing speakers for less $1,000 per pair.

Review These speakers are affordable, and when paired with an entry-level AV receiver, they're a much better value than a sound bar.

Review These are the best floor standing speakers we tested. They aced our music listening test, performed well for movies and are also highly efficient.

Review The Definitive Technology BP6B offers decent bass, but there are better options out there.

Review The Boston Acoustics A 360 is great for high-fidelity music, but poor for bass, bass, bass, bass.

Review The House of Marley Stir It Up is a great looking, sustainably built turntable with lots of features that punches sonically above its price.

Review The Audio-Technica LP120 creates some of the most accurate LP to digital conversions bar none.

Review The Midland ER210 receives NOAA weather alerts and has a battery life of over eight hours.

Review The WeatherX WR-383R comes with a solar panel, dynamo hand crank and a thermometer.

Review The Midland ER310 has an ultrasonic dog whistle to help search and rescue find you in an emergency.

Review The Sangean MMR-88 is a reliable but dated crank radio.

The Harman Kardon Allure isn’t a low-profile smart speaker that blends into the background in your living room. It is by far the largest and most unique looking smart speaker we tested.

If you are considering buying a Google Home but want better audio performance and a few unique design features, the Sony LF-S50G is a good option.

The Stanton T.55 USB is a good-looking USB turntable that has a metallic black tabletop with a gray outer edge and gray controls.

The Stanton T.92 is similar to the Stanton T.55 USB unit in look, but it is slightly more expensive – and for good reason.

The TEAC TN100 vinyl converter turntable is a good low-cost option for converting your record collection to MP3. The matte black wood cabinet looks great and helps reduce vibration and resonance compared with some of the plastic turntables we tested, such as the Stanton T.55.