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Roku Streaming Stick: $50

If you’re ready to get into streaming but don’t want to spring for a smart TV—or maybe you want to add streaming capability to a secondary TV—you simply can’t beat Roku’s Streaming Stick. Fifty bucks gets you a glut of net-sourced channels enhanced by rapid performance and tight integration with the Roku Mobile App.

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Private listening via mobile device
Voice search via app
Quad-core processor
Minus
No motion control for games
No 4K Ultra HD support

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Definitive Technology BP9080x Speaker System: $7,194 (as reviewed)

A big speaker with great sound to match, the Atmos-enabled BP9080X power tower—which anchored the home theater ensemble we reviewed—delivers the impressive imaging depth and breadth we come to expect from bipoles. Its sound is as full-range, and its dynamic abilities as unfettered, as anything we’ve heard from a tower speaker. Reviewer Daniel Kumin described Definitive’s new flagship this way: “It’s big, brawny, and powerful, but not at any expense of delicacy or spatial ability.”

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Spacious bipole sound
Seriously full-range with powered bass section
Astounding dynamics
Minus
Big and demanding of floor space
Reflective bipolar reproduction may not suit every room, taste

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Sennheiser HD 800S Headphones: $1,699

The HD 800 S refines the original, hugely influential headphone, and makes it better than ever. Comparing it with the HD 800, which remains in Sennheiser’s line, Steve Guttenberg observed: “The HD 800 S takes a bit of the edge off over-compressed recordings, while the HD 800 lets you hear every last bit of the harshness.”

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Rebooting a classic, making it better
Hand-crafted in Germany
Smoother sound than the original HD 800
Minus
Not as transparent as the very best planar headphones

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