Price: $349 per pair

Website: www.wharfedale.co.uk

Philip said: It’s packed with features, extremely well built, and has a nice, unassuming design. Most important, its superclean sound and transparency will appeal to those many music lovers who crave detail and resolution. If you’ve got the money, you can’t go wrong with the Hegel Music Systems H360.

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The gist: Stylish little bargain bookshelf.