Price: $4299 per pair

Website: www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk

Wes said: If you want the sound quality and sturdiness of a pro speaker, and the knowledge that your music was likely monitored in the studio through speakers made by the same company in the first place, then look at ATC’s Consumer HiFi models. A pair of ATC SCM19 V2s ($4299), along with their clean- and open-sounding P1 dual-mono power amplifier ($4200), total $8499 and would be hard to match.

Read the SoundStage! Xperience review.

The gist: Small prosumer speaker packs a punch.