Price: $1598 per pair

Website: www.paradigm.com

Jeff said: In the Prestige 15B, Paradigm has built a speaker that looks fantastic. But in hi-fi, looks are secondary to sound, and the sound of the 15B is second to no other bookshelf speaker I’ve heard near its price point.

Read the SoundStage! Hi-Fi review.

The gist: Sophisticated sonically and aesthetically.