Rolling Stone's editors test, review, and round up the best bookshelf speakers to buy in 2025, including powered and passive standmount speakers.

I like the retro looks here, which hark back to the wooden speakers of the 1970s, but what's inside is considerably more modern. There's Bluetooth 5.3, HDMI ARC and optical connections, as well as ...

Whether you're looking for your first pair of speakers as you build a music system, upgrading an old pair of budget speakers or splashing the cash on a premium pair, we're here to help. One-box ...

The subwoofer in its three-way speaker configuration is larger than the ones you’ll find on some desktop speakers or compact monitors, ... Best Wi-Fi speaker: Sonos Move 2 ; Best budget: ...

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The 3.5-pound (each) construction feels solid, like the speakers could withstand a tumble from the edge of my desk or media console (I didn’t test that, don’t worry).

The three-way R3 Meta are gorgeous-looking speakers with impeccable finish and build quality. KEF's 12th-generation Uni-Q driver array has been tweaked to accommodate the puck-sized MAT contraption ...

Thanks to the new three-way speaker design and 40 Hz – 20 kHz frequency response, thunderous lows come in seismic waves but with plenty of presence in the mids and highs to maintain sonic composure.

Overview: If you can stretch your definition of budget, a larger and more expensive speaker will deliver some serious benefits to the quality of your mixes. In fact I'd wager that it's much better to ...

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