HOME THEATER SPEAKERS & SUBWOOFERS

You'll get the best bang for your buck upgrading the left and right main speakers, rather than spreading your budget across five (or seven) speakers. Matching our Modded S30s with a TR-1 subwoofers yields high quality sound with a modest pricetag. Unless you're ready to spend beyond $20k, the best mains we've heard are the Gallo Reference Stradas with Mapleshade's custom-tailored Upgrade Stands. Pairing Stradas with our modded TR-3D subwoofers is an incomparable front end for any home theater at any price.

For side and rear speakers, Gallo Acoustic Micros and A'Divas offer quality sound and value. Don't let their diminuative size fool you, these small spherical wonders will unleash huge, three-dimensional, room-filling sound.