Sound and Vision Magazine

Last night we got to check out the latest offering in Bang & Olufsen's wireless-lifestyle Play line, a wireless speaker system known as the BeoPlay A9 ($2,699). Now, obviously at that price it's got to offer something more than the average dock, and indeed it does. 

If you've been keeping up with our headphone coverage, you know that the S+V team can come down a little hard on celebrity-branded models — too often, the name attached means nothing more than price-inflating licensing fees paid for showing up at a few press appearances.

Another day, another dock — but wait. There's no dock on the new Phorus PS1 ($199). It's just a shelf. And the little Phorus PR1 ($149). That's no dock either. . .

Yesterday S+V got a peek at the long-awaited new Streaming Stick from Roku — and it turns out to be a lot more than just a Roku 2 XS in a tiny package.