What It Is: A nicely priced, two-piece instant home-theater speaker system.

Who It’s For: Anybody who wants a compact, home theater with minimal wires for less than $500, as well as those who want a quick upgrade from bad-quality built-in TV speakers.

Why It’s Worthy: It doesn’t take up a lot of space or clutter your place up with a bunch of wires, since the system consists of just a soundbar that connects to your TV via a standard R/L stereo cable and a wireless subwoofer. Plus, it lets you use your TV remote to control volume and the on/off function. The TVee Model Two offers instant detailed, quasi-surround sound and bass-oomph with minimal set-up.

Our Only Complaint: Though it works well for the dialogue, sound effects and action noise of movies and TV, it’s less than ideal for music (too much bass, too little mid-range detail). TVee Model 2 might disappoint audiophiles looking for a music-system replacement.

Where to Get It/Cost: $399.99, bostonacoustics.com