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Best home theater for the cooler months

Whether you're looking to spend $100 or $10,000, these are the home theater products we're most looking forward to in fall 2017

Ty Pendlebury

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Ty Pendlebury

Sept. 15, 2017 12:00 a.m. PT

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Polk Audio Signa Solo

Price: $129

Availability: October 2017

The outlook: Sound bars are getting so cheap that it almost costs as much to ship them as to buy them. At $129, the Polk Audio Signa Solo has the heritage and potential for decent sound quality. The days of $6,000 sound bars are surely numbered.

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Elac Adante AS-51

Price: $2,499

Availability: October 2017

The outlook: We saw them at CES 2017 and liked them a lot. The Elac Adante AS-51s take the high-end concepts that designer Andrew Jones has developed over 40 years in the industry and distilled them into a (sort of) affordable package. We're very excited to review these!

3 of 8 Definitive Technology

Definitive Technology Demand D7

Price: From $499

Availability: September 2017

The outlook: Definitive Technology is known for its pricier floorstanding speakers, but the new Demands look very promising. Featuring exceptional build quality and a compact size they might have enough to worry Elac's Uni-Fi series.

$249 at Amazon

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4 of 8 Sony

Sony VPL-VW285ES

Price: $4,999

Availability: Now

The outlook: The Sony VPL-VW285ES is the first Sony 4K projector to dip under the $5K mark and offers all of the features you'd expect, including HDR compatibility.

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Pioneer VA-FW40

Price: $249

Availability: October 2017

The outlook: Until now you've only had essentially two smart speakers to choose from -- Amazon Echo and Google Home -- but this new Pioneer speaker widens the field. It's packed with features, too, including Alexa voice assistant and Play-Fi multiroom.

6 of 8 Onkyo

Onkyo VC-GX30

Price: $249

Availability: October 2017

The outlook: The contrapuntal model to the Pioneer F4 is the Onkyo G3, which offers the Google Assistant and Chromecast built-in. If you're looking at a Chromecast multiroom system, this could be the smart speaker to get.

7 of 8 Jamo

Jamo Studio SB 36

Price: $199

Availability: October 2017

The outlook: One of the most striking sound bars we've seen in years, the tweed-covered SB 36 is shaping up to be a promising budget offering.

8 of 8 Bowers and wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins 707 S2

Price: $2,499

Availability: September 2017

The outlook: While the B&W 707 S2 is likable it's not the speaker we'd look at if upgrading from say a 685. The 705 not only looks the business, but our initial listening tests suggests it sounds great too!