Klipsch, Altec Lansing, JBL, Advent, Acoustic Research, and more classics that won't bust your budget. A great stereo system, the saying goes, is only as good as its speakers. Spend all you want on amps, speaker wire, and cartridges, but if the rectangular wooden boxes that push out the soundwaves can’t handle the power or lack the clarity, your otherwise immaculately conceived system will be wasted. That’s another way of saying to be prepared to spend ...