Based on very little to no evidence at all here are my Best of 2014 picks
1) Towers - Philharmonic Slim towers
2) Bookshelf - Ascend Sierra-2
3) budget Bookshelf - Wave Crest HLV-1 (by Ascend)
4) Ported sub - Four of HSU VTF3 MK5 HP
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5) AVR - Denon AVR-X5200W
6) Streaming Stick - without any doubt,Not even close and by HUGE margin - it's Amazon Fire TV Stick. Beefier hardware capable running full XBMC/Kodi software, to the point of almost making majority of older dedicated HTPC clients obsolete.