SOUND + IMAGE Awards 2015
Coinciding with this weeks 2014 Australian Audio & AV Show held at the Intecontinental Rialto, Melbourne, the Sound+Image Awards for 2015 were announced at the annual grand gala dinner last night.
Products are evaluated on the basis of sound and / or image reproduction, value for money, features, build quality, appearance, ease of use and ergonomics.
StereoNET would like to extend our congratulations to the following winners:
Loudspeakers
LOUDSPEAKERS OF THE YEAR UNDER $1000
B&W 685 S2
Highly Commended: Focal Chorus 706, Q Acoustics Concept 20LOUDSPEAKERS OF THE YEAR $1000-$4000
Krix Acoustix Mk2LOUDSPEAKERS OF THE YEAR $4000-$20,000
Yamaha Soavo NS-F901
Highly Commended: Audio Physic Virgo 25 Plus+, Jamo C 109LOUDSPEAKERS OF THE YEAR OVER $20,000
Kyron Audio Kronos
Highly Commended: Whatmough Signature Progeny, Wilson Audio Sasha Series-2SUBWOOFER OF THE YEAR
REL Serie S5
Highly Commended: Definitive Technology SC4000, Sunfire HRS-10WIRELESS SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR UNDER $800
Focal XS Book Wireless
Highly Commended: Philips M1X-DJ DS8900WIRELESS SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR OVER $800
JBL Authentics L16USB SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR
AktiMate MicroSOUNDBAR OF THE YEAR UNDER $800
Yamaha SRT-1000
Highly Commended: Denon DHT-T100SOUNDBAR OF THE YEAR OVER $800
Denon DHT-S514
Highly Commended: Yamaha YSP-2500
Headphones
- HEADPHONES OF THE YEAR
Sennheiser HD8 DJ
Highly Commended: Yamaha HPH-M82
- SPECIAL HEADPHONE AWARD
Oppo PM-1 & HA-1
Custom Installation
CUSTOM INSTALLATION PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Krix Epix in-wall speakersINSTALLATION OF THE YEAR
Surround Sounds
Highly Commended: Len Wallis Audio- HOME CINEMA INSTALLATION OF THE YEAR
Cableman
Highly Commended: The Digital Picture
TVs and Displays
- TELEVISION OF THE YEAR
Panasonic VIERA TH-65AX800A
Highly Commended: LG 55UB850T, Sony Bravia KD-55X8500B, TCL U55E5691FDS
- AV PROJECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Sony VPL-VW500ES
Highly Commended: BenQ W7500, Epson EH-TW9200W
Sources & Systems
- STREAMER/SERVER OF THE YEAR
Accustic Arts Streamer ES
Highly Commended: Sony HAP-Z1ES, Western Digital WDTV Live
- MEDIA STORAGE OF THE YEAR
QNAP HS-251-2G
Highly Commended: Synology DS713+
- TURNTABLE OF THE YEAR UNDER $3000
Avid Ingenium
Highly Commended: Pro-Ject 1Xpression Carbon Classic, Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 Genie
- TURNTABLE OF THE YEAR OVER $3000
Clearaudio Performance DC
- CD PLAYER OF THE YEAR UNDER $1000
Marantz CD5005
- CD PLAYER OF THE YEAR OVER $1000
Ypsilon Electronics CDT-100
- BLU-RAY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Panasonic DMP-BDT460
- PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER OF THE YEAR
Humax 4tune
Highly Commended: Beyonwiz T3
- PORTABLE DAC OF THE YEAR
Cambridge Audio DacMagic XS
Highly Commended: AudioQuest DragonFly 1.2
- DAC OF THE YEAR UNDER $2000
Musical Fidelity M1SDAC
Highly Commended: Denon DA-300USB
- DAC OF THE YEAR OVER $2000
Trinity DAC
- SYSTEM SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
Cambridge Audio Minx Xi
Highly Commended: Panasonic SC-NE5DB wireless speaker system
- WIRELESS MULTIROOM PLAYER OF THE YEAR
HEOS 5 & HEOS Amp
Highly Commended: Bose SoundTouch Portable, Pure Jongo T6
Amplification
- STEREO AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR UNDER $5000
Marantz PM5005
Highly Commended: NAD D 3020
- STEREO AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR OVER $5000
Devialet 200
Highly Commended: Marantz PM-11S3, VTL MB-125 Mono's
- AV RECEIVER OF THE YEAR UNDER $1000
Denon AVR-X1100W
Highly Commended: Yamaha RX-V577
- AV RECEIVER OF THE YEAR $1000-$2000
Marantz NR1605
Highly Commended: Onkyo TX-NR636, Yamaha RX-A1040
- AV RECEIVER OF THE YEAR OVER $2000|
Yamaha RX-A3040
Highly Commended: Denon AVR-X4100W
Special Awards
- BLU-RAY RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Gravity
- MOST DOWNLOADED REVIEW (From publishers website)
JBL Studio 590 loudspeakers
- READERS’ CHOICE
Yamaha Music Australia
- JUDGES’ CHOICE
DEQX PreMATE Processor
- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
John Cornell
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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