Sound Image 2014 Awards Hi-Fi Results
Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, the Sound+Image Awards recognise excellence in the consumer audio-visual industry with more than 90 awards presented in 43 categories.
Hosted by Jez Ford, Editor of Sound+Image magazine, the 2014 awards were held at Bobby McGee's in Melbourne, coinciding with the 2013 Australian Audio & AV Show held over the same weekend in October.
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 in the Hi-Fi categories:
- STEREO AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR (UNDER $5000)
Creek Evolution 50A
Highly Commended: Unison Research Simply Italy
- STEREO AMPLIFIER OF THE YEAR (OVER $5000)
Yamaha A-S3000
Highly Commended: Bryston B135 SST
- STEREO SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR (UNDER $2000)
Krix Phoenix mk2
Highly Commended: GoldenEar Technology Aon 3, Xavian Bonbonus
- STEREO SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR ($2000 - $10,000)
Sony SS-NA2ES
Highly Commended: Bowers & Wilkins CM10, Sonus Faber Venere 2.5
- STEREO SPEAKERS OF THE YEAR (OVER $10,000)
Wilson Audio Alexia
Highly Commended: TAD Reference One
- DAC (UNDER $2000)
NAD M51
Highly Commended: Arcam rBlink, Astell & Kern AK120
- DAC (OVER $2000)
Bricasti Design M1
Highly Commended: Musical Fidelity M6DAC
- SYSTEM SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
Naim Audio UnitiLite
Highly Commended: Akitmate Blue, Cabasse Stream 3
- CD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marantz CD5004
Highly Commended: Cambridge Audio 851C
- JUDGES CHOICE
Vivid Audio GIYA G3
- STAR OF THE SHOW
Recognising exceptional room presentation at the Australian Audio & AV Show 2013
TAD (Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc.)
Special mention is also given to Mr. Stephen Lee of Audio Trends, being presented with a special LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
Full coverage of the 2014 Sound+Image awards will be included in an upcoming special edition of Sound+Image magazine.
For AV / Home Theatre winners list, please visit www.avlife.com.au
For Mobile Entertainment winners list, please visit www.caraudio.com.au
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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