The 2015 Products of the Year award winners were chosen from among those products reviewed in SoundStage! Hi-Fi, SoundStage! Ultra, SoundStage! Xperience, and SoundStage! Access. Only those products that had received Reviewers’ Choice awards were considered. Doug Schneider and Jeff Fritz wrote feature articles about the winners on January 1 in SoundStage! Hi-Fi and SoundStage! Ultra.
Below is a gallery featuring photos of the companies’ representatives receiving the awards, which were presented during CES 2016. Each photo’s caption has a link within the product name to the corresponding SoundStage! review.
Pioneering Design Achievement
Benchmark Media Systems AHB2 stereo/mono amplifier
Company representatives not present at CES 2016
Innovation in Design
Aurender Flow headphone DAC-amplifier
In photo: Harry Lee, Sally Jeung, and John Paul Lizars (Aurender)
Aesthetics and Sound
Sonus Faber Chameleon B loudspeakers
In photo: Fiore Cappelletto and Livio Cucuzza (Sonus Faber/World of McIntosh)
Hall of Fame
Magico Q7 Mk II loudspeakers
In photo: Alon Wolf (Magico)
Outstanding Performance: Stereo Loudspeakers
Focal Sopra No2
In photo: Arnaud Hendoux (Focal) and Daniel Jacques (Plurson/Audio Plus Services)
Outstanding Performance: Stereo Amplifier
Soulution 711
In photo: Cyrill Hammer (Soulution)
Outstanding Performance: Stereo Preamplifier
Ayre Acoustics KX-5 Twenty
In photo: Brent Hefley and Alex Brinkman (Ayre Acoustics)
Outstanding Performance: Integrated Amplifier
Luxman L-550AX
In photo: Tatsya Sueyoshi (Luxman)
Outstanding Performance: Digital Source
Hegel Music Systems HD30 digital-to-analog converter
In photo: Bent Holter and Anders Ertzeid (Hegel Music Systems)
Outstanding Performance: Headphones
HiFiMan HE1000
In photo: Peter Hoagland (HiFiMan) and Brent Butterworth (SoundStage!)
Exceptional Value: Floorstanding Loudspeakers
GoldenEar Technology Triton One
In photo: Sandy Gross (GoldenEar Technology)
Exceptional Value: Bookshelf Loudspeakers
MartinLogan 35XT
In photo: Erin Phillips and Justin Bright (MartinLogan)
Exceptional Value: Digital Source
NAD C 510 Direct Digital DAC-preamplifier
In photo: Greg Stidsen (NAD)
Exceptional Value: Portable Electronics
Oppo Digital HA-2 headphone DAC-amplifier
In photo: Jason Liao (Oppo Digital)
Exceptional Value: Integrated Amplifier
NuPrime Audio IDA-8
Company representatives not present at CES 2016
Exceptional Value: Earphones
PSB M4U 4
In photo: Paul Barton (PSB Speakers)