our annual Product of the Year Awards in which we honor the very best hi-fi gear we’ve reviewed in the previous year. We select components for our most prestigious award on the basis of sound quality, value, or both. In some categories we’ve chosen more than one item, either because two products were equally worthy or each represented a unique combination of performance and value. In every category, one product was selected purely on the basis of sound quality without regard to price. Finally, our Overall Product of the Year Award honors that special component that is the single most impressive achievement of the past 12 months. —Robert Harley
在我们每年一度的产品年度奖项中，我们将奖项授予去年我们评审过的最佳HIFI的产品。我们在基于音效，价值或这两点的基础上，评选此声望极高的奖项。在某些类别中，我们选取了不止一款产品，是因为两款产品一样杰出，或是每款都代表了性能和价值的独特结合。在每个类别中，入选的产品单纯是基于其音效而不考虑价格。最终，综合产品年度奖将授予给在过去一年中获得最令人瞩目的成绩的产品。
Entry Level All-in-One System of the Year
- Primare DVDI-10 ($2,595)
AC Power Conditioner of the Year
- Running Springs Audio Dmitri ($4,495/$4,995/$5,995)
- Synergistic Powercell 10 ($5,000)
Accessory of the Year
- Shunyata Dark Field mini Cable Elevators ($95 for 12)
Interconnect and Speaker Cable of the Year
- Transparent Audio The Link and The Wave (The Link $85/1m pr. and The Wave $200/87ft.pr.)
- Wireworld Platinum Eclipse ($3,000/1m pr.)
Technology Breakthrough of the Year
- Meridian 808.2 Signature Reference CD Player ($16,995)
- NAD M2 Direct Digital Amplifier ($5,999)
Disc Player of the Year
- Spectral SDR-4000 Pro ($17,500)
- Esoteric X-05 ($6,500)
Budget Component of the Year
- Oppo BD-83 Universal Disc Player ($499)
Next-Gen Digital Product of the Year
- High-Resolution Technologies MusicStreamer and MusicStreamer +USB DACs ($99/$299)
Digital Separate of the Year
- Bryston BDA-1 DAC ($1995)
Turntable of the Year
- Rega P3-24 ($895)
- TW Acustic Raven One Turntable ($6,500)
- AAS/Da Vinci Audio Lab Turntable and Da vinci Grandezza Tonearm ($60,000)
Tonearm of the Year
- Graham Phantom II ($4,700)
Phono Cartridge of the Year
- Benz Micro Glider SM ($1,000)
- Da Vinci Audio Lab Reference Cartridge Grandezza ($7,300)
Phonostage of the Year
- Phonomena II ($600)
- Rhea Signature ($7,000)
- Audio Research Reference Phono 2 ($12,000)
Solid-State Integrated Amplifier of the Year
- Simaudio Moon i3.3 ($3,300-$4,000)
Tube Integrated Amplifier of the Year
- Vincent V-60 ($4,995)
Preamplifier of the Year
- Conrad Johnson ET2 ($3,500 ($+1,250 for phono option)
- Soulution 720 ($40,000)
- Spectrl DMC-30SS ($9,995)
Tube Amplifier of the Year
- PrimaLuna DiaLogue Seven ($5,495)
- Esoteric A-100 ($22,000)
Solid-State Amplifier of the Year
- Odyssey Audio Khartago ($795)
- Spectral DMA-360 ($17,990)
- Soulotion 710 Stereo/700 monoblock ($40,000/$115,000)
Entry-Level Loundspeaker of the Year
- Paradigm Mini-montor V.6 ($478 )
Affordable Loundspeaker of the Year
- Harberth HL-P3ES2 Mini-monitor ($1,995-$2,495)
Mid-Priced Loundspeaker of the Year
- Sonus faber Liuto ($5,998)
Upper-End Loundspeaker of the Year
- MartinLogan CLX Electrostatic ($22,600)
Cost-No-Object Loundspeaker of theYear
- Wilson Audio MAXX 3 ($68,000)
Overall Product of the Year
- Magico M5 Loundspeaker ($89,000)
