Australian Sound+Image Awards 2020

The Sound+Image 2020 Awards were announced in Sydney at a gala dinner held on November 20th - our thanks to all who attended and our congratulations again to all the winners in this celebration of all that is good in audio and AV.

The complete details and reviews of all the winners were published in our Special Awards Edition of Sound+Image magazine, out in December in print and digital editions, but you can discover all of the winners below.

TVs and Soundbars

Best buy TV – TCL X7

Premium TV solution – Hisense Laser TV

Soundbar under AU$1,000 – Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Soundbar between AU$1,000-AU$2,000 – Samsung HW-Q90R

Soundbar over AU$2,000 – Sennheiser AMBEO SB01

Home Cinema

UHD Blu-ray player under AU$1,000 – LG UBK90

UHD Blu-ray player over AU$1,000 – Pioneer UDP-LX500

AV projector under AU$2,500 – BenQ CinePrime W2700

AV projector under AU$2,500 (highly commended) – Epson EF-100

AV projector between AU$2,500-AU$10,000 – Epson EH-TW9400W

AV projector over AU$10,000 – Barco Bragi CS

AV receiver under AU$2,000 – Denon AVR-X2600H

AV receiver between AU$2,000-AU$5,000 – Marantz SR6014

AV receiver over AU$5,000 – Denon AVC-X6500H

AV processor and amplifier – Focal Astral 16

Music Sources

Turntable under AU$500 – Sony PS-LX301BT

Turntable between AU$500-AU$1,000 – Audio-Technica AT-LPW40WN

Turntable over AU$1,000 – Rega Planar 8

Phono stage under AU$1,000 – Pro-Ject Audio Phono Box S2

Phono stage over AU$1,000 – Modwright PH 9.0

CD player under AU$500 – Arcam CDS50

CD player over AU$500 – Marantz SA-KI Ruby

Network music player under AU$5,000 – Meridian 210 Streamer

Network music player over AU$5,000 – Naim NDX 2

DAC / headphone amp under AU$1,000 – Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital

DAC / headphone amp over AU$1,000 – iFi Pro iDSD

Headphones

Headphones under AU$1,000 – Beyerdynamic Amiron Home

Headphones over AU$1,000 – Stax SRS-3100 Earspeaker System

Wireless noise-cancellers under AU$500 – JBL Live 650BTNC

Wireless noise-cancellers over AU$500 – Sennheiser Momentum Wireless

Stereo Amplifiers

Amplifier under AU$2,000 – Bluesound Powernode 2i

Amplifier between AU$2,000-AU$5,000 – NAD M10

Amplifier between AU$5,000–AU$10,000 – Krell K-300i

Amplifier between AU$5,000–AU$10,000 (highly commended) – Marantz PM-KI Ruby

Amplifier over AU$10,000 – Hegel H590

Monoblock power amplifier of the year – Halcro Eclipse Mono

Pre-power amplifier under AU$20,000 – Cambridge Audio Edge NQ / W

Pre-power amplifier over AU$20,000 – Yamaha C-5000 / M-5000

Installation

Amplifier installation product – Vanguard Dynamics VAIL Amp

Video installation product – Lumagen Radiance Pro UHD Series processors

Speaker installation – Krix MX-5

Cinema design gold award – Abacus Acoustic

Cinema design gold award – Len Wallis Audio

Cinema design gold award – Studio Connections Australia / Visual Fidelity

Cinema design gold award – Wavetrain Cinemas

Loudspeakers

Smart speaker under AU$1,000 – HEOS 5 HS2

Smart speaker between AU$1,000-AU$2,0000 – KEF LSX

Smart speaker between AU$2,000-AU$5,000 – Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation

Smart speaker over AU$5,000 – Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo

Loudspeakers under AU$500 – Q Acoustics 3010i

Loudspeakers between AU$500-AU$–AU$1,000 – Richter Merlin S6

Loudspeakers between AU$500-AU$–AU$1,000 (highly commended) – Dali Oberon 1

Loudspeakers between AU$1,000-AU$5,000 – Chario Constellation MkII Delphinus

Loudspeakers between AU$5,000-AU$10,000 – Dynaudio Evoke 50

Loudspeakers over AU$10,000 – Revel Performa F228Be

Loudspeakers over AU$10,000 (highly commended) – Focal Kanta Nº3

5.1 speaker package – Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series

Subwoofer – Dynaudio Sub 6