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
