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The first annual AVS Forum ‘Best of’ Awards has concluded with two gongs for Ascendo Immersive Audio, including Best Subwoofer for the extraordinary SMSG50 and Best Subwoofer under $2k for the SV12. Summing up, editor J Atkinson says “If you’re looking for the Best of the Best in our industry you can’t go wrong in purchasing any of our award winners. Are they guaranteed to be the absolute best in their category? No, BUT they

We’re delighted that the experts at Hi Fi News and Home Cinema Choice have conferred ‘Best in Class’ awards on our brands. Balanced Audio Technology’s VK-3500 is ‘Best Hybrid Amplifier’ while SVS’ multi-award-winning SB-1000 Pro is ‘Best Subwoofer’ once again, completing a clean sweep of specialist press awards in 2021. View VK-3500 product and awards HERE View SB-1000 Pro product and awards HERE

It had to be the JBL Synthesis SDR-35! Because all of the UK’s major specialist AV titles agree. “If you’re building a high-end home cinema, the SDR-35 should be the first AVR you audition” says What Hi Fi in awarding its ‘Best home cinema amplifier over £3000’ gong for 2021. ” A fantastically cinematic sonic experience” said AV Forums in making the SDR-35 its High-end Receiver of the Year. “A multichannel audio performance that simply

Feb 22’s issue of audiophile bible Hi Fi News welcomes MoFi’s long anticipated UltraGold Moving Coil cartridge with an Outstanding badge. “Whatever adjectives the entire canon of hi-fi begs to use, one stands proud for the UltraGold and that is ‘fluid’. It’s not just the smooth conveying of liquidity in The Beach Boys album. It’s the consistency in the dynamic swings from soft to loud and back, the wholeness of the soundstage, the nature of

December’s issue of Hi Fi News mag features Mark Craven’s review of Balanced Audio Technology’s VK-80i all-tube integrated amp. He says “With David Gilmour’s ‘A Boat Lies Waiting’ [Rattle That Lock, Columbia;96kHz/24-bit], the VK-80i almost delivered more delicacy than my ears could process. The piano sounded resonant and natural, while the track’s background ‘seaside’ effects were conveyed with a gossamer touch. The multi-tracked vocal then seemed to just ooze from my speakers, phrases arriving and