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>>Results
>>Outline
of screening
* Date: October 27, Friday
* A panel of judges: Screening will be entrusted to the
following panel of judges:
Judges from distributors:
Shoji Morita (CAVIN Osakaya)
Yutaka Suzuki (Teleon)
Naoe Kiyohara (Nomura Musen)
Takao Asakura (Joshin Denki)
Koji Ohara (Deo Deo)
Seizo Ohara (Max Audio)
Akira Maruyama(Royal Audio)
Yasuhiko Shibuya (Disc Union)
Masayuki Sato (Ishimaru Denki Refino & Anhelo) |
Critics:
Hirotsugu Saito (chairman)
Yoshiyuki Ishida
Chitake Inoue
Tomohiro Kaiyama
Kazuo Kanzaki
Mitsugu Kobayashi
Masamitsu Fukuda
Makoto Fujioka
Tadashi Yamanouchi |
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>>Purpose
and meaning of the Audio Excellence Awards
These awards were established twenty two years ago with the
aim of contributing to the evolution of audio culture and market
vitalization. The purpose of these awards is to select prospective
best-selling or long-selling genuine preeminent devices featuring
superior performance, innovation and audio spirit, from a host
of pure audio components brought into the world each year. The
distinguished characteristic of these prizes is impartial evaluation
by a panel of judges consisting of audio critics having a profound
technological knowledge and judges from distributors well versed
in the competitiveness of products in the market. |
>>Requirements
of nomination
1. Products that comply with the above-cited "purpose
and meaning of the Preeminent Device Prizes".
2.
Models never awarded the Audio Excellence Awards in the past.
However, models that have undergone minor changes or version-up
are ineligible.
3. Models due to be unveiled or put
on the market by the end of 2006.
4. Genuine audio
products. System products, general products and audio &
visual products are ineligible. #including multi-channel amplifiers
5. Products already on the market including those available
in a limited period of time until the coming year-end of 2006 to New Year's Days period of 2007.
6. A cable section and an accessories
section will be in November, 2005 and afterwards the thing of
sale. |
>>Target
genres
Digital
audio players (CD/SACD/DVD-audio,Universal
model etc.)
Separate digital audio players
(transport/DAC)
Integrated amplifiers
(including vacuum tube amplifiers/CD amplifiers/Receiver)
Pre-amplifiers (including vacuum tube
amplifiers)
Main amplifiers
(including vacuum tube amplifiers)
Multi-channel
amplifiers (inculuding quality-conscious
AV amplifiers)
Sound recorders
Analog
disk related devices (players, cartridges,
EQ phono amplifiers, step-up transformers, etc.)
Speakers systems
Related devices
(FM tuner, headphones, electric power units, fader, subwoofers,
etc.)
Cables
Audio accessories |
>>Screening
method
From a list of nominees from manufacturers and importers, the
winners of genre-specific Audio Excellence Awards 2006, three
major prizes, special prizes and other prizes will be selected
on the basis of evaluation by the consensus or poll of judges. |
>>Announcement
of prize winners
* Quarterly "Audio Accessory No.123" (reported
immediately)
* the December issue of "Senka 21" (reported
in detail)
* the special edition of this magazine "Best Compo 2007"
(reported in detail)
* "Phile-web"(reported immediately at http://www.phileweb.com/) |
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