There are quite a few people who are very reluctant to take these awards seriously. Their impression is that a handful of people from Europe's most influential audio magazines meet, and, between cheese and wine, all agree to vote for some pre-selected equipment. These individuals also have the impression that our judges only choose to disagree with certain arguments — like "Come on... we cannot put "DimsAudio SupaDupaAmp Mark XXXX as our selection three times in a row" — but such gatherings also help to improve the information exchange and understanding between the audio experts from Europe's (commercial) magazines (i.e. discussing the latest advertising-promotional deals etc).
Well, a tiny minority you may be thinking, but given the global popularity of X-Files, you may well be one of these individuals who are untouched from glamour and glimpse of such awards.
I, for one, I took the opportunity to make your life a bit easier by tracing the "winners" on the Web. I tend to dread the situations where I spend a lot of time and resources for things that I later discover that were not worthy . . . .
Most links lead directly to the winning product with a few exceptions (mostly due to not up-to-date pages). A special (though private) award goes to the brand new homepage of DENON
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So here we have the experts favourites:
Novelty system '97-'98: Meridian 518
Mini System '97-'98: Pioneer FX Series
Car Audio System '97-'98: Clarion VRX 8370R
CD Player '97-'98: Sony CDP-XA50ES (nearest match)
Recording Medium for '97-'98: Sony MDS-JA50ES
Amplifier '97-'98: Marantz PM-66SE K.I.
Speakers for '97-'98: Jamo Concert 8
High-End Product '97-'98: Proceed CDP
Home cinema System '97-'98:JBL Simply Cinema ESC-300
Home cinema Decoder '97-'98: Denon AVP-A1 (great site!)
Home cinema Speakers '97-'98: Solid Solutions
Videoprojector '97-'98: Philips ProScreen 4500 (in German)
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