What HiFi Awards 2014

[shayn]

Hi,

When will the new Awards issue be released for this year?

Also have you any special issues coming up at all.

Regards

Shayn

 

[The_Lhc]

The Awards aren't done until at least October, perhaps you should look for the 2013 Awards issue?

 

[shayn]

Thanks for that, its been a while since I checked them out so will have a look online as the 2013 winners are listed on the website.

Cheers

 

[Andy Clough]

Our Awards 2014 issue will go on sale October 17th. In the meantime you can see all last year's winners here:

http://awards.whathifi.com/

 

[BigH]

Thanks for that, its been a while since I checked them out so will have a look online as the 2013 winners are listed on the website.

Cheers

I would not go just by award winners, just use it as a rough guide to what to audition, don't expect a load of award winners to work well together. Also for amps. consider the Creek 50A which WHF have not tested because Creek would not send them one probably because of poor reviews of their previous products.

 

[Andy Clough]

Tonight's the night! The Awards ceremony at a prestigious central London hotel starts at 7pm this evening, and for the first time ever the results will go live on the website later tonight (around 11pm), with the special Awards issue on sale tomorrow morning.

You can follow the event as it happens on Twitter (we have a dedicated hashtag #What HiFiAwards).

 

[Andy Clough]

And just for the record, here's the full list of Awards categories for this year (all 24 of them):

Televisions
Streamers
Blu-ray players
Wireless speakers
Home cinema amplifiers
Soundbars & Soundbases
DACs
Systems
Multiroom systems
Smartphones
Tablets
Speaker packages
In-ear headphones
On-ear headphones
CD players
Radios
Projectors
Turntables
Accessories
Stereo amplifiers
Set-top boxes
Stereo speakers
Streaming services
Readers’ Award

 

[andyrich_2000]

Buzzing for this!

 

[luckylion100]

most of the winners are pretty predictable...

But I suppose if I was getting all glammed up with me party frock on and looking forward to a swanky night out in a posh London hotel, perhaps... ;-)

 

[Andy Clough]

All 99 winners in 24 categories online now:

http://www.whathifi.com/awards/2014

 

[plastic penguin]

There's some strange goings-on at the Towers. According to the new amp winners Rega Elicit-R is now good enough for an award, but wasn't last year. Have Rega tweaked it a little or have WHFI just got chuffed off with Roksan Caspian?

In the turntable section, ClearAudio Concept has returned to the throne and no place for the RP6.

NB: Try not to get too pie-eyed tonight, Andy.

 

[BigH]

Yes all very predicable, probably most boring awards ever?

i really feel whf need to be reviewing a wider selection of brands, even if they have to BUY some products, they will not lose much money on them and readers will have a wider and more interesting choice, may even sell more mags.?

 

[tinkywinkydipsylalapo]

All 99 winners in 24 categories online now:

http://www.whathifi.com/awards/2014

Andy, you've been spammed in the comments on the awards announcement, and also all over the forums: see the threads about phone contacts and all that stuff.

 

[plastic penguin]

Yes all very predicable, probably most boring awards ever?

i really feel whf need to be reviewing a wider selection of brands, even if they have to BUY some products, they will not lose much money on them and readers will have a wider and more interesting choice, may even sell more mags.?

Good points made. However, they need to start testing different brands now rather than leaving it until late summer of 2015, and not sure how their policy works in terms of possble purchases.

Agree that Cyrus, Roksans, Rotels and Marantz have been the WHFI staple for countless years, although Roksan and Rotel have been omitted from this years race for the golden gong.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Just read my online mag, my last of my subscription and no OLED TV! Just 4K LED TVs dominate, a bit surprising. I was a bit surprised the Panasonic Blu-Ray player won best Blu-ray player but predicted it. Looking for a good deal on a new subscription now. Any ideas?

 

[matt49]

Yes all very predicable, probably most boring awards ever?

i really feel whf need to be reviewing a wider selection of brands, even if they have to BUY some products, they will not lose much money on them and readers will have a wider and more interesting choice, may even sell more mags.?

I agree. All rather dull.

On the other hand, the priority of WHF isn't to interest its readers; it's to give them safe recommendations that they can easily find in the shops, and that's what the overwhelming majority of the award winners are.

Next year I'd like to see a new "Temptations" category for the more expensive end of the market that never seems to feature in the awards. (I think the most expensive piece of hi-fi kit this year is £1650.)

 

[Vladimir]

There's some strange goings-on at the Towers. According to the new amp winners Rega Elicit-R is now good enough for an award, but wasn't last year. Have Rega tweaked it a little or have WHFI just got chuffed off with Roksan Caspian?

In the turntable section, ClearAudio Concept has returned to the throne and no place for the RP6.

NB: Try not to get too pie-eyed tonight, Andy.

Possible reasons IMO. The Caspian jumped in price this year and it already had its turn for getting WHF rewards.

 

[Dave_]

The readers have become as tediously predictable as WHF it seems.

LS50s again... Really?

Yawn.

 

[plastic penguin]

The readers have become as tediously predictable as WHF it seems.

LS50s again... Really?

Yawn.

The LS50s were last year. Not mentioned this time.

 

[plastic penguin]

There's some strange goings-on at the Towers. According to the new amp winners Rega Elicit-R is now good enough for an award, but wasn't last year. Have Rega tweaked it a little or have WHFI just got chuffed off with Roksan Caspian?

In the turntable section, ClearAudio Concept has returned to the throne and no place for the RP6.

NB: Try not to get too pie-eyed tonight, Andy.

Possible reasons IMO. The Caspian jumped in price this year and it already had its turn for getting WHF rewards.

Can understand the price jump which is ridiculous. Seems most companies push the price tag if they win a gong. But my point was about the Rega Elicit-R. It was totally ignored in last years awards, but this possibly shows how thin WHFI's cabinets are in this price sector.

 

[BigH]

The readers have become as tediously predictable as WHF it seems.

LS50s again... Really?

Yawn.

The LS50s were last year. Not mentioned this time.

Yes readers award again.

 

[The_Lhc]

The readers have become as tediously predictable as WHF it seems.

LS50s again... Really?

Yawn.

The LS50s were last year. Not mentioned this time.

Errm, http://www.whathifi.com/awards/2014/readers-award

 

[plastic penguin]

The readers have become as tediously predictable as WHF it seems.

LS50s again... Really?

Yawn.

The LS50s were last year. Not mentioned this time.

Yes readers award again.

Cno must've had half a dozen goes then. *crazy*

 

[BigH]

Yes all very predicable, probably most boring awards ever?

i really feel whf need to be reviewing a wider selection of brands, even if they have to BUY some products, they will not lose much money on them and readers will have a wider and more interesting choice, may even sell more mags.?

I agree. All rather dull.

On the other hand, the priority of WHF isn't to interest its readers; it's to give them safe recommendations that they can easily find in the shops, and that's what the overwhelming majority of the award winners are.

Next year I'd like to see a new "Temptations" category for the more expensive end of the market that never seems to feature in the awards. (I think the most expensive piece of hi-fi kit this year is £1650.)

Yes I quite agree. I was not thinking of the expensive end. For amps I was thinking of brands like Croft and Creek for amps around £700-£800. As for Arcam A19 best amp. again. I would not even say its best amp. in its price bracket.

 

[Vladimir]

Yes all very predicable, probably most boring awards ever?

i really feel whf need to be reviewing a wider selection of brands, even if they have to BUY some products, they will not lose much money on them and readers will have a wider and more interesting choice, may even sell more mags.?

I agree. All rather dull.

On the other hand, the priority of WHF isn't to interest its readers; it's to give them safe recommendations that they can easily find in the shops, and that's what the overwhelming majority of the award winners are.

Next year I'd like to see a new "Temptations" category for the more expensive end of the market that never seems to feature in the awards. (I think the most expensive piece of hi-fi kit this year is £1650.)

Yes I quite agree. I was not thinking of the expensive end. For amps I was thinking of brands like Croft and Creek for amps around £700-£800. As for Arcam A19 best amp. again. I would not even say its best amp. in its price bracket.

Agreed. The Roksan Kandy K2 is a much better amp in the sub £800 amp category.