Newsflash- Wilson and Magico snubbed

[Gregadd]

http://www.stereophile.com/content/istereophileis-products-2012
No Wilson or Magico speaker.

 

[A.wayne]

So was MBL....maybe past winners are excluded ....

 

[Gregadd]

MBL was Runner-up.

 

[rbbert]

I'm pretty sure the candidates were only products they reviewed in (roughly) 2012

 

[microstrip]

I am very pleased with the nomination of the Audio Research Reference 150 power amplifier as Stereophile's 2012 Product of the Year. I have owned many amplifiers and this was clearly the one who impressed me stronger in my many audio years. As many people (including me in previous posts... ) have used superlatives enough, I will not need to repeat them. But what astonished me more in this tube amplifier was the unexpected level of detail I could find in the bass frequencies when it is used with adequate speakers.

 

[Nightlord]

It's a quite ridicolous list as the only pick out of what they've reviewed, which that in it's self is a potentially biased selection.

 

[edorr]

It's a quite ridicolous list as the only pick out of what they've reviewed, which that in it's self is a potentially biased selection.

On wat basis would they be able to award the prize to a product they have not reviewed?

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

With 2 wins under its belt, why wasn't the AudioQuest DragonFly chosen? Perhaps winning Computer Product and Budget Product of the Year isn't sexy enough? I guess Stereophile is still not interested in promoting audio to the masses, and is instead still focused in on appeasing the 1%'ers.

 

[rbbert]

With 2 wins under its belt, why wasn't the AudioQuest DragonFly chosen? Perhaps winning Computer Product and Budget Product of the Year isn't sexy enough? I guess Stereophile is still not interested in promoting audio to the masses, and is instead still focused in on appeasing the 1%'ers.

Well, Autoweek just chose the Boxster S and Mercedes GL as its Car and Truck of the Year...

 

[Nightlord]

On wat basis would they be able to award the prize to a product they have not reviewed?

I'm certain you can come up with at least two plausible answers to that yourself.

 

[edorr]

With 2 wins under its belt, why wasn't the AudioQuest DragonFly chosen? Perhaps winning Computer Product and Budget Product of the Year isn't sexy enough? I guess Stereophile is still not interested in promoting audio to the masses, and is instead still focused in on appeasing the 1%'ers.

Forget audio for the masses. If Budweiser commercials start popping up in Stereophile most here would cancel their subscription. Audiophilea is an elitist hobby for folks with too much discretionary budget and time on their hands. Get used to it.

Also, I think most 1%'ers are too busy trying to become 0.1% to have time for music / audiosystems. I would think the target market is the >1%-5% (i.e. 95-99 income percentile), which I suspect included the majority on this forum.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Forget audio for the masses. If Budweiser commercials start popping up in Stereophile most here would cancel their subscription. Audiophilea is an elitist hobby for folks with too much discretionary budget and time on their hands. Get used to it.

Also, I think most 1%'ers are too busy trying to become 0.1% to have time for music / audiosystems. I would think the target market is the >1%-5% (i.e. 95-99 income percentile), which I suspect included the majority on this forum.

I understand those points all too well..still doesn't mean I agree.

 

[microstrip]

It's a quite ridiculous list as they only pick out of what they've reviewed, which that in it's self is a potentially biased selection.

It is a Stereophile award, I find natural that they pick out what they have reviewed. And it is just the result of some type of internal voting according to their rules, nothing else.

We could have something similar in WBF - any member could vote in five components that were referred during 2012 in WBF

 

[A.wayne]

It is a Stereophile award, I find natural that they pick out what they have reviewed. And it is just the result of some type of internal voting according to their rules, nothing else.

We could have something similar in WBF - any member could vote in five components that were referred during 2012 in WBF

Go ahead Micro, put it to a vote , the WBF top 10 audio component list of 2012 ...

Amplifier ...
Pre...
Speaker...
Digital .....
Cartridge...
TT.......
Arm ...


Regards,

 

[microstrip]

Go ahead Micro, put it to a vote , the WBF top 10 audio component list of 2012 ...

Amplifier ...
Pre...
Speaker...
Digital .....
Cartridge...
TT.......
Arm ...


Regards,

I think it should be left to an administrator. Perhaps having a new thread open for a week where any one could suggest five items in the same classes as Stereophile, to avoid debating what would be the classes ...
I already have my nominate to the speaker category.

 

[rbbert]

With 2 wins under its belt, why wasn't the AudioQuest DragonFly chosen? Perhaps winning Computer Product and Budget Product of the Year isn't sexy enough? I guess Stereophile is still not interested in promoting audio to the masses, and is instead still focused in on appeasing the 1%'ers.

I guess I understand your sentiment, but really if you look at all their choices, most are pretty reasonably priced for their categories; not budget, but nowhere near the high-end prices either.

 

[A.wayne]

I think it should be left to an administrator. Perhaps having a new thread open for a week where any one could suggest five items in the same classes as Stereophile, to avoid debating what would be the classes ...
I already have my nominate to the speaker category.

We should do it , a WBF list would be much more prestigious than Stereophile's or any of the other mags ,,,,,

 

[jap]

The WA XLF got a 2012 Product of the Year Award here:


http://www.theaudiobeat.com/ces2013/ces2013_awards.htm

 

[LL21]

We should do it , a WBF list would be much more prestigious than Stereophile's or any of the other mags ,,,,,

+1

 

[rockitman]

Who cares..whatever they like is the flavor of the moment.