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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest International HiFi Press Awards [RIHPA]
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#cEGXKetmC2e6sYqv.99
2016 RIHPA Award Winners
> = winner
CD Player/Transport
Audio Note CDT One/II
dCS Rossini Player
dCS Vivaldi Transport
McIntosh MCT450
> MSB Technology Universal Media Transport
DAC
AudioQuest Dragonfly Red
Aqua La Scala MKII
> Chord Electronics DAVE
Exogal Comet Plus
MSB Technology Analog DAC
Digital Control Unit
> AURALiC ARIES
CH Precision C1
DigiBit Aria
iPad
Meridian 818V3 Reference Audio Core
Computer Audio Server
Antipodes DX Reference
> Aurender N10
Burmester 151
Naim UnitiServe
SOtM sMS-1000SQ
Mobile Player
Astell & Kern AK380
FiiO X7
Lotoo PAW Gold
Pioneer XDP-100R
> Questyle QP1R
Turntable
Dohmann Helix 1
Kronos Pro
Rega RP8
> TechDAS Air Force One
Technics SL-1200GAE
Tonearm
Abis SA1.2
AMG 9W2
Audio Origami PU-7
> Kuzma 4 Point
Schroeder CB
Pickup Cartridge
Benz Micro Gullwing SLR
Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement
> DS Audio DS-W1
Hana SL
Lyra Etna SL
Phonostage
> Aesthetix Rhea Signature
Lyra Connoisseur 4.2 PLE
Karan Acoustics KA PH reference
Thöress Parametric Phono Equalizer
Thrax Audio Orpheus
Integrated Amplifier
Devialet 200
> Gryphon Diablo 300
Line Magnetic Audio LM-518IA
Jeff Rowland Design Group Daemon
Vinnie Rossi LIO
Preamplifier
> Audio Research GSPre
Ayre Acoustics P-5xe
Bespoke Audio Company
Octave HP700
Robert Koda Takumi K-10
Stereo Power Amplifier
Accustic Arts AMP II-MK3
> (Tie) Audio Research Reference 75 SE
Benchmark AHB2
First Watt J2
> (Tie) PS Audio BHK Signature 250
Mono Power Amplifier
Audia Flight Strumento No. 8
AVM M30
> Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty
Thrax Audio Teres
VTL Siegfried Series II Reference
Bookshelf Speakers
Crystal Cable Arabesque Minissimo Diamond
> ELAC Debut B5
Focal Sopra No. 1
KEF LS50
KEF Reference One
Floor Standing Speakers under 15,000 EUR
DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/93
> Focal Sopra No. 2
PMC twenty.26
PSB Imagine T3 Tower
Ubiq Audio Model One
Floor Standing Speakers over 15,000 EUR
> Bowers & Wilkins 800 D3
Diapason Dynamis
Focal Sopra No3
Magico S3
Vandersteen Model Seven Mk II
Loudspeakers over 100,000 EUR
Estelon Extreme
Focal Grande Utopia EM
Living Voice Vox Olympian
> Wilson Audio Alexx
YG Acoustics Sonja 1.3
Subwoofer
JL Audio Fathom f113v2
JL Audio Gotham g213v2
REL Acoustics 212/SE
> Wilson Audio WATCH Dog
Vandersteen Audio Sub Nine
Headphones
Audeze LCD-4
Focal Elear
HiFiMAN Edition X
MrSpeakers Ether C Flow
> Sennheiser HD 800
Headphone Amplification
aune X7S
> Chord Electronics Mojo
Lake People Violectric HPA V281
Pass Labs HPA-1
Woo Audio WA8 Eclipse
AC Cable
Crystal Cable Absolute Dreamaune
Göbel High End Lacorde Statementauneaune
IsoTek Evo3 Syncro
> Nordost ODIN 2
Shunyata Research ZTRON Sigma
Signal Cable
AudioQuest Wild Blue Yonder
> Crystal Cable Absolute Dream
Göbel High End Lacorde Statement
Nordost ODIN 2
Nordost Valhalla 2
Racks and Supports
Artesania Audio Aire floor platform
Box Furniture Racks
HiFi Audio Rack Grandstand
> Harmonic Resolution Systems M3X
Subbase Audio Shambala TSS
AC Distribution and Conditioners
> AudioQuest Niagara 7000
IsoTek EVO3 Mosaic Genesis
LAB12 Gordian
PS Audio PerfectWave P10
Shunyata Research Hydra Triton v2
System and Software Enhancers
AudioQuest JitterBug
Audirvana Plus
Daniel Hertz Master Class
Furutech DeMag II
> Roon Labs Roon
Set-up Aids and Tools
Acoustical Systems SMARTractor
Audio Systems Optimised
Ayre Acoustics IBE disc
Dayton OmniMic v2
> Dr Feickert Protractor NG
Digital
Bill Evans—Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest 2xhd
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto 2, Channel Classics
Lyn Stanley—Interludes
Nicholas Alsteadt, Shostakovich, Weinberg Cello Concertos, Channel Classics
> Stripped by Macy Gray, Chesky Records
Analogue
Leonid Kogan plays the Brahms Violin Concerto, Electric Recording Co.
Stealers Wheel, Intervention Records
> Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Minnesota SO, Eiji Oue, Reference Recordings
A Meeting By The River—Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt, Analogue Productions
Vanessa Fernandez, When The Levee Breaks, Groove Note
Innovation
Audioquest Dragonfly Series
Devialet SAM
Focal "M"-shaped headphone dome driver
> MQA by Meridian
MSB Technology Select DAC II
Value For Money
> AudioQuest Dragonfly Red
Chord Electronics Mojo
Crayon Audio CIA-1
ELAC Debut B5
Jerry Harvey Audio JH16 Pro
Lifetime Achievement
Andrew Jones
Bill Low
> Bob Stuart
David Wilson
Richard Vandersteen
http://www.stereophile.com/content/rmaf-2016-departures-and-arrivals#cEGXKetmC2e6sYqv.99
2016 RIHPA Award Winners
> = winner
CD Player/Transport
Audio Note CDT One/II
dCS Rossini Player
dCS Vivaldi Transport
McIntosh MCT450
> MSB Technology Universal Media Transport
DAC
AudioQuest Dragonfly Red
Aqua La Scala MKII
> Chord Electronics DAVE
Exogal Comet Plus
MSB Technology Analog DAC
Digital Control Unit
> AURALiC ARIES
CH Precision C1
DigiBit Aria
iPad
Meridian 818V3 Reference Audio Core
Computer Audio Server
Antipodes DX Reference
> Aurender N10
Burmester 151
Naim UnitiServe
SOtM sMS-1000SQ
Mobile Player
Astell & Kern AK380
FiiO X7
Lotoo PAW Gold
Pioneer XDP-100R
> Questyle QP1R
Turntable
Dohmann Helix 1
Kronos Pro
Rega RP8
> TechDAS Air Force One
Technics SL-1200GAE
Tonearm
Abis SA1.2
AMG 9W2
Audio Origami PU-7
> Kuzma 4 Point
Schroeder CB
Pickup Cartridge
Benz Micro Gullwing SLR
Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement
> DS Audio DS-W1
Hana SL
Lyra Etna SL
Phonostage
> Aesthetix Rhea Signature
Lyra Connoisseur 4.2 PLE
Karan Acoustics KA PH reference
Thöress Parametric Phono Equalizer
Thrax Audio Orpheus
Integrated Amplifier
Devialet 200
> Gryphon Diablo 300
Line Magnetic Audio LM-518IA
Jeff Rowland Design Group Daemon
Vinnie Rossi LIO
Preamplifier
> Audio Research GSPre
Ayre Acoustics P-5xe
Bespoke Audio Company
Octave HP700
Robert Koda Takumi K-10
Stereo Power Amplifier
Accustic Arts AMP II-MK3
> (Tie) Audio Research Reference 75 SE
Benchmark AHB2
First Watt J2
> (Tie) PS Audio BHK Signature 250
Mono Power Amplifier
Audia Flight Strumento No. 8
AVM M30
> Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty
Thrax Audio Teres
VTL Siegfried Series II Reference
Bookshelf Speakers
Crystal Cable Arabesque Minissimo Diamond
> ELAC Debut B5
Focal Sopra No. 1
KEF LS50
KEF Reference One
Floor Standing Speakers under 15,000 EUR
DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/93
> Focal Sopra No. 2
PMC twenty.26
PSB Imagine T3 Tower
Ubiq Audio Model One
Floor Standing Speakers over 15,000 EUR
> Bowers & Wilkins 800 D3
Diapason Dynamis
Focal Sopra No3
Magico S3
Vandersteen Model Seven Mk II
Loudspeakers over 100,000 EUR
Estelon Extreme
Focal Grande Utopia EM
Living Voice Vox Olympian
> Wilson Audio Alexx
YG Acoustics Sonja 1.3
Subwoofer
JL Audio Fathom f113v2
JL Audio Gotham g213v2
REL Acoustics 212/SE
> Wilson Audio WATCH Dog
Vandersteen Audio Sub Nine
Headphones
Audeze LCD-4
Focal Elear
HiFiMAN Edition X
MrSpeakers Ether C Flow
> Sennheiser HD 800
Headphone Amplification
aune X7S
> Chord Electronics Mojo
Lake People Violectric HPA V281
Pass Labs HPA-1
Woo Audio WA8 Eclipse
AC Cable
Crystal Cable Absolute Dreamaune
Göbel High End Lacorde Statementauneaune
IsoTek Evo3 Syncro
> Nordost ODIN 2
Shunyata Research ZTRON Sigma
Signal Cable
AudioQuest Wild Blue Yonder
> Crystal Cable Absolute Dream
Göbel High End Lacorde Statement
Nordost ODIN 2
Nordost Valhalla 2
Racks and Supports
Artesania Audio Aire floor platform
Box Furniture Racks
HiFi Audio Rack Grandstand
> Harmonic Resolution Systems M3X
Subbase Audio Shambala TSS
AC Distribution and Conditioners
> AudioQuest Niagara 7000
IsoTek EVO3 Mosaic Genesis
LAB12 Gordian
PS Audio PerfectWave P10
Shunyata Research Hydra Triton v2
System and Software Enhancers
AudioQuest JitterBug
Audirvana Plus
Daniel Hertz Master Class
Furutech DeMag II
> Roon Labs Roon
Set-up Aids and Tools
Acoustical Systems SMARTractor
Audio Systems Optimised
Ayre Acoustics IBE disc
Dayton OmniMic v2
> Dr Feickert Protractor NG
Digital
Bill Evans—Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest 2xhd
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto 2, Channel Classics
Lyn Stanley—Interludes
Nicholas Alsteadt, Shostakovich, Weinberg Cello Concertos, Channel Classics
> Stripped by Macy Gray, Chesky Records
Analogue
Leonid Kogan plays the Brahms Violin Concerto, Electric Recording Co.
Stealers Wheel, Intervention Records
> Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Minnesota SO, Eiji Oue, Reference Recordings
A Meeting By The River—Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt, Analogue Productions
Vanessa Fernandez, When The Levee Breaks, Groove Note
Innovation
Audioquest Dragonfly Series
Devialet SAM
Focal "M"-shaped headphone dome driver
> MQA by Meridian
MSB Technology Select DAC II
Value For Money
> AudioQuest Dragonfly Red
Chord Electronics Mojo
Crayon Audio CIA-1
ELAC Debut B5
Jerry Harvey Audio JH16 Pro
Lifetime Achievement
Andrew Jones
Bill Low
> Bob Stuart
David Wilson
Richard Vandersteen