SVI Magazine

If you have somehow missed it, then for shame – but if you read on all will be forgiven. After five years, and over 50 issues, we wanted to show our appreciation for the industry that we serve (no, we’re still not going to give you money) and since early December everyone logging onto http://www.svimag.com has had the chance to voice their opinion.

With categories ranging from Best Pre-Amplifier to Best Video Server, we let you decide who deserved a mention and along with our thanks, you received the chance to win something from the stunning array of kit that has been kindly donated to us. Well, we're happy to say, the votes have now been checked, double-checked, counted, verified and generally obsessed over, and we are happy to present the two short-listed nominees for each category.

Take a look and see if your choices have made the cut, and be sure to catch our next issue as not only will we be announcing which of you lucky folk will be making off with our stockpile of goodies, we'll also be announcing the overall SVI Awards 2008 winners!

AV

SPEAKERS
Categories:

BEST FLOORSTANDING SPEAKER
Monitor Audio Bronze BR5
B&W CM7

BEST BOOKSHELF SPEAKER
Q Acoustics 1020i
Acoustic Energy Aelite

BEST SUBWOOFER
Artcoustic Spitfire
Sony SA-WX900

BEST OVERALL
B&W CM7
Acoustic Energy Aelite

DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Categories:

BEST PLASMA TV
Pioneer KURO
Hitachi X Series

BEST LCD TV
LG LG70
Sharp 52X series

BEST OTHER TV
Sony XEL-1
JVC HD-70ZR7U

BEST PROJECTOR
InFocus IN82
Epson TW1000

BEST OVERALL
Pioneer KURO
InFocus IN82

RADIO
Categories:

BEST DAB
Pure One
Vita Audio R2 Stereo

BEST INTERNET RADIO
Tangent Quattro
ROBERTS Wi-Fi Internet Radio and Media Player

BEST HI-FI TUNER
Denon TU-1800DAB
NAD C445

BEST OVERALL
Vita Audio R2
Tangent Quattro

HI-FI
Categories:

BEST CD-PLAYER
Marantz SA-7S1
Denon DCD-700AE

BEST PRE-AMPLIFIER
Flying Mole CA-S3
Yamaha A-S2000

BEST STEREO AMPLIFIER
Cambridge Audio Azur 840A
Onkyo A-9755

BEST MINI HI-FI SYSTEM
Meridian F80
Arcam Solo Movie 5.1

BEST OVERALL
Meridian F80
Arcam Solo Movie 5.1

AV FURNITURE / MOUNTS
Categories:

BEST FLAT-PANEL STAND
Techlink Opod
Atacama Equinox

BEST FLAT-PANEL MOUNT
Nexus NXL704
Sanus VisionMount

BEST PROJECTOR MOUNT
OmniMount 3N1-PJT
Vogels PPC180

BEST SPEAKER BRACKET
Vivanco WMS 705
Vogels VLB 1025

BEST OVERALL
Nexus NXL704
Atacama Equinox

ACCESSORIES
Categories:

BEST LEAD/CABLE
Monster HDMI
Vivanco SHQ

BEST HEADPHONES
Sennheiser PXC 350
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7

BEST UNIVERSAL REMOTE
Logitech Harmony 1000
Mio Modero R-4

BEST OVERALL
Monster HDMI
Sennheiser PXC 350

iPOD INTEGRATION SOLUTION
Categories:

BEST PORTABLE SPEAKER SYSTEM FOR iPOD
IXOS Argo
Logic3 i-Station Traveller

BEST HOME SPEAKER SYSTEM FOR iPOD
Fatman iTube 182
Geneva Systems Model XL

BEST OVERALL
Fatman iTube 182
IXOS Argo

HOME CINEMA
Categories:

BEST DVD-PLAYER
Toshiba SD-370E
Onkyo LV-S501

BEST HIGH DEFINITION DISC PLAYER
LG BH200 Super Blu
Sony BDP-S500

BEST PVR
Sky HD box
Humax PVR-9200T

BEST RECEIVER
Yamaha DSP-Z11
NAD T785

BEST SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM
Monitor Audio R90AV-12
Tannoy SFX5.1

BEST OVERALL
Yamaha DSP-Z11
Sony BDP-S500

CI

SPEAKERS
Categories:

BEST FLAT-PANEL SPEAKER
Artcoustic DF Series
Wharfdale LoudPanel

BEST IN-WALL / IN-CEILING SPEAKER
SpeakerCraft AIM Series
Amina SoundUnseen

BEST OVERALL
Artcoustic DF Series
SpeakerCraft AIM Series

CONTROL
Categories:

BEST AV DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Ashridge ZÕN
Living Control RoomBox 6

BEST LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM
Helvar Digidim System
Lutron GRAFIK Eye

BEST HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM
Crestron
AMX

BEST USER CONTROL PRODUCT
Philips Pronto
Crestron Isys

BEST OVERALL
Ashridge ZÕN
Philips Pronto

MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
Categories:

BEST MUSIC SERVER
ReQuest iQ
Imerge MS5000

BEST VIDEO SERVER
Kaleidescape
Axonix Mediamax

BEST OVERALL
Kaleidescape
ReQuest iQ