Let's start with class audio and home theater .
European D / A Converter
To win the award is the ' Audiolab M-DAC , a USB DAC marked by the possibility to be used with both Mac and PC, without the need to install any drivers .The reason for the assignment, as well as the versatility and ease of use, making it a product suitable for both the advanced user that the neophyte, are the ' large display , very easy to control the input source, and ' high quality sound.
The product of Audiolab is also usable also as a pre-amplifier .
European Two-Channel SystemThe best two-channel system for the year 2012-2013 is constituted by the plant??Cambridge Audio Azur 851C + 851A?, respectively player and stereo amplifier.
The reader 851C? we have already discussed a little 'time ago : it is a?very versatile product?, capable of performing the functions of both a classic CD player, both those of DAC, both perform the function of pre-amplifier. Coupled all'851A constitutes a system that, according EISA, is capable of providing?outstanding performance with an excellent quality-price ratio?.
The diffusers??DALI Epicon 8?have been chosen as the reference for the high-end market.?DALI, Danish producer, is a brand known to those who follow EISA, having received an award last year too, at that time for reasons related to design.
The?design features?, the?materials used?, the '?sound-proofing and innovative solutions such as Soft Magnetic Compound?, are the characteristics which, together with the?'wide sound?,?powerful and refined?, have earned the Epicon 8 to award the prize.
Hi-Fi and no wireless in the room are, as always, a marriage so difficult to realize that you could almost feel it an oxymoron.?To succeed in this enterprise is the solution of??Dynaudio Xeo?.
This proposal is made ??by Dynaudio?Wi-Fi transmitter Xeo?and?Xeo 3 speakers?,bookshelf?, or?Xeo 5?,?floor?.?The transmitter includes?USB inputs?,?analog and Toslink?, it can send the signal to?three different areas?and supports a quality audio?48Khz/16 bit?.?Both speakers are equipped with a?50W amplifier?.
We have already had the opportunity to present?the speakers chosen for this award: they are the?KEF LS50?, mini-monitor designed to pay homage to the historical reference models used by the BBC.
The qualities of this product reside in the?driver Uni-Q?, realized with a membrane?alloy of magnesium and aluminum?, capable of conferring a greater excursion to the tweeter, and consequently a?better reproduction of low frequencies?.?The sound quality is such that, according to the grant award, closing his eyes you get the impression of listening to much larger speakers.
European Streaming ProductReaders hi-fi multimedia, with Wi-Fi or?Ethernet?, are becoming more common and popular, and the average quality is steadily increasing, to meet even the most demanding end users: a clear winner in this category , is the??Pioneer N-50?.
The strengths of this player are?very versatile in terms of connectivity?(Wi-Fi are included, USB, adapters, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), the?DLNA client support?, the?color display 2.4 "?and above the high sound quality which is able to ensure, also thanks to the?support files up to 24-bit, 192 kHz?.
The year is the best turntable??Pro-Ject Debut Carbon?.?Not surprisingly, the choice of a product from those available in the large catalog of Pro-Ject: for years, this brand is one of the most famous and popular among fans of vinyl.
The construction is extremely accurate:?the chassis is made ??through a single block?, with a?metallic plate and belt drive?, while the?arm?,carbon fiber?,?derives from the model 9cc?.Thanks also to his audio quality, the EISA Debut Carbon is considered by one of the best ways to take advantage of the LP.
The best headphone European hi-fi was made ??by one of the historic names in the industry: it is?Sennheiser?with his model?HD 700.
The HD 700?can be recognized at first glance with its modern design and elegant?: it is a model?open, which uses?soft pavilions and an arc with damping material?.To make these headphones especially suitable for quality listening is the?feeling of comfort?that are able to return, which is essential in case of prolonged listening, and the?rich timbre?that are able to offer.
The projector of the Year is the '?Epson EH-TW9000W?, which is distinguished by several peculiar solutions.
It is, in fact, one of the first projectors to incorporate, in the version with suffix W, the technology for streaming wireless audio-video in Full HD?, greatly facilitating installation. The projector Epson also has arrays to 480Hz, which make it much more pleasant to the viewing of three-dimensional content, thanks to the considerable reduction of the flickering.
The complete system for home theater is the??ID 46 + Loewe Connect Home Cinema Set 5.1?.
The reasons consist in '?extremely wide range of customizations provided by Loew?and: the choice is very?2160?, including color, stands and various combinations of components.
To complete the system are the '?high integration?, which allows you to?easily control,?including through an iPad / iPod / iPhone?, the TV is that the Blu Ray or 5.1 system.
The Blu Ray player of the year is the??Panasonic DMP-BDT500?, winning result because of its speed and the full range of functions.
Not only does the DMP-BDT500 is a?3D player?, but also provides connectivity?Ethernet and Wi-Fi, and thanks to the?DLN Client?A supports content streaming from the local network. Panasonic also extended to this product is compatible with the?VIERA Connect platform?, his personal Smart TV, including a?remote control with touch pad?to better navigate the various applications.
Standard equipment on the?four 192 kHz/32-bit DACs?and the ability to read files?up to 192 kHz/24 bit FLAC?.
The choice of the subwoofer as to reward is relapse on??Bowers & Wilkins PV1D?: it is a product rather unique, especially in the lines which employs, substantially spherical, markedly different from those normally used on this type of objects, to be always distinguished by shapes that remind parallelepipeds of more or less softened.
The substance, however, is not less than the shape: we find?a pair of symmetrical driver?, so as to limit the resonances, an?amplifier 400 W Class D?, in addition to a?DSP and a number of setting possibilities?that make possible the 'integration of both systems in 2.1 that in more complex systems.
The speaker system for home theater audio reference is chosen as the??Canton Vento 800.2 System?, in the configuration composed of 870.2 floor standing speakers, the surround and center 820.2 856.2.
The series uses 800.2 Wind major technical solutions, such as?ceramic dome tweeter?, also used in the Reference Series, or as the?cabinet to six layers?.?The synergy between these components determines?performance of high degree?, both with music than with movie soundtracks.
The soundbar is an increasingly widespread and popular solution, under reduced footprint and especially the ease with which they can be entered into.?For best results, according to EISA, is the 'Harman Kardon SB30?.
The technology employs?Wave Surround Harman?to rebuild all audio channels: a "voice" the midrange sound front are six, seven dome tweeter in metal and ceramic and eleven channels of amplification.?The low-frequency reproduction is handled by a?wireless subwoofer?amplifier with 100 W in Class D.
Moreover, thanks to?Dolby Volume?, you avoid the annoying changes of the audio when using different sources.
The winner in the category of best receiver of the year is the successor product that received the award last year: The??Pioneer VSX-922?allows the Japanese manufacturer to repeat the success of his predecessor, thanks to improvements.
The VSX-922 is a?7.2 channel amplifier?, with?6 HDMI inputs compatible with 3D sources?, supports?DLNA and AirPlay?, and is able to play back?FLAC or WAV files up to 192 kHz / 24 bit.
The compact home theater system selected from all competitors is the??Samsung HT-E6750W?, an all-in-one solution that includes Blu Ray / amplifier and 7 speakers.
The peculiarity of this product is the '?coupling between amplifier valves?(which are visible on the front)??and the Class D?.?Connectivity is available via port?Ethernet?,?Wi-Fi?and?Bluetooth, and is also guaranteed to be compatible with the Samsung Smart TV platform?.
The two additional channels function as?virtual surround front?, and widen the soundstage.?With the valve amplification system is demonstrated at ease with the music.
Behind the name hides the recognition this award reserved for high-end projector for the current year: the product of choice is the?Sony VPL-VW1000ES?, the first 4K projector on the market.
The quality of the Sony projector are manifold: in addition to the?resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels?, there are a?generous zoom?, equivalent to?2.1x?, the high?contrast ratio stated, equal to 1.000.000:1?, and other benefits guaranteed by projection technology, which uses?three SXRD panels?.
Of excellent caliber is the video processing?, capable of handling HD signals so that they also make excellent resolution 4K.
Out of stock awards related to home theater and audio segments, we pass to the?video category?, which, as we shall see in the considerations that will close this article, consists of a number and types of prizes that probably should be some rethinking in future.
Canon?wins for the third consecutive year, a prize valued for its LEGRIA camcorders, with the model?LEGRIA HF M52?.
The quality of this product consist in the?rapid fire, in '?effective image stabilization system?, and in '?high-quality recordings?, guaranteed by the sensor?CMOS HD Pro?. With?32 GB of onboard memory?, the video can be shot with a lasting up to 3 hours?.?The expandability is ensured by the presence of an?SD card slot?, compatible with the format?XC?.?Comes complete with a?built-in Wi-Fi?.
European Display AchievementTo win the prize for the best technological results achieved, as part of the display, is the?'LG 55EM970V/975V, or one of the first?OLED TV?to hit the market at large diagonal.?The two acronyms listed must not be misleading: it is not technical differences, but simply identifiers used for the?model with the table base?,?970V?, and the one with?wall bracket?,975V?(the distinction is imperative given the location of the inputs Audio-Video, located on the base model in 970V).
The white OLED technology can reduce the?thickness of only 4 mm?, while providing a high contrast ratio and wide viewing angle?.
The increasing diffusion of Smart TV is worth creating a special category: a clear winner is the 'LG 55LM960V?, the current top model (pending commercialization of OLEDs).
The platform developed by the Korean manufacturer has managed to rout the fierce competition with the integration of services connected to the Internet and its applications, with a?control system particularly successful?: thanks to?Magic Remote?and the?motor control offering, in fact, disentangle themselves from the menu and web browser is much easier, and?you can also give voice commands to your TV?.
The plasma of the Year is a model?previously reviewed. This is the?Panasonic VIERA TX-P50VT50?, belonging to the series top of the range for 2012.
The choice is motivated by the wide range of functionality that this plasma features: connectivity is ensured by the presence of?Ethernet port and integrated Wi-Fi?, while the?VIERA Connect platform?offers access to numerous services and applications, including?web Full browser Flash?.Of course not neglected the quality of the images, which is characterized by?very low black level?, and by '?high color fidelity?.
Philips?continues its traditional meeting with the EISA awards won, this year, an award for his TV LCD?with model??46PFL9707?.
Particularly successful on this model, the yield of Full LED Backlight with local dimming?(now increasingly rare), which produces deep blacks and high brightness, and the filter developed specially for the series top of the range?Philips?or eye of the moth,?Moth Eye?,?which can reduce drastically the reflections of ambient light on the screen?.
The award for the TV "future proof", i.e; able to withstand the relentless obsolescence without fear that always haunts the technology products, is new in this latest edition of the EISA Awards.?A clear winner could only be the?Samsung UE46ES8000.
The reasons lie in the presence of an?expansion slot?, which will be used to accommodate future changes in hardware, this system, called Evolution Kit?, will not lie, year after year, with a TV unable to handle new applications or new evolution of the Smart TV platform, because?, simply purchase a kit to expand?to, for example, the?processor?core integrated dual source in their own TV, a brand new quad core contained in the kit.
TV choice for the performance of particular relevance, as part of the vision contained in three dimensions, is the?Sony KDL-55HX850?.
Contributing to the allocation of the award was the 'high reactivity of the panel?, which equips the Sony TV, which is therefore?capable of maintaining separate video streams for left and right eye?, showing?images almost entirely without crosstalk?.?Other strengths are the?backlight control panel?, which can then show deep blacks, and?how videos?, already well-regulated factory, so as not to make required major intervention by the user.
Another "new entry" for the year 2012-2013 is the prize for best achievements in the improvement of current technology for viewing 3D content: is the??Toshiba 55ZL2?.
With its panel with?a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels?, or?Quad Full HD?, and the system of micro-lenses optimized thanks to a camera with face detection, the ZL2?is able to display 3D images without the aid of glasses?(this is the first TV on the market do not require the use), with nine points of view available at the same time.?The resolution of the 3D match at?720p resolution?.
Exhausted, finally, the awards, we would like to draw some conclusions: you immediately that the number of awards is quite high, with a proliferation particularly evident in video, which sees winning as many as 8 TV, if we include the Loewe Connect ID 46.?In our view it would be useful to reconsider the categories for which recognition is given, both in numerical terms, considering both the nature of the categories themselves: they are really as many as 8 different distinctions for TV??It 's no doubt that in recent years the choice of the ideal TV has become much more complex, and that the dynamics that lead to prefer one model over another, vary greatly in relation to the use you intend it.?And 'then just divide the prizes awarded to the TV in most categories, but you really need a lot of fragmentation?
We think not, indeed, may be a harbinger of further confusion, technologically speaking it may include prizes for those who develop technology or pursuing "emerging", but that we give more rewards for viewing of 3D, for example, involves the overlap less objectionable. It would probably be much more useful for consumers, create categories that take into account the price range, so finding the best product for the sheer value for money, one that points more performance and finally the subject of "no compromise ", ie one that does not drop to any compromise is positioned and, consequently, in high-end bracket.
The curious aspect is that for some types of product is held on its own account of these parameters (for headlamps, for example), but for many others do not surprising, in this sense, the presence of a single premium for the amplifiers from home theater, which are located diametrically opposite to that of TV, with an over-simplification for a market which includes products ranging from a few hundred to several tens of thousands of dollars, and integrated solutions ranging from those with pre-amplifier and power amplifier.
Hard to think we can wrap this into a single category.?For the future we can only hope for a rationalization of the EISA awards will be the same purposes for which they are assigned, or try to clearly indicate which products are most deserving for the current year.
Source: http://www.sizlocore.com/2012/08/eisa-awards-2012-2013-here-are-winners.html
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