My review of Sezai Saktanber's DIY SilverFi cables from Ankara/Turkey signaled the need for this award which is unapologetically concerned with extreme value. To be worthy of our cheapskate recognition, uncompromised build quality and excellent performance have to coincide. The imagery is self-explanatory - Padma Sambhava, Tibet's patron saint and great realizer, surrounded by coins of antiquity. Realsization takes standards educated by exposure to the best of audio and investigates how much money can be saved while maintaining the essence of ultra performance.
Burson Audio HA-160: €499/$699 delivered to the EU/US respectively ALO Audio Rx: $345 High Resolution Technologies Streamer+: $299 Yarland FV34AIIISA: €439 Blue Circle Audio Fon Lo Thingee: starting at $349 MiniWatt Tube Integrated: $229 + $40 flate-rate global shipping Dayens Ampino: €220 + global shipping Glow Audio Sub One: $408 worldwide Sutra Amplification 1.3: €600 Wyred4Sound SX-1000 monos: $1,199/ea. JoLida JD-9A: $450 Glow Audio Amp One: $488 Trafomatic Audio The Experience One: $1,700 Almarro A318B: $1,850 Red Wine Audio Signature 30: $1,399 SilverFi Elixir thru Phrygian Blue interconnects: From $119 to $189 per 1m/pr