Epic Winning!

2014 is slowly drawing to a close. There’s still Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year to get through, but already we’re thinking to 2015, and some of the fabulous things we will be giving away.

We take a unique line among audio journals, in that we live up to our truly international standing. We insist that manufacturers do not limit the scope of a competition prize to one country, because Hi-Fi+ doesn’t think in terms of one country. Yes, we are based in the UK and we dream in pounds, pennies, and pints (especially pints), but we know Hi-Fi+ in all its guises is read worldwide, and we don’t think it’s fair that audiophiles should be denied the chance to win some of the best prizes we can find just because of geography.

This does mean our competitions tend to take longer to run, to give international readers a fair chance of entering a competition, but we think it’s worth it, and so do those lucky winners in far-flung lands. So, although we still have more competitions to run this year, they will finish and be judged next year.

Recently, however, we ran a local competition, for those who attended the National Audio Show at Whittlebury Hall in the heart of England. Those who signed up to this newsletter at the show were automatically entered into a Free Prize Draw, where they could win one of five excellent iFi products. Congratulations are therefore due to Malcolm Summers, who wins an iFi Micro iDSD portable headphone amp, preamp, and DAC. Congratulations are also due to our other lucky iFi winners; Doug Dickinson, Cosmo Hynds, Terry Cymbalisty, and Jeremy Honeybun.

And while we are looking to winners, here’s a list of some of the lucky recipients of our competition prices in 2014:

Don Howden of Alberta, Canada won the excellent Ayon Audio Orion III integrated amplifier

Gerard Peters of London, England won the HiFi+ Signature pair of superb Wilson Benesch Square One Loudspeakers

And as of this week, Lucas Armstrong of Wellington, New Zealand won a fantastic pair of Final Audio Design Pandora Hope VI headphones.

We love to sit and listen to some of the finest audio equipment that has ever been made. But we love to share it out, too. Find out what we will be sharing out in our next competitions, soon!