Add These Award Winners to Your Home Audio Setup

We incorporate high-performance products into our Hawaiian clients’ homes every day at Blueprint. For AV installations, it’s important for us to carefully design and implement an audio/video setup that meets your needs and raises the bar on the entertainment factor.

Some of our favorite brands have gone above and beyond the competition and have won awards from top industry publications. Read on below for three award-winning brands you should consider adding to your Kona-area home’s HiFi sound system.

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Sonus faber

Made in Italy, Sonus faber has been regarded for superior craftsmanship since its conception in 1980. An all-in-one, solid wood system known as the Snail was a pet project of the company’s founder, Franco Serblin, and made way for the Parva 2-way monitor speaker in 1983. Ever since, the brand has been known for stellar HiFi audio.

The Lumina III won a Recommended Award from UK-based Hi-Fi Choice magazine this year due to a winning combination of affordability, performance, and aesthetics. High-fidelity sound that’s powerful and distortion-free is a perfect match for your home theater or gaming system where speech intelligibility is necessary. These compact tower speakers are perfect for mid-sized spaces and come in three available wood finishes complemented with chrome accents and a faux leather wrap. The Sonus faber Lumina IIIs are beautiful and would look gorgeous in your Kona home entertainment spaces.

McIntosh

When a product review states that it “kicks serious arse,” you know it’s a winner! The MC462 Quad Balanced stereo amplifier and C53 preamp was awarded the 2021 Sound+Image Award from the Australian publication of the same name.

The preamplifier's DA2 digital audio module's circuitry is practically futureproofed because the module can be upgraded. Still, it will more than adequately serve any audiophile’s needs right now with seven digital and nine analog outputs. Adding the C53 brings every guitar and bass string sound to your ears while you’re enjoying music in your dedicated listening room.

Bowers & Wilkins

An AV system that integrates B&W speakers is a well-loved and well-designed HiFi setup. The brand is well-known for its 800 series of floor standing loudspeakers and the Formation series of wireless speakers, but the 606 S2 Anniversary Edition standmounts, otherwise known as bookshelf speakers, are award winning! Winning a 2020 What Hi-Fi? Award for their affordability and excellent clarity matched with an impressive, dynamic punch, the 606 S2s offer subtle voices and booming bass.

We’d be remiss not to include the B&W on-ear noise canceling wireless headphones in this category of brand favorites. Even if you have a whole-home audio system, everyone in your home may not be as happy as you are to listen to HiFi-quality audio at all times. That’s where the B&W PX5 headphones come in. EISA (The Expert Imaging and Sound Association) gave the

B&W PX5s the top designation in the on-ear headphones category. Deep bass and delicate high notes are experienced with either wired or wireless connections through bespoke custom drivers, carbon fiber composites, and an innovative aptX adaptive Bluetooth system. This adaptive technology uses frequency hopping to minimize device interference from other devices in your Kona-area home, so you can independently listen to music without a hitch.

Having HiFi sound is an investment we don't take lightly. That's why we're happy to help you schedule a consultation online so that you can determine the best fit for your Hawaii home's audio system. We look forward to hearing from you!