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I think it is still the PS3. Blu-ray, plus it is the best-sounding CD player out there. I put this up against any high-end CD player.
<I>Stereophile</I> has released its 2009 "Products of the Year" (<A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/features/istereophileis_products_of_2009/">added to the website last week</A>). The reviewers and editors have made their choices, so what is yours?
Custom-made earplugs with a light 9dB Filter—for live concerts too loud without earplugs. Linear damping, so I can hear as well as without the plugs, only at a lower level. I attend live jazz concerts one to two times a week. Every second or third concert, I use them.
The Kanto Ipair5 powered two-way speaker system. A complete iPod integration product with outstanding sound and imaging. Beautifully built cabinets in a piano finish. The remote control allows you to navigate through all the iPod menus, including volume control and bass & treble levels—it also has two additional inputs for a separate CD player or other MP3 inputs. Great price too, and the best sound I've heard for iPods at this price range ($359).
The Onkyo/Integra line of networked A/V receivers. These are the FIRST line of UPnP/DLNA compliant receivers which support hi-rez (96kHz/24-bit) audio content streamed from a network server. The Linn DS line are the only other devices I know of that comply with these standards and support hi-rez audio. I'd nominate the DS line, but the line was introduced in 2008. UPnP/DLNA will evolve into a very user friendly architecture for networked entertainment devices and will make other consumer digital audio solutions obsolete.