If I'd brought five imaginary Stereophile Best of Show Awards to the 2026 Dutch Audio Event, they'd have gone to the companies below. No doubt this would have caused much revelry and rejoicing, and terrible wailing and gnashing of teeth among the uncrowned.
Note: I write about four—not five—rooms here, because I'd give hypothetical award number five to Aqueo, on whose Ensium speakers I reported yesterday.
Audes: An unexpected discovery from Estonia
There are two approaches to covering an audio show. One is to come prepared with research, pre-show notes, and a list of…