The Best Buy Components 2021 Awards are held by Ongaku No Tomo sha, one of the most prominent publishing companies in Japan with an expertise in audio/visual related devices and state-of-art technologies.

We are proud to announce that this time for the Best Buy Component 2021 Awards, the following products including new full-size components the Reference 701 series, a combination of the TN-5BB and PE-505 that brings you fully-balanced record playback system, and the lasted models the UD-505-X and NT-505-X have been awarded in their respective categories.

Pre-amplifier category (over JPY 550k), 1st place
"Year Component"
USB DAC/Network Player
UD-701N

Poaer Amplifier category (sub JPY 550k), 1st place
"Year Component"
Stereo Power Amplifier
AP-701

Record Player category (JPY100k to 300k),
1st place
Fully-balanced Belt-drive Turntable
TN-5BB

Phono Equalizer category (JPY 100k to 500k),
1st place
Fully-balanced Phono Amplifier
PE-505

DAC category, 2nd place
"Year Component"
USB DAC/Headphone Amplifier
UD-505-X

Network Player/Complex Player category, 2nd place
"Year Component"
USB DAC/Network Player
NT-505-X

Integrated Amplifier category (JPY 70k to 150k),
2nd place
Fully-balanced Integrated Amplifier
AX-505