The Edge of the Art award is presented for the product that most epitomizes what high-end audio is about: performance that brings listeners closer to the sound of real music. No product we reviewed this year achieved this better than the Thiel Audio CS7.2 loudspeaker, about which Wes Phillips said: "I'd put 'em against anybody's $80,000 contender." Jim Thiel and Kathy Gornik of Thiel Audio accept the award.