Technics EAH-AZ80

The score adds up these parts. Each part has a weight. A part counts as the average of its sources, pulled toward 80 when there are few sources.

1. Sound

   40% weightcounts as 78.0

   Average of 2 sources: 77.0

   • What Hi-Fi? sound 4/5
   • SoundGuys MDAQS sound 4.2/5

2. Experts

   35% weightcounts as 75.9

   Average of 2 sources: 73.9

   • What Hi-Fi? 4/5 stars
   • SoundGuys 7.8/10

3. Users

   25% weightcounts as 81.7

   Average of 1 source: 83.4

   • SoundGuys readers 8/10

Good: 5 ratings.

80 is the field average. A part counts as 80 + (average − 80) × N ÷ (N + 1), where N is its number of sources. One source counts half of the gap from 80. No sources count as 80.