US magazine "Home Theater" has announced it's annual awards and coming in top in the AV Receiver category is the Arcam AVR500. Recognizing that (in their words) "For sheer performance, Arcam's A/V receivers are second to none" the AVR500 scooped the award over all the competition for it's mix of features and performance.
See the whole awards listing or the full AVR500 review at the Home Theater website.