: The following rules apply to Voting on this thread:
2 1. Voting on this thread Annual awards is limited to voting for Headphones.
2.2. Any eligible Head-Fi member may vote for any Headphones which they have heard. All Headphones are eligible to enter this competition regardless of the year in which the Headphones were launched. The cut off point is, any Headphones on the market as at the 31st December 2022. Any vote for a set of Headphones which comes to market after that date will not be considered a valid vote for the 2022 Poll and will not be counted. Prices referred to in this poll are MSRP prices at the date the Headphones concerned was launched.
2.3.Voting will be a single stage process.
2.4 The Poll will be open for a period of one week.
2.5 Head-Fi members may only vote for Headphones they have personally heard.
2.6 You may enter any Headphones of your choice in the Driver Configuration/ Price category set out on the thread. Please state the name of the Headphones clearly as the manufacturer has named the Headphones, otherwise your vote may not count.
2.7 Voting will begin on the 7th of January 2023 and will cease at 11.59 GMT on the 21st of January 2023.
2.8 Votes registered outside of the designated voting dates and times will not be counted.
2.9 Final votes will be counted and the winners will be announced within [two weeks] of the closing date or as soon as practicable after that date.
2.10 Your vote cannot be at the request of a manufacturer of Headphones or any other external influence, it is simply which set of Headphones you believe deserve your vote.
2.11 You may not vote for any financial benefit or benefit of any kind.
2.12 You will be disqualified if you enter or attempt to enter multiple votes.
2.13 You may change any part of your post up to 11.59 GMT on the 21st of January 2023. At 0.00 on the 22nd of January 2023, the votes as they stand will be recorded and no votes cast after that time will be counted, if they do not appear as recorded.
2.14 You or your vote may be disqualified if, in the view of the Poll Team, you have acted in a manner which will bring the voting process into disrepute.
2.15 Prohibited acts, may include, cheating, hacking, deception, an attempt to undermine a fair voting process, whether that is obstructive, abusive, annoying, threatening behaviour or harassment of an entrant to this process.
2.16 Where there is a dispute, disagreement or other questions to determine in the interest of fairness or efficacy of this process, the Poll Team’s decision will be final.
3.ADDITIONAL RULES:
3 1 This process does not award a prize, it is a process by which members cast a vote for Headphones members of Head-Fi collectively decide is the best for the year.
3.2 Head-Fi and Poll Team members are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the process of voting, including but not limited to errors in the Rules, selection and announcement of the Headphones which have won each category. We will, nonetheless, correct errors where necessary and if that correction does not cause further confusion or disruption.
3.3 The Poll Team reserves the right to terminate or amend the process, in whole or in part, at any time without notice, if any factor, including, and without limitation, virus, bugs, or non-authorized human intervention, interferes with its conduct or fairness, as contemplated by these rules.
