The SMB-01L received a Gold Award at Japan’s VGP 2021 SUMMER AWARD. SMB-02, SMB-03 and MUSICLIFE ML-2 also received awards. In the 2022 Award SMB-01L, SMB-01, SMB-02G, SMB-03 and MUSICLIFE ML-2 achieved five simultaneous awards.

For PHONON, whose reputation had preceded that of its Japanese counterparts overseas, the strength of the products presented by this device was nothing less than the establishment of its position as a truly representative Japanese sound manufacturer.