Australian HiFi

Australian HiFi is the definitive magazine for discerning listeners and Hi-Fi enthusiasts. Every issue is packed with equipment and music reviews, new product information and ‘how-to’ articles. Australian Hi-Fi magazine is dedicated to helping you find the best quality sound for your home.

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Home comforts

80 never look so good

Hyped to the Max

Nice to Michi you

Hi-fi harmony

Grado refreshes its greatest hits

Ideon’s boldest DAC yet

BEST BITS FROM BRITAIN

Now that’s Neat!

Special treatment

Celebrating in (exclusive) style

New Debut

Cyrus goes full width

Next level performance

Sennheiser HDB 630

Richter Dragon S7SE • Floorstanding speakers

Microphase Audio Design Tower 3 Signature • Floorstanding speakers

MICROPHASE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Laboratory Test Report

E.A.T. Jo No.5 • Moving Coil Phono Cartridge

Laboratory Test Report • Readers interested in a full technical appraisal of the performance of the E.A.T. Jo No.5 Moving Coil Phono Cartridge should continue on and read the LABORATORY REPORT published on this page. Readers should note that the results mentioned in the report, tabulated in performance charts and/or displayed using graphs and/or photographs should be construed as applying only to the specific sample tested.

What is DSD audio? • How the format works, where to download files and more.

Marantz Model 50 & CD 50n • Integrated amplifier and CD player/ streamer

Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa • Open-backed cabled dynamic headphones

Yamaha C-5000/M-5000 • Pre/power amplifiers

Luxman E-07 • Phono Stage

Music Reviews Top Picks

Reissues Music Reviews

5 OF THE BEST CLASSIC FUNK AND SOUL TRACKS TO TEST YOUR SYSTEM • Hard times often lead to great music, and that's never been truer than in 1960s and '70s America. With the civil rights movement and Vietnam war raging, society was in turmoil, seemingly lurching from one crisis to another. All of which birthed some of the finest funk and soul records ever committed to vinyl. Picking great tracks was the easy part — whittling them down to 5 favourites? That was less easy.

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