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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The Hi-Fi Headlines

VU meters meet streaming

Utopian headphones

Set your library free

Slender streaming system

Finally, a music player to match your Rolex

Plug ‘n’ play

The One

Limited-edition luxury

Cryogeni-usness

Birthday tweeters

More for less

A French affair

A digital do-all Technics

Focal fancies wireless too

Edging out the competition

Stereo is optimum

Aussie-made Ohms

Hammer time

KEF LSX II • Streaming Speaker System

Adcom GFA-555se • Stereo Power Amplifier

Laboratory Test Report • Readers interested in a full technical appraisal of the performance of the Adcom GFA-555se Stereo Power Amplifier should continue on and read the LABORATORY TEST REPORT published on the following pages. 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.

Elementi Audio Fire • Home Cinema Speaker System

Speaker Shopping 101 • How to choose the right pair and get them sounding their best

The CD player hits 40 • The first consumer compact disc player, the Sony CDP-101, was released in Japan 40 years ago, on 1st October 1982…

“Being a smaller dealer means I need to have a different approach” • Australian Hi-Fi contributor Tom Waters sits down with Krispy Audio's Cameron Pope, whose journey from hi-fi hobbyist to hi-fi dealer owner started 16 years ago when he was searching far and wide for an interconnect for his iPod and amplifier…

Pro-Ject X2 B & Phono Box S3 B • Turntable & Phono Preamplifier

Laboratory Test Report

Grado RS1x • Wired Headphones

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Petrol Girls

The Chemistry Set

Shearwater

Killswitch Engage

Jethro Tull

Lou Reed

The Allman Brothers Band

Dinosaur Jr.

Faust

Pixies

The Mars Volta

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Chats

Clutch

Hawkwind

Ozzy Osbourne

Megadeth

Slipknot

Lamb Of God

Dungen