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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New ribbons to sew up the market

Welcome, TAGA Harmony

Ultra wireless performance?

From Paris to Melbourne

Everything but the kitchen sink

Cyrus finally embraces BluOS

Single-box system sophistication, inside and out

Streaming spinner

Upgrades all round

Features on tap

PMC Prodigy 1 • Loudspeakers

PRODIGY 5 AT A GLANCE

Airpulse SM200 • Active Speaker System

MEET THE DESIGNER

Laboratory Test Report • Readers interested in a full technical appraisal of the performance of the Airpulse SM200 active speaker system 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.

OAD UltraFidelity UP1 • Phono Preamplifier

Laboratory Test Report • Readers interested in a full technical appraisal of the performance of the OAD UltraFidelity UP1 Phono Preamplifier 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.

Dolby Atmos Music and ‘spatial audio’: a new musical dimension • Dolby Atmos Music has added a whole new dimension to the music-listening experience. Quite literally.

Apple spatial audio with Dolby Atmos

The (R)evolution of Portable Audio - Part 2 Things Getting Reel • The secret German invention of polyvinyl chloride magnetic tape and a surprise accidental discovery led to an entertainment revolution that lasted more than 50 years. Darren Yates writes…

EISA AWARDS 2023-2024

EISA EXPERT IMAGING AND SOUND ASSOCIATION

Class A Audio: a one-stop shop • Kevin You has hi-fi in his DNA - and a high-end haven in his Melbourne store

dCS Lina • Network DAC

7 of the best-produced recordings of all time

Vespertine

Never Too Far

Aja

Toto IV

Reach

Spilt Milk

Random Access Memories

Pretenders

Explosions In The Sky

When Rivers Meet

Public Service Broadcasting

Slowdive

FROM THE DESK OFLEN

Musical Fidelity • It’s been a huge few months for Musical Fidelity. New products, new directions, and revisiting icons of old…

Bang & Olufsen

Rega/STAX

Sonus Faber

Sonos

Revival Audio

Ruark

C Seed

Pantheone Audio

Bowers & Wilkins

Barco/Bluesound

Yamaha

NAD

Preserving the past, embracing the future A 19th-century Sydney Home's Technological Transformation

Technics

Hana moving-coil cartridges

The TV that travels: a glimpse into LG's briefcase TV

Accessories

Bowers & Wilkins