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Special Awards Issue of Sound+Image with 40+ audio & AV winners plus full Buying Guide

By Sound+Image, Jez Ford Published 3 June 26

Sound+Image #362

Sound+Image Awards 2026 – all the audio & AV winners revealed!

By Sound+Image Last updated 2 June 26

Australia's premier awards for audio & AV equipment have been announced! Meet the best and best-value gear available on the market today

Hi-Fi

How Apple’s new AirPods Max 2 finally converted me to Atmos music on headphones

By Jez Ford Last updated 1 June 26

I have long been preaching that Atmos music is really for loudspeakers only. But Apple's latest overears are persuading me otherwise.

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Music Streaming

SHOW REPORT Australian Hi-Fi Show 2026 Sydney

By Jez Ford Published 5 May 26

The boutique Sydney Central Hotel opened up four floors of suites and rooms to the Show’s sensational systems and sounds over three days...

Tech Events

Richter shakes market with radical Series 7 Special Editions

By Jez Ford Published 20 February 26

Three new floorstanders include new Dragons and Wizards plus a premium standmount design, all notable for a new dome midrange and increasingly home-friendly design

Speakers

Headphones, carts and a floating turntable at Audio-Technica ‘Gallery’ launch

By Jez Ford Published 2 February 26

A new 'gallery' presentation was launched with drinks, sushi and a wall of hi-fi at Audio Connection in Leichhardt, Sydney

Hi-Fi

Is Spotify Lossless truly lossless?

By Stephen Dawson Published 20 January 26

We test the streaming files to establish whether Spotify’s long-awaited lossless delivery actually serves the bit-perfect quality it promises. Results were good, but there is a catch.

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Streaming & Entertainment

Homegrown Hi-Fi! (an A-to-Z of Australian audio), and the CEDIA Smart Home Awards in a packed new issue of Sound+Image magazine

By Sound+Image Published 14 January 26

Sound+Image #365

New issue of Sound+Image – top wireless noise-cancelling headphones, awesome AV and general hi-fi happiness!

By Sound+Image Published 16 November 25

Sound+Image #362

Sound+Image new issue! Yamaha's new beamer soundbar system reviewed, our coverage of the the EISA Awards, plus a spin session with 7 top turntables from $500-$2000

By Sound+Image Published 1 September 25

Sound+Image #363

A short history of Yamaha hi-fi

By Jez Ford Published 25 June 25

From pianos and organs to wind-up gramophones and then the first 'Hi-Fi Player' in 1954, we trace the Japanese company's path through to today's production of wireless speakers, soundbars and high-end hi-fi

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