Sound+Image Special Awards Issue
All the winners revealed with full-page write-ups on their abilities and the reasons they won over our judges:
Introduction, index & lifetime achievement
Turntables: four winners
Phono cartridge of the year
Vinyl accessory of the year
Phono stages: two winners
CD player of the year
Wireless speakers of the year
Wireless headphones: two winners
Headphone amplifier of the year
Televisions: two winners
Home cinema projectors: three winners
UST projector systems: two winners
AV receivers: three winners
Soundbars: two winners
Hi-fi amplifiers: six winners
Standmount speakers: three winners
Floorstanding speakers: two winners
Active speakers of the year
Gold Award for Cinema Design
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The Editor celebrates vinyl, even the sort with urine in the grooves
music & movies
Cum On Feel The Noize!
Fun-tastic hit after mis-spelled hit from the most popular band in Britain – but then the fading of glam-rock, and a car crash. We present the story of Slade, in their own words...
classic movie scene
Misery: the hobbling scene
Nobody worried about their ankles much until Kathy Bates swung her sledgehammer in 1990’s Misery. But it was never meant to be that way…
music reviews
New music & old music buffed up
New tunes from Green Day, Robby Kreiger, Liam & John, Jesus & Mary, plus newly-repackaged Floyd, UFO, Jim Capaldi, and Carter USM.
classic track
Baba O’Riley
The opener to the Who’s fifth album in 1971 is a classic, but it had a history…
buying guide
Our complete list of recommendations, freshly updated with
this year’s Award winners alongside previous winners still available.
It’s all in Sound+Image #356 for April-May 2024 – our Special Awards Issue. The magazine is available in newsagents now with its seixy spot-gloss cover, and digitally through multiple platforms, including Readly, where you can peruse Sound+Image and thousands more Aussie and international magazines with a 1-month free trial, then AU$9.99p/m.