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Why buy HIFICRITIC?

HIFICRITIC back issues are a valuable resource for hi-fi product selection and insightful features on audio technology. 

Each issue typically contains 15 hi-fi product reviews and 22 record and music reviews plus many supporting features.

The world's finest audio brands

Leading designers and manufacturers have trusted HIFICRITIC to be fair and objective. 

Search our back issues and discover hundreds of reviews and features covering the world’s best, from Magico to Wilson Audio, D’Agostino to Audio Research, Fink to Mission, Avalon to Sonus Faber, Kef to Wharfedale, Graham Audio to Spendor, NAIM to CH Precision, and many more.

What's inside HIFICRITIC?

Science, technology
and the human ear

Our team investigates the science and technology behind the products and combines this analysis with critical comparative listening tests.

Optimal system setups

Informative technology features help readers get the best sound through optimal system setup, including networks, streaming, audio cables, equipment platforms, digital audio technologies, listening rooms and loudspeaker placement. No detail is overlooked in our analysis of networks, both wired and optical, audio cables, loudspeaker and interconnect, and vital supports and platforms.

Audio technology

Insightful features on audio technology include music formats such as the FLAC and WAV debates, HD and UHD, digital audio filters, oversampling and up-sampling.

Music reviews

Always mindful that the technology is not the end in itself, we review music releases in Pop, Jazz and Classical genres, in LP and CD formats, and in hi-res downloads.

Regular columns, investigations and in-depth interviews

In addition to the hundreds of reviews and technology articles, you'll enjoy regular columns from design expert Stan Curtis, critical audio technology investigations from Keith Howard and Martin Colloms, and in-depth interviews with industry greats, designers and directors in recording studios, retailing, design and music production.

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HIFCRITIC magazine is available for purchase in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 

Use the search and filters below to locate the issues of particular interest to you.

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A 

Acoustic Energy, ATC, Atlas, Atoll, Audio Note, Audio Research, Audio Technica, Audiolab, AudioQuest, Audiovector, Avalon, Avid, 

B 

B&W, Burmester, 

C 

Cambridge Audio, CH Precision, Canton, Chord (electronics), Chord Cables, Clearaudio, Copland, 

D 

D’Agostino, Dartzeel, DCS, Definitive Audio, Denon, 

F 

Fink Team, Focal, Franco Serblin, Fyne Audio, 

Goldmund, 

H 

Hegel, 

J 

JBL, 

KEF, KHF, KLH, Klipsch, Krell, Kuzma, Leema, 

L 

LINN, 

M 

Magico, Mark Levinson, McIntosh, Melco, Meridian, Mission, Mytek, 

N

NAD, NAIM, Nordost, 

P 

Pass Labs, PMC, Prima Luna, Proac, Pro-Ject, Proton, PS Audio, 

Q

Q Acoustics, Qobuz, QED, 

R 

Rega, ROON, Rose, Rotel, 

S 

Sonus Faber, Spendor, 

T 

Tannoy, Technics, Thoress, Tidal, Townshend, Transparent, Triangle, 

V 

Vertere, Vitus, Voxativ, 

W 

Wilson, Wilson Audio, 

Y

Yamaha

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