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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Australian HiFi

New owners, new headphones

Compact, colourful all-in-two system

From speakers to soundbar

Home entertainment hybrid

Abbey Road in your home

WiiM and Pro-Ject partner

Modern, miniature desktop delights

Classic Quad DNA

Bigger Pop Divas

More accessible high-end

Benchmark streaming… minus the DAC

LEGO-like hi-fi

Luxury for less

New from the noise-cancelling kings

Silent Angel Bremen SL1 Plus • Streamer/DAC

Laboratory Test Report

ATC SCM20ASL • Active speakers

Paradigm Defiance S12 • Subwoofer

WHERE TO POSITION YOUR SUBWOOFER

Laboratory Test Report

March Audio P801 • Power Amplifier

EISA AWARDS 2025-2026 • Here at Australian Hi-Fi we work with other technical journalists and editors around the world as part of the Expert Imaging & Sound Association, EISA, which for 42 years has presented its annual awards to the best-value and highest-performing consumer electronics you can buy. Australian Hi-Fi placed its votes; now here are the winners…

WHERE TO FIND THE EISA WINNERS? • Here we’ve listed all the winners from the AV and Hi-Fi Expert Groups with their Australian distributor and some handy QR codes to their pages, which should then point you to your nearest local hi-fi or AV store where you can check the winning products in person.

SpectraFlora Celata 88 • Loudspeakers

Laboratory Test Report

Take A Seat With Rainer Finck • The 30-year Marantz engineer and original developer of the Philips Bitstream DAC reveals his many hi-fi career highlights…

6 CD player buying tips if you want to revive your disc collection

Everything you need to know about Qobuz Connect • Qobuz Connect is finally here, and it’s been quite the wait for the French hi-res music service to launch this much-anticipated feature…

8 BEST MASSIVE ATTACK TRACKS TO TEST YOUR HI-FI SYSTEM • Massive Attack have helped define the ‘Bristol Sound’ since 1988. Emerging from the city’s underground club scene, blending elements of sound system culture with hip-hop, electronic music, jazz, funk, dub and reggae, the band has gone on to sell tens of millions of studio albums worldwide, alongside countless compilations, remixes, soundtracks, and EPs – but what are the best Massive Attack tracks to test your hi-fi system?

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