Sound+Image Awards 2021: special awards issue out now

Sound+Image Awards 2021
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It's the ultimate buying guide, a hi-fi droolfest, and a celebration of all that's best in audio and audio-visual gear - the Sound+Image Awards 2021 Special Issue.

Inside you'll find full details of the best and best-value products in every category - turntables, headphones, wireless speakers, projectors, streamers, hi-fi amplifiers and loudspeakers, TVs and soundbars and more.

We also celebrate the year's best custom installations of home cinemas and stereo systems, featuring both our own winners and the home cinemas and smart homes which have triumphed in this year's CEDIA Awards.

Meet the team which has won the popular vote for Australia's Hi-Fi Retailer of the Year Award, and read about the hi-fi life of this year's recipient of the Sound+Image Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sound+Image Awards 2021

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Across 50+ award categories we detail every winner, and the reasons why they impressed us so much with their performance at the price. From a AU$349 soundbar solution to a AU$13,000 turntable, and all points between and beyond, you'll discover the most remarkable hi-fi and AV equipment available to the Australian market today, the products capable of delivering magical music and magnificent movies to your home, delivering years of home entertainment joy.

It's our biggest and most unmissable issue of the year - available in newsagents now, 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$14.99p/m.

SOUND+IMAGE SPECIAL AWARDS 2021 ISSUE IS AVAILABLE NOW

Sound+Image

Sound+Image is Australia's no.1 mag for audio & AV – sister magazine to Australian Hi-Fi and to the UK's What Hi-Fi?, and bestower of the annual Sound+Image Awards, which since 1989 have recognised the year's best hi-fi and home cinema products and installations. While Sound+Image lives here online as part of our group, our true nature is best revealed in the print magazines and digital issues, which curate unique collections of content each issue under the Editorship of Jez Ford, in a celebration of the joys that real hi-fi and high-quality AV can bring. Enjoy essential reviews of the most exciting new gear, features on Australia's best home cinemas, advice on how to find your sound, and our full Buying Guide based on all our current and past award-winners, all wrapped up with the latest news and editorial ponderings. Click here for more information about Sound+Image, including links to buy individual digital editions and details on how best to subscribe.

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