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Sound+Image is Australia’s top-selling audio-visual entertainment publication, providing easy-to-read information about audio and AV equipment, from complete stereo and home cinema installations to the latest streaming wireless and multiroom music systems.

With Australia’s most in-depth AV product reviews and comparisons, technology features and news, Sound+Image caters to both first-time buyers and consumers who already know their technology and have their sights set on the next upgrade. The year’s best products and services in this market are honoured at the annual Sound+Image Awards, which highlight the year’s most outstanding and best-value equipment, along with the highest achievements in custom installation.

Sound+Image is published six times yearly and distributed Australia-wide in print and digital editions. Subscriptions also include two issues of Best Buys Audio & AV, a bi-annual reviews special from the Sound+Image and Australian Hi-Fi teams.

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1-year subscription to Sound+Image magazine (6 + 2 issues)AU$69 (save AU$10)

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A subscription to Sound+Image will keep you up-to-date with reviews of the hottest new audio and AV gear, plus essential news updates and guides to help you get the most out of your home entertainment setup. A yearly subscription includes eight issues in total: six editions of Sound+Image (delivered bi-monthly) as well as two issues of our bi-annual Best Buys Audio & AV buying guide.

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2-year subscription to Sound+Image magazine (12 + 4 issues) | AU$129 (save AU$30)

Sign up for a two-year subscription to Sound+Image and you'll receive every single one of our regular bi-monthly editions for 24 months, along with four issues of our Best Buys Audio & AV specials, which is produced bi-annually. Not only that, but you'll also save AU$30.80 (19%) off the regular newsstand price!

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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