HiFi/Stereo Review - Stereo Review

Audiophile and music magazine beginning in 1958 and ending in 1999

Stereo Review was an American magazine first published in 1958 by Ziff-Davis. It was one of a small group of magazines then available for the individual interested in high fidelity (the other major ones being Audio and High Fidelity) It featured a blend of record and equipment reviews, articles on music and musicians, and articles on technical issues and advice. Beginning in 1958 as HiFi & Music Review, the name changed to HiFi Review in 1959. Then it became HiFi/Stereo Review in 1961 to reflect the growing use of stereophonic technology in recordings and broadcasts. In 1968 it became Stereo Review, reflecting the broad shift to stereophonic reproduction and simplifying the title. In the late 1980s, the magazine was acquired by CBS Magazines and in 1989 it absorbed High Fidelity magazine.

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The magazine became Sound and Vision in 2000, changing its focus to home theatre.

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Stereo Review

Stereo HiFi Directory

Directory
1961

Directory
1963

Directory
1964

Directory
1965

Directory
1966

Directory
1971

Directory
1972

Directory
1974

Buying Guide
1975

Buying Guide
1976

Buying Guide
1977

Buying Guide
1978

Buying Guide
1979

Buying Guide
1981

Buyer's Guide
1990

Buyer's Guide
1991

Buyer's Guide
1992

Buyer's Guide
1994

Buyer's Guide
1995

Buyer's Guide
1997

Tape Recorder & Buying Guide

Tape Recorder Annual
1966

Tape Recorder Annual
1968

Tape Recorder
Guide 1969

Tape Recorder Guide 1972

Tape Recording & Buying Guide

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1973

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1974

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1975

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1978

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1979

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1980

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1981

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1982

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1983

Tape Recording & Buying Guide
1984

Stereo Buyer Guide

Stereo Buyer's Guide
1993

Stereo Buyer's Guide
1996

Stereo Buyer's Guide
1998

Stereo Buyer's Guide
1999

Video Buyer's Guide

Video Buyer's Guide
1987

Video Buyer's Guide
1989

Compact Disk Buyer's Guide

Compact Disk Buyer's Guide 1987

Not the same as
HiFi Stereo Buyers' Guide

Hundreds of these issues courtesy of David Buchanan, Thomas Smith
and Jeff Vokracka

Stereo Review Issue List

1958
HiFi & Music Review

1959
HiFi Review

1960
HiFi Review

First issue
February 1958

Collection Completed
June 2020

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1961
HiFi/Stereo Review

1962
HiFi/Stereo Review

1963
HiFi/Stereo Review

1964
HiFi/Stereo Review

1965
HiFi/Stereo Review

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1966
HiFi/Stereo Review

1967
HiFi/Stereo Review

1968
Stereo Review

1969
Stereo Review

1970
Stereo Review

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Became Stereo Review
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Nov
Dec
Tape Recorder Annual

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Tape Recorder Annual

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1971

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Stereo Review

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Tape Recorder Annual

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Stereo Buyers Guide

1976

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1980

Stereo Review

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Buyers Guide
Tape Recorder Annual

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Review

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Buyers Guide
Tape Recording Guide

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Buyers Guide
Tape Recording Guide

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Stereo Review

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Buyers' Guide
Compact Disc
Buyers Guide
Video Edition

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Stereo Buyers Guide

Absorbed High Fidelity in mid-1989
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Buyers Guide
Video Edition

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Review

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Stereo Buyers Guide

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Stereo Review

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Buyer's Guide
Special Edition

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Buyer's Guide
Special Edition

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Buyer's Guide
Special Edition

Became
Sound &
Vision
in
February

Note: The "Buyers" guide issues have been named "Buyer's" or "Buyers'" or "Buyers" so for consistency any apostrophes have been dropped.

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