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What's Best Audio and Video Forum
High-end audiophile discussion forum for audio advice, product reviews and system threads, with sections of manufacturer and distributor videos from brands such as Wilson Audio, Burmester and Constellation Audio.
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Audio Asylum
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Long-running audiophile discussion site whose own title describes it as a home for audio reviews, audiophile forums and stereo reviews, with forums organised by component and topic.
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Hi-Fi News
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Hi-Fi News & Record Review has published in-depth reviews of audio equipment since June 1956, two years before commercial stereo, and describes itself as the world's longest-running hi-fi magazine. It covers reviews, news, vintage features, awards and its own listening room.
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hi-fi+
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hi-fi+ produces a monthly magazine and an online destination for those pursuing better sound, with equipment reviews, news, annual awards and competitions for audiophiles and music lovers.
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AudioCircle
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AudioCircle connects audio enthusiasts with manufacturer-associated discussion forums, including entry points linked by GR-Research and Audio by Van Alstine. Manufacturer-published excerpts from its community document home-system listening reports and equipment comparisons, rather than independently verified performance measurements.
Audiophile Style
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Audiophile Style combines an audio-discussion forum with article and blog content, with a particularly detailed focus on digital playback. Its boards separate software, DACs, music servers, networking, storage and DSP, alongside music, analogue equipment and immersive audio.
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Analogue Seduction
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Whittlesey-based hi-fi retailer with a particular emphasis on turntables, cartridges and two-channel listening. Its catalogue also covers digital sources, headphones and home cinema, with appointment-based demonstrations in a Cambridgeshire manor-house listening room.