Stereophile

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High-end home audio magazine

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Field	Value
title	Stereophile
logo	Stereophile logo.svg
image_file	Stereophile December 2024 cover.webp
image_caption	Cover for the December 2024 issue
editor	Jim Austin
editor2	John Atkinson
editor_title2	Technical Editor
frequency	Monthly
total_circulation	72,159
circulation_year	June 2013
category	High-end audio
company	AVTech Media
founder	J. Gordon Holt
founded	1962
firstdate	September 1962
country	United States
based	New York City
language	English
website
issn	0585-2544
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Stereophile is a monthly American audiophile magazine which reviews high-end audio equipment, such as loudspeakers and amplifiers, and audio-related news.

History

Stereophile was founded in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt. With the August 1987 issue, it started monthly publication.

In 1998, Stereophile was acquired by the Petersen Publishing Company. At this point, it was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During this period, it was published eight times a year. Petersen, which was acquired by Emap, was sold to Primedia (now Rent Group) in 2001. Primedia sold The Enthusiast Network, a New York–based publisher of special interest magazines, to Source Interlink Media in 2007.

In March 2018, Stereophile was purchased, along with related magazines and websites, by AVTech Media Ltd. from The Enthusiast Network.

On March 1, 2019, John Atkinson, who had joined the magazine in May 1986, announced that he was stepping down from his position of editor of Stereophile, that he would continue his association with the magazine as Technical Editor, and that Jim Austin, formerly an editor at Science and a freelance contributor to Stereophile, would be taking over as Editor.

Features

Features include its annual "Records to Live For" section, where each editor and writer reviews two outstanding albums of their choice; and the bi-annual "Recommended Components" issue in which audio equipment which has been reviewed in the recent past is classified as "A, B, C or D" level components, with "A" being the most highly recommended.

References

"eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Frank Hoffmann. (November 12, 2004). "Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound". Routledge.
(1998-05-17). "Petersen Publishing Agrees to Acquire Stereophile, Inc.". Stereophile.com.
Atkinson, John. (Nov 17, 2002). "40 Years of Stereophile: What Happened When Page 6". Stereophile.
(May 15, 2007). "Magazine Publisher Is Selling Special-Interest Unit for $1.15 Billion". [[The New York Times]].
(2018-03-22). "AVTech Media Ltd (UK) Acquires Home Tech Network From Ten Publishing Media". Stereophile.com.
(2019-03-01). "Stereophile: the Next Generation". Stereophile.com.

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