Issue Information:
April 1991 issue of Stereo Review Magazine, incorporating High Fidelity Magazine
Volume 56, No. 4
113 Pages
Overall excellent condition, minor edge wear / creasing consistent with age, see pictures. Magazine is complete (even has request cards!), inquire for any further information.
The Equipment Articles:
* Equipment Test Reports (Hirsch-Houck Laboratory test results):
* Carver SD/A-490t Compact Disc Player
* Mordaunt-Short MS3,30 Speaker System
* Onkyo TA-2700 cassette Deck
* Icon Parsec Speaker System
* A Basic A/V System
* How to Get Better FM Reception
* CES Showstoppers
The Music Articles:
* Modern Views of Mozart
* Best Recordings of the Month
* Record Makers
And the regular columns including:
* Bulletin
* Letters
* New Products
* Audio Q&A
* Technical Talk
* Popular Music
* Backbeat
* Classical Music
* The High End
Dimensions:
11 inches High x 8.5 inches Wide
See my other listings for additional vintage audio magazines that are available, including many more Audio magazines, High Fidelity, Stereo Review, Stereophile, Home Theater, Video, etc.
Shipped by Media Mail.
Stereo Review was an American magazine first published in 1958 by Ziff-Davis with the title HiFi and Music Review. It was one of a handful of magazines then available for the individual interested in high fidelity. Throughout its life it published a blend of record and equipment reviews, articles on music and musicians, and articles on technical issues and advice. The name changed to HiFi Review in 1959. It became HiFi/Stereo Review in 1961 to reflect the growing use of stereophonic technology in recordings and broadcasts. In 1968 it became, simply, Stereo Review, reflecting the broad shift to stereophonic reproduction and simplifying the title. In the late 1980s, the magazine was acquired by CBS Magazines (now Hachette Filipacchi), and in 1989 it absorbed High Fidelity magazine. During the 1990s, consumer trends began to branch out into home theater matters and the magazine contents followed in kind. In 1999 Stereo Review merged with Video, a magazine Hachette Filipacchi had acquired from Reese Communications, to become Stereo Review's Sound & Vision before settling on its current name in 2000, reflecting how dominant home theater had become in consumer purchases.
In June 2009 Hachette Filipacchi sold the publication to Bonnier Corporation, the U.S. division of the Swedish Bonnier Group, along with four other magazines: Popular Photography, Boating, Flying and American Photo. In 2013, Bonnier sold it to Source Interlink, who merged it with its previously owned consumer electronics magazine Home Theater.
One of the key features of the magazine was the permanence of its staff. Some staffers stayed for decades. One of them, Louise Boundas, rose from the ranks to become the magazine's editor from the late 1980s into the 1990s. Another, Julian Hirsch, was known for his technical reviews of equipment; he was involved with the magazine from 1961 until his retirement in 1998, nearly 40 years.
Here's the list of other Audio, High Fidelity, Stereo Review, Video, Stereophile, Home Theater, etc. magazines that I'm in the process of listing, or are already listed:
Audio Magazines:
January 1977
December 1977
January 1978
February 1983
November 1985
February 1986
July 1986
March 1991
April 1991
June 1991
July 1991
August 1991
September 1991
October 1991 - Equipment Directory
November 1991
January 1992
March 1992
April 1992
High Fidelity Magazines Available
December 1976
January 1977
February 1977
March 1977
April 1977
May 1977
July 1977
August 1977
September 1977
October 1977
November 1977
December 1977
January 1979
February 1979
March 1979
June 1979
August 1979
September 1979
October 1979
November 1979
January 1980
High Fidelity Test Reports 1981
Stereo Review Magazines Available:
February 1977
March 1977
July 1977
November 1977
March 1978
June 1980
April 1991
May 1991
Stereo Review Annual Directory - 1991
Video Magazines Available:
Spring 1979
Video Buyers Guide - 1980
Video Buyers Guide - 1981
Video Buyers Guide - 1987
February 1981
October 1981
April 1987
October 1995
November 1995
December 1995
January 1996
February - March 1996
April 1996
May 1996
June 1996
July - August 1996
September 1996
October 1996
November 1996
December 1996
Other Magazines
Hampton Video Buyers Guide 1981
Home Theater Technology - October 1995
Home Video Magazine - June 1980
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Summer 1996
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Fall 1996
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Winter 1996
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Spring 1997
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Summer 1997
Stereophile Home Theater Guide - Winter 1997
Stereophile Magazine - November 1991
Stereophile Magazine - December 1991
Videoplay Magazine - September 1981
Video Review Magazine - September 1990