Stereophile
Encyclopedia
Stereophile is a monthly magazine
that focuses on high end audio equipment, such as loudspeaker
s and amplifier
s, and audio-related news, such as online audio streaming. It was founded in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt
.
As of 2010, the editor is John Atkinson, who joined the magazine in May 1986. Stereophile is published in New York
by Source Interlink Media, publisher of numerous hunting, fishing, boating, action sports, and on and off-road vehicle magazines.
Notable features include their annual "Records to Die For" section, where each editor and writer calls out two outstanding albums of the year.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
that focuses on high end audio equipment, such as loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
s and amplifier
Audio amplifier
An audio amplifier is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low-power audio signals to a level suitable for driving loudspeakers and is the final stage in a typical audio playback chain.The preceding stages in such a chain are low power audio amplifiers which perform tasks like pre-amplification,...
s, and audio-related news, such as online audio streaming. It was founded in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt
J. Gordon Holt
Justin Gordon Holt was an audio engineer and the founder of Stereophile magazine, and is widely considered to be the founder of the high-end audio movement, which promoted the philosophy of judging sound quality by subjective tests, generally with "cost no object" sound components, including...
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As of 2010, the editor is John Atkinson, who joined the magazine in May 1986. Stereophile is published in New York
New York City
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by Source Interlink Media, publisher of numerous hunting, fishing, boating, action sports, and on and off-road vehicle magazines.
Notable features include their annual "Records to Die For" section, where each editor and writer calls out two outstanding albums of the year.