hi-fi+ issue 250: the Awards

This month, hi-fi+ turns the ripe old age of 250! That’s 250 editions of the leading guide to all things audio, from personal audio and active bookshelf speakers to multi-million dollar high-end systems. We’ve seen thousands of products since our first edition hit the newsstands back in 1999.

A monumental issue affords the reader the chance to look back at how the audio world has changed over the years. It also allows us to look forward to what the next few years may bring. Every attempt at prediction is prone to inaccuracy, but having seen many changes in the first 250 issues, we’re good at predicting what might happen in audio over the next five years.

But that’s not all…

Our 250th issue falls at the same time as our annual awards. Each year, we pick the finest products across all audio categories to find the Winners and Highly Commended products of the year. Will these form the basis of your next audio system? Well… probably. Covering everything from network audio cables and switches (connecting it to the outside world) to custom isolators that your system rests upon, we’ve got it covered.