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Every Issue hi-fi+ features reviews of recordings both new and old. Our reviewers provide you with the low down to help you make informed decisions about your music purchases.

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Recording=8 Music=9 This icon shows that the reviewer considered the recording to be grade 8 (quite good) and the musical content to be grade 9 (they liked it quite a lot), running the mouse pointer over the icon will pop up the information.
You'll soon realise that a great many musically significant albums offer less than wonderful sound. Don't let it put you off!
***For your information scale rates a standard, good quality pop recording as slightly below average.***

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The reviews for each issue are split over two web pages, the Contemporary and Jazz reviews page and the Classical and Audiophile reviews page.

Our reviewers cover the entire spectrum of musical genres from Burt Bacherach and Oasis to Tom Waits and Oscar Peterson, from Verdi and Iron Butterfly through to Dolly Varden and David Bowie.

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Rock, classical, world, jazz, pop, reggae, film, folk, country, blue grass, surf, punk, experimental, trance, garage, metal, opera, dance, baroque, acapello, we cover it with reviewers who love the music and can give a reading of the reproduction quality as well.

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What the symbols mean: (on review pages moving the mouse pointer over them will bring up a explanation)

CD format CD Format   120g Vinyl Vinyl Format (120 gram weight)   Availability 3 Availabilty as second hand LP
(1 is hardest to get)
Gold CD format Gold CD Format 150g Vinyl Vinyl Format (150 gram weight)    
HDCD format HDCD Format 180g Vinyl Vinyl Format (180 gram weight) Recording=8 Music=9 Review score. Top is recording quality, bottom is the musical merit
CD (Treble) format Multiple disc CD Format 120g Vinyl Dbl Multiple disc Vinyl Format
XRCD format XRCD Format SACD SACD Format    
96/24 DVD 96/24 DVD Format Hybrid SACD format SACD hybrid Format    
DVD A format DVD-A Format MultiChannel SACD format MultiChannel SACD Format    
DVD format DVD Format Hybrid SACD Multichannel format Hybrid SACD MultiChannel Format    
DVD 5.1 format DVD 5.1 Format