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Audio/Video Gear and Systems => Critic's Circle (Equipment Reviews) => Topic started by: TheChairGuy on 27 Dec 2006, 11:47 pm
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These are by no means all out there (but it's MOST I think at this point), but here are sites that may have (English) information on gear you are interested in:
About HiFi - http://www.abouthifi.com/reviews.php
Affordable Audio - http://www.affordableaudio.org/
Audio Activity - http://www.audio-activity.com/reviews.html
Audio Asylum - http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/reviews/review.pl
Audio Enz - http://www.audioenz.co.nz/acrobat/Reviews/
Audiogon - http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl
Audioholics(A/V Hardware) - http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/index.php
Audio Ideas - http://www.audio-ideas.com/reviews-index/
Audioholics (Loudspeakers) - http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/index.php
Audiophile Audition - http://www.audaud.com/archive.php?SectionID=3
Audiophile Club of Athens - http://aca.gr/equipment.htm
Audiophilia - http://www.audiophilia.com/
AudioTweaks.com - http://audiotweaks.com/default.htm
AudioVideoNews - http://www.audiovideonews.com/audiovideoreviews.html
Audio-Video Revolution - http://www.avrev.com/
Audio Review - http://www.audioreview.com/reviewscrx.aspx
AVGuide.com - http://www.avguide.com/product-guide
Bound for Sound - http://boundforsound.com/reviews.htm
Canada HiFi - http://canadahifi.com/reviews/
e-Coustics - http://www.ecoustics.com/Home/Home_Audio/
Dagogo - http://www.dagogo.com/ARCHIVE.html
Davey's Phono Cartridges - http://daveyw.edsstuff.org/vinyl/cartridges/ (digital files of dozens of phono cartridges tested)
Daily Audiophile - http://www.dailyaudiophile.com/category/reviews/
Digital Audio Review - http://www.digitalaudioreview.com.au/index.php/audio-reviews
Dr. HIFIHouseCalls - http://www.drhifihousecalls.com.au/Reviews.htm
Doctorjohn's Cheaptubeaudio - http://djaudioreviews.blogspot.com/
Enjoy the Music - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/archives/equipment/
GoodSound - http://www.goodsound.com/equipment/
Head Fi - http://www.head-fi.org/products/
Headfonia - http://www.headfonia.com/
Hi End Audio - http://www.high-endaudio.com/rec.html
High Fidelity - http://www.highfidelity.pl (Polish mag published in English)
Hi Fi + - http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound/review
HiFi WigWam - http://www.hifiwigwam.com/view_forum.php?id=7
HiFI World - http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/hfw/bgintro.html
Home Theater Magazine - http://www.hometheatermag.com/equipmentreviews/
Home Theater Review - http://www.hometheaterreview.com/equipment-reviews/audio-reviews/
Inner World Audio - http://www.innerworldaudio.com/ (Finnish mag partly/mostly in English)
International Audio Review - http://www.iar-80.com/index.html
Mostly Audio - http://www.mostlyaudio.com/ReviewsMain.html
Planet HiFi (now defunct, but archives remain) - http://www.soundstage.com/planethifi/planethifi.htm
Playback Magazine - http://www.playbackmag.net/archived-issues (archive section by issue, but lots of gear reviewed each month to run thru)
Positive Feedback - http://www.positive-feedback.com/archives.htm
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity - http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/masterindex_amplifiers.html
6 Moons - http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/audioreviews.html
Sonic Flare - http://sonicflare.com/
Soundstage! - http://www.soundstageav.com/audiovideoreviews.html
Superior Audio - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/
Stereophile - http://www.stereophile.com/equipmentreviews/
StereoTimes - http://www.stereotimes.com/archives.shtml
StereoMojo - http://stereomojo.com/index.html
Sound & Vision Magazine - http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/equipment/
10 Audio - http://www.10audio.com/reviews.htm
The Absolute Sound - http://www.avguide.com/latest-reviews
The Analog Department - http://www.theanalogdept.com/component_reviews.htm
The Audio Beat - http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment.htm
The Audio Critic - http://www.theaudiocritic.com/blog/
TNT Audio - http://www.tnt-audio.com/int.html
Tone Audio - http://www.tonepublications.com/review/
Two Channel Audio - http://www.twochannelaudio.com/articles.html
UHF Magazine - http://www.uhfmag.com/ReadingRoom.html
Ultimate AV - http://www.ultimateavmag.com/dvdplayers/
Ultra Audio - http://www.ultraaudio.com/equipment.shtml
Vinylphile Mag - http://www.vinylphilemag.com/index/
What Hi Fi - http://www.whathifi.com/reviews
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These are by no means all out there, but here are several of the sites that may have (English) information on gear you are interested in:
Superior Audio - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/
Enjoy the Music - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/
Excellent list and great resource! Well done! FYI: a small correction, your the Enjoy the Music.com Review Magazine link is for the archives, main link is http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/ (see above). Many thanks and keep up the excellent work!
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Steven,
Thanks.
As this is The Critic's Circle, we just wanted listed the link to Equipment Reviews on each site for ready reference for folks...in addition to what's here in our database at AudioCircle.
You've got a great mag there...thanks for it and your increasingly strong support here at AudioCircle, too.
John / TCG
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You've got a great mag there...thanks for it and your increasingly strong support here at AudioCircle, too.
John / TCG
(Blushing) A most humble thanks. i love AudioCircle, it is a wonderful place that offers productive discussions and excellent advice between members.
Be excellent to each other... and... party on dude :thumb:
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Thanks, John!
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TONE Audio link fixed - thanks Gordy! (it was screwy with my Firefox browser, too).
Lots of reviews in amongst these choices, folks. Bewildering, actually :roll:
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Bewildering for the bewildered... works for me. Thank you John!
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Updated with a few new links to reviews found online (see above) :)
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Updated with a few new links to reviews found online (see above) :)
Might consider making that list a "sticky".
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Might consider making that list a "sticky".
It is...and has been for a while now :wink:
See 'Some Other Review Sites' on the master panel for Critics Circle. I was gathering them up at first for myself over a year ago - when I realized that good ole' JohnR gave us all this wonderful bandwidth to archive long lists for near perpetuity on the net.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=24.0
I sometimes forget it's there myself when I want to seek out a review on something online :duh: If I've missed a place for hifi reviews, do let me know so I can add it.
John
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It is...and has been for a while now :wink:
:duh:
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Here's another one: Inner World Audio - http://www.innerworldaudio.com (http://www.innerworldaudio.com) out of Finland. Some reviews are in English and there's more than audio; design, music, art...Available in print and PDF.
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Thanks Michael - is anybody else having problems getting to the various parts and downloads in Inner World Audio?
I've tried on Firefox, and ye' ole' Windows, and I'm having no luck at it :( It would be nice to include any other review publications in English (the audience for any other language might be too small to gather and make use of, otherwise).
I know only the Brit publications, and most or all are listed, but there may be English review sites in Scandanavia, Holland and elsewhere I am not aware of. There's at least one Aussie and Kiwi site listed, too, but there may be others (ditto for Canada, possibly).
Also, if any of you come upon dead or changed links please let me know so I can change it :thumb: The list is too large now for me to check each and every http.
Regards, John
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My pleasure John. Great idea and resource!
Re: Inner World, only the first two issues (no. 1/2007 and no. 2/2007) are available for download. I've had success downloading both with Firefox.
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Okay Michael - I added it - but I still can't download anything from it. On the hopes that I am the small minority than cannot - it's worth listing it for international flair alone :wink:
Thx - John
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Hmmm. Try these links:
no. 1/2007 - http://www.innerworldaudio.com/pdf/innerWA_nro1.pdf (http://www.innerworldaudio.com/pdf/innerWA_nro1.pdf)
no. 2/2007 - http://www.innerworldaudio.com/pdf/innerWA_nro2.pdf (http://www.innerworldaudio.com/pdf/innerWA_nro2.pdf)
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Yup - it worked today for me. I think the oft-cursed Windows inundated my machine last night to the point of not being able to download large pdf files - it forced me to re-boot afterwards, too.
I've just about had it with Windows...there are precious few reasons now NOT to switch to a Mac next time hardware needs updating. Using Intel chips and having Windows interoperability almost seals the deal for me :evil:
Thanks for your persistence :thumb: John
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More added today....a couple very good ones missed previously, too (Dagogo and Playback Magazine, aka The Absolute Sound/Perfect Vision folks :wink:)
John
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More new sites added....I am totally freaked out how many free review sites there are on the 'net when you dig around. Almost 2 years after it started and I think there are some 30 resources listed now here :thumb:
(EDIT: I just counted and it's almost 50 sources long now :o)
Seemingly, any audio (and many video) product made in the past 5 years may likely be reviewed somewhere in this voluminous pile of reading :)
John
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Still more added today...I'm just pumped that there are this many resources on the net for reviews.
Daily Audiophile :thumb: added - feel free to introduce yourself, Mark Weiman/Daily Audiophile :)
John
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Thanks for the great list, John. I am new around here but I'm a longtime audiophile. I started Daily Audiophile (www.dailyaudiophile.com) as a way to simply keep up with the growing number of high-end audio reviews being published these days. Good to know there are other review junkies out there!
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I enjoy the short reviews at:
Doctorjohn Cheaptubeaudio: Reviews and Overviews
http://djaudioreviews.blogspot.com/
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I enjoy the short reviews at:
Doctorjohn Cheaptubeaudio: Reviews and Overviews
http://djaudioreviews.blogspot.com/
Sweet, just added it - wouldn't have likely ever found that on my own - thanks!
If anybody out there has a site they are aware of that's not on this list already, let me know to add it. This list is much more of a resource than I'd have ever imagined a couple years ago. Lotsa' folks sure do like their audio toys :roll: :thumb:
John
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*sniff sniff*
I didn't see SonicFlare in there.
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oops - I was under the misunderstanding that Sonic Flare was a roundup of review sites...without unique content. I see now I'm incorrect and have added it (with yet another one found recently)
This list is getting quite voluminous now....suffice to say if what you are looking for had 100pcs sold by the manufacturer....it's probably reviewed on one or more sites listed :thumb:
John
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My life is now ruined. How did I not see this post before.
Now I'm never gonna get to sleep!!!
Paul
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My life is now ruined. How did I not see this post before.
Now I'm never gonna get to sleep!!!
Paul
Oh yeah BoneDoc...quite a treasure trove here :thumb:
7400 other visits in the past few years...so other folks use it I hope.
John
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Hi John,
Would you add my web site to your list? I have been doing reviews for the past four years. The site is www.twochannelaudio.com.
Thanks for doing this.
Best, Kent Johnson
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Hi John,
Would you add my web site to your list? I have been doing reviews for the past four years. The site is www.twochannelaudio.com.
Thanks for doing this.
Best, Kent Johnson
Great - added now, Kent - great resource - thanks :thumb:
Sorry to have missed your post from 2 weeks ago...I was on vacation Dec. 30 - Jan. 5 and I must've missed it as I wasn't checking AudioCircle as regularly as I normally do.
John
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More review sites added....where do they all come from????
Let me know if you find any non-working...the list has grown so long over the years that I no longer have time to click on all the links to see if they are still working :(
John
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Would Stereophile qualify?
http://www.stereophile.com/
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Hi John:
I'll let you know when we're done, but we are in the process of unbundling about 350 reviews from our first 29 issues in the "Gear" section of our website, so that the casual user that doesn't want to download a whole issue of the magazine can just find the review they are looking for....
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Would Stereophile qualify?
http://www.stereophile.com/
Dang, don't know how I missed your post a month ago, Russell...but indeed Stereophile qualifies! Now added.
I also noticed the very active Greek (as in based in Greece) has a review area, too...so that as well has been added (About Hi Fi)
Any dead links among the above that you find - please let me know so I can correct and/or eliminate.
Thanks, John
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Hey John..Thanks for putting that together!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Any dead links among the above that you find - please let me know so I can correct and/or eliminate.
The Cable Nut site...gone.
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The Cable Nut site...gone.
Thx WolfyChris :thumb: It's been eradicated now.
John
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More added...it's a near-bottomless pit of review sites out there after four years of digging hard at it :thumb:
See p.1 of this topic for the list.
John
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Fixed a dead link and added two new ones....amazing the bottomless pit of online reviews of (primarily) hi-fi there is.
5 years in the making and I'm sure I still missed some.
If any of you find dead links, or review sites (English only) missing....do let me know and I'll add.
Cheers, John
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Thanks for the great list, John. I am new around here but I'm a longtime audiophile. I started Daily Audiophile (www.dailyaudiophile.com) as a way to simply keep up with the growing number of high-end audio reviews being published these days. Good to know there are other review junkies out there!
Great site Mark! It saves a lot searching.
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Hi John,
would you please add www.audio-activity.com ?
It's an italian magazine but all the reviews are translated in english
Thank you
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Hi John,
would you please add www.audio-activity.com ?
It's an italian magazine but all the reviews are translated in english
Thank you
Angelo - it's a very nice site, however there is no link to simply reach your review section. You have to check each issue to find a couple models reviewed. So, we cannot link if there is no standalone review section.
Grazie, John (Gianni)
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Hi John,
this is the link to the review page:
http://www.audio-activity.com/reviews.html
Thanks
Angelo
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Yeah, John, thankx. Welcome newbie Mark Weiman.
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Hi John,
this is the link to the review page:
http://www.audio-activity.com/reviews.html
Thanks
Angelo
Got it now, Angelo...dunno' know how I missed it the first time :thumb:
Grazie!
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No problem John
Grazie a te!
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Fabulous resource for you fellow vinylphools just added: http://daveyw.edsstuff.org/vinyl/cartridges/ :thumb:
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Chair man . . thanks for the link!
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More added! - see p.1 - and a couple dead links corrected.
Anything missing? - let me know and I'll add to the list.
Thx, John
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Fabulous resource for you fellow vinylphools just added: http://daveyw.edsstuff.org/vinyl/cartridges/ :thumb:
This is a very valuable resource; thanks, John. I was amazed to hear the difference between two highly regarded cartridges - the Decca London Jubilee and the AT OC-9 on the first track. The reverb on the voice is much more apparent with the Decca, as are the very quite background sounds in the intro to that track.
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This is a very valuable resource; thanks, John. I was amazed to hear the difference between two highly regarded cartridges - the Decca London Jubilee and the AT OC-9 on the first track. The reverb on the voice is much more apparent with the Decca, as are the very quite background sounds in the intro to that track.
Russell,
Yes - Dave's site is a labor of love....he's slaved over that for years with the same tracks to compare everything equally. An engineer he is you know 8)
He hasn't shown himself on the Vinyl Circle in quite some time now - he used to semi-regularly - I hope he's well as he's a prince of a guy.
The London Decca Jubilee is/was actually mine....I sent over for Dave to add to the site. Worst cartridge purchase of all time for me - $2000 of demi-garbage it sounds like to me: bettered by a score of $100 cartridges. I sent over to Decca in the UK to check over (for another $100) and it checked out fine they told me.
The top end isn't simply bad - it's ENTIRELY missing on that cartridge and as for vaunted dynamics, a slightly tweeked Grado (a couple drops of low viscosity silicone on the inner coils and a shibata nude stylus) tears it to shreds in every way I can hear myself.
Anyhow - not a fan of Decca. Want one cheap to see if our views concur (ha)?? :wink:
John
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Russell,
Yes - Dave's site is a labor of love....he's slaved over that for years with the same tracks to compare everything equally. An engineer he is you know 8)
He hasn't shown himself on the Vinyl Circle in quite some time now - he used to semi-regularly - I hope he's well as he's a prince of a guy.
The London Decca Jubilee is/was actually mine....I sent over for Dave to add to the site. Worst cartridge purchase of all time for me - $2000 of demi-garbage it sounds like to me: bettered by a score of $100 cartridges. I sent over to Decca in the UK to check over (for another $100) and it checked out fine they told me.
The top end isn't simply bad - it's ENTIRELY missing on that cartridge and as for vaunted dynamics, a slightly tweeked Grado (a couple drops of low viscosity silicone on the inner coils and a shibata nude stylus) tears it to shreds in every way I can hear myself.
Anyhow - not a fan of Decca. Want one cheap to see if our views concur (ha)?? :wink:
John
Yes! (it depends how cheap!)
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How about AudioReview.ca?
http://audioreview.ca
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Please consider:
AudioStream - http://www.audiostream.com/ (http://www.audiostream.com/)
Part-Time Audiophile - https://parttimeaudiophile.com/ (https://parttimeaudiophile.com/)
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These are by no means all out there (but it's MOST I think at this point), but here are sites that may have (English) information on gear you are interested in:
About HiFi - http://www.abouthifi.com/reviews.php
Affordable Audio - http://www.affordableaudio.org/
Audio Activity - http://www.audio-activity.com/reviews.html
Audio Asylum - http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/reviews/review.pl
Audio Enz - http://www.audioenz.co.nz/acrobat/Reviews/
Audiogon - http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl
Audioholics(A/V Hardware) - http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/index.php
Audio Ideas - http://www.audio-ideas.com/reviews-index/
Audioholics (Loudspeakers) - http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/index.php
Audiophile Audition - http://www.audaud.com/archive.php?SectionID=3
Audiophile Club of Athens - http://aca.gr/equipment.htm
Audiophilia - http://www.audiophilia.com/
AudioTweaks.com - http://audiotweaks.com/default.htm
AudioVideoNews - http://www.audiovideonews.com/audiovideoreviews.html
Audio-Video Revolution - http://www.avrev.com/
Audio Review - http://www.audioreview.com/reviewscrx.aspx
AVGuide.com - http://www.avguide.com/product-guide
Bound for Sound - http://boundforsound.com/reviews.htm
Canada HiFi - http://canadahifi.com/reviews/
e-Coustics - http://www.ecoustics.com/Home/Home_Audio/
Dagogo - http://www.dagogo.com/ARCHIVE.html
Davey's Phono Cartridges - http://daveyw.edsstuff.org/vinyl/cartridges/ (digital files of dozens of phono cartridges tested)
Daily Audiophile - http://www.dailyaudiophile.com/category/reviews/
Digital Audio Review - http://www.digitalaudioreview.com.au/index.php/audio-reviews
Dr. HIFIHouseCalls - http://www.drhifihousecalls.com.au/Reviews.htm
Doctorjohn's Cheaptubeaudio - http://djaudioreviews.blogspot.com/
Enjoy the Music - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/archives/equipment/
GoodSound - http://www.goodsound.com/equipment/
Head Fi - http://www.head-fi.org/products/
Headfonia - http://www.headfonia.com/
Hi End Audio - http://www.high-endaudio.com/rec.html
High Fidelity - http://www.highfidelity.pl (Polish mag published in English)
Hi Fi + - http://www.avguide.com/channel/the-absolute-sound/review
HiFi WigWam - http://www.hifiwigwam.com/view_forum.php?id=7
HiFI World - http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/hfw/bgintro.html
Home Theater Magazine - http://www.hometheatermag.com/equipmentreviews/
Home Theater Review - http://www.hometheaterreview.com/equipment-reviews/audio-reviews/
Inner World Audio - http://www.innerworldaudio.com/ (Finnish mag partly/mostly in English)
International Audio Review - http://www.iar-80.com/index.html
Mostly Audio - http://www.mostlyaudio.com/ReviewsMain.html
Planet HiFi (now defunct, but archives remain) - http://www.soundstage.com/planethifi/planethifi.htm
Playback Magazine - http://www.playbackmag.net/archived-issues (archive section by issue, but lots of gear reviewed each month to run thru)
Positive Feedback - http://www.positive-feedback.com/archives.htm
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity - http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/masterindex_amplifiers.html
6 Moons - http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/audioreviews.html
Sonic Flare - http://sonicflare.com/
Soundstage! - http://www.soundstageav.com/audiovideoreviews.html
Superior Audio - http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/
Stereophile - http://www.stereophile.com/equipmentreviews/
StereoTimes - http://www.stereotimes.com/archives.shtml
StereoMojo - http://stereomojo.com/index.html
Sound & Vision Magazine - http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/equipment/
10 Audio - http://www.10audio.com/reviews.htm
The Absolute Sound - http://www.avguide.com/latest-reviews
The Analog Department - http://www.theanalogdept.com/component_reviews.htm
The Audio Beat - http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment.htm
The Audio Critic - http://www.theaudiocritic.com/blog/
TNT Audio - http://www.tnt-audio.com/int.html
Tone Audio - http://www.tonepublications.com/review/
Two Channel Audio - http://www.twochannelaudio.com/articles.html
UHF Magazine - http://www.uhfmag.com/ReadingRoom.html
Ultimate AV - http://www.ultimateavmag.com/dvdplayers/
Ultra Audio - http://www.ultraaudio.com/equipment.shtml
Vinylphile Mag - http://www.vinylphilemag.com/index/
What Hi Fi - http://www.whathifi.com/reviews