In his 37 years with Stereo Review, Julian Hirsch wrote some 2,400 test reports, more than 400 monthly “Technical Talk” columns (rarely missing an issue), and numerous feature articles. We’ve selected a handful of the more significant ones to represent his whole vast output, now accessible only in private collections and library copies of Stereo Review. The articles are provided here in PDF form so that you can see them, and print them out, as they originally appeared in the magazine. Some of the files are large and may take a while to download, but we think you’ll find them worth the wait.

— the editors of Sound & Vision

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Technical Talk (Sept. 1961, his first column)

Amplifier Testing (Aug. 1964 "Technical Talk")

Audio Agnosticism (Sept. 1965 "Technical Talk")

Bose 901 loudspeaker test report (Sept. 1968)

Julian Hirsch Hits the (Cassette) Decks (Nov. 1970):

• Introduction
• First Tests

The New Technology (Jan. 1973 "Technical Talk")

How to Judge Loudspeakers (Aug. 1976 "Technical Talk")

Hi-Fi Is Getting Better (Sept. 1980 "Technical Talk")

The Critic Criticized (Jan. 1981 "Technical Talk")

Stereo Review Tests 11 Compact Disc Players (July 1983)

Optimistic Specifications: Loudspeakers (Sept. 1986 "Technical Talk")

Julian Hirsch’s Hi-Fi Landmarks (Sept. 1986)

Power: How Much Do You Need? (Aug. 1992)

Is Home Theater High Fidelity? (Jan. 1997 "Technical Talk")

Has Hi-Fi Reached Its Limits? (Nov. 1997 "Technical Talk")

How I Got Started in Audio (Mar. 1998, his last "Technical Talk" column)

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A Tribute to Juilan Hirsch, 1922-2003

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