With academia, I would write something related to my discipline and then follow the submission guidelines for whatever periodical I wanted to be published in. So I would think you could do a review and then contact Stereophile or whoever and tell them you’re interested in sending them your work for publication and ask them for instructions on how this is done. Every periodical might have a different set of guidelines. Some editors may welcome these types of entries and some may not. I would not write a review and then just send it in to the magazine to see how they respond because administrative staff will object to this and it could ruin your chances to publish with them altogether.
How do I get a job as a headphone reviewer?
I'm partially disabled and have a hard time with most jobs, but I can work a little part-time especially if it's low stress.
I've had high-end equipment, especially headphones, for 20 years. I'm also an amateur musician and have an analytical and music-oriented "ear." It occurred to me... maybe I could be a reviewer. Maybe it would be a nice part time side gig. But how do reviewers get their jobs?
I live in a small apartment and don't have a place for speakers with any kind of good room set-up... so it would have to be headphones I review, or headphone amps, also DACs, computer audio, and that kind of thing.