Pale Blue Ego;322792 Wrote: > Different strokes, I guess. I read both mags and find myself skimming > past a lot of the regular Stereophile content. I can do without the > schmooze-fests disguised as "Industry Update" and the endless reports > form audio shows. I don't really need to see another picture of a > badly-dressed, overweight white guy standing next to a black box that > isn't even plugged in because he's still tweaking it and saying it > might see production next year. > > And you might love poring over the technical info and graphs, but to me > it's just more filler. Do people really buy components from inspecting > a graph? I hope not. > > And I know I can safely skip the babblings of guys like the "Analog > Coroner". I'm never going to buy a $100,000 turntable, Mikey, no > matter how often you tell me I need one. Just drive a sapphire-tipped > stake into the heart of that nonsense and let's be done with it. But > he probably gets a $10k kickback every time one of those monsters is > sold. > > Finally, I know these old geezers are writing their columns on a > computer using the disability fonts, so I'm sure they get a kick out of > knowing the subscribers have to use a magnifying glass to peruse the > print edition. I can hear them giggle every time I bump my vision > prescription another step closer to coke bottle strength.
Yes, you've managed to cover almost all the bases as far as Stereophile's shortcomings are concerned. However, you missed Sam Tellings' love for anything and everything European and Art Dudley/John Marks' oh, so serious writings which end up being not much more than naval gazing. Look, I agree that both magazines are far from perfect but at least they both recognize that most mass market audio sucks and they are trying offer their readers some valid alternatives, even if they do, often times, go off the deep end. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49614 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
