honestguv;339431 Wrote: > Audiophiles want to believe in magic. If they stop believing and start > following real world performance then a consumer based hobby is going > to be rather boring and unsatisfactory. How many readers and > advertisers would a home audio publications get that said all competent > cables, amplifiers, CD players,... sound the same, LPs are audibly > deficient and not sensible, valve amplifiers are often audibly > deficient and not sensible,... and so we will almost exclusively go on > about speakers? There would be almost no interest from hobbyists making > a business case very difficult.
Really? Isn't that more or less how hi-fi magazines were back before the days of magic cables? A magazine that thoroughly reviewed speakers, plus some sensible reviews of preamps, amps, and source components (limited listening tests to make sure they sound as they should, description of build quality, features, and some measurements) could succeed. Probably it would need to avoid taking too aggressive a tone to keep from alienating too many customers. The audio critic isn't a good example - it's more a series of rants than a magazine, and it stands out only by contrast. But I think the main problem is with advertising - audio magazines are supported mostly not by subscription money but by advertising by manufacturers. That means that negative reviews are very rare, and that's most of the trouble right there. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
