Many good points gentlemen about JA, and his text commentary around measurements (including the tendency to waver towards his subjective review colleagues).
Nonetheless, my hope is that in time as more of the population "get it", and pressure these guys about realistic (objective) evaluation, it's easier for JA to change the text that accompany his measurements. Imagine if attitudes do shift in time, at least Stereophile will have some ability to adjust and place more prominence in the objective side. Much easier than 100% fluff magazines like TAS to actually hire someone to do objective analysis or change a culture which has opposed objective analysis altogether. Again, I'm thankful that bizarre articles such as that series by Zellig and Clawson likely would never pass muster at Stereophile. As much as I do want the magazines to change and prominently put objective analysis as an essential benchmark for which all gear should have to hurdle in the full review, as a business guy as well, I appreciate how they have to find a balance with industry support. These days, with the free availability of blogs and other sources of information (like the forums), magazines obviously need ad revenue to survive. There's a business model to keep the ship afloat and pay the bills. If they advertise for reasonable companies that make a product that could in some way advance our hobby (not necessarily in sound quality but usability for example), I doubt anyone would complain. But when they start courting companies like Synergistic, Nordost, or (for the most part) AudioQuest where the products they make are either without merit or borderline insane, then we have real problems if the magazine feels it has to cater to them and "put in a good word"... Perversely, I suspect the mark-up must be massive with these "products" and thus the potential ad revenue available disproportionately high as well. I guess the bottom line is, I do gain some entertainment value from reading something like Stereophile - keeps us up to date on what's new and what to complain about :mad:. And JA's measurements I find valuable. I certainly would like to see the culture among "audiophiles" change towards a "more objective" leaning as I highlight on my blog tagline. And hopefully, being a small hobby, more of us will leave comments on crazy blog articles, write it Letters To The Editor, or demand evidence when we see commentary on questionable products... Like in most hobbies, the magazines will have to dance with the "devil" (certain questionable part of the industry). But they shouldn't get in bed with her! :rolleyes: BTW: In my 'ethernet cable blog post' (http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2015/02/measurements-ethernet-cables-and-audio.html), I mentioned Chord's troubles with the UK Advertising Standards Association. Does anyone know if in the US there has ever been action against a cable company over all these years for false advertising? Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103223 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
