I know that many of us here find the high end magazines to be rather worthless as far as their equipment reviews are concerned but they often provide some good laughs. Here is small sample of the hilarity to be found in the latest (May 2018) issue of Stereophile:
Equipment under review: LG V30 Smartphone with MQA Reviewer: Jason Victor Serinus Quote from "Conclusions": "Forced to chose among listening through headphones to the LG V30 or to the Bel Canto Design Black ACI 600 all-in-one integrated amplifier I reviewed in April ($24,900), or through loudspeakers to the Aurender A 10 network music player/server ($5500) in my main system, I'd choose the LG V30. Musically speaking, the LG V30 phone doesn't qualify as merely smart; LG's implementation of its Hi-Fi Quad DAC is a work of genius. If ever there were a device that could bring the experience of high-end sound to millions of music lovers, the hi-rez V30 with MQA is it. It's more than a game changer. For its audiophile sound quality and its smartphone portability - a combination that may prove unbeatable - it belongs in Stereophile's 'Recommended Components' in a Class A catagory all its own. Now, if only Apple could see the light and release a similar product." After reading the above I was left speechless and laughing hysterically. For that I feel that my subscription to Stereophile is well worth the $1 per issue price. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos '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=108953 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
