Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile's Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial departments

2015-03-03 Thread Archimago
darrenyeats wrote: I'll be sad if Stereophile disappear because they're one of the few magazines doing measurements as part of their reviews. My sentiment exactly... The measurements J.A. publishes are why I subscribe. It would be say if the only audiophile magazine I can find left at the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile's Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial departments

2015-03-03 Thread ralphpnj
darrenyeats wrote: I'll be sad if Stereophile disappear because they're one of the few magazines doing measurements as part of their reviews. Archimago wrote: My sentiment exactly... The measurements J.A. publishes are why I subscribe. It would be say if the only audiophile magazine I can

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile's Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial departments

2015-03-03 Thread ralphpnj
andy_c wrote: I bookmarked one of the funnier posts I have seen on just this very subject. It is '_here_' (http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/lounge/146693-john-curls-blowtorch-preamplifier-part-ii-2454.html#post3092791) (first one, by SY, JC=John Curl in the quote). Exactly my point - while

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile's Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial departments

2015-03-03 Thread andy_c
ralphpnj wrote: Come on gentlemen please tell me exactly what difference Stereophile's holy measurements make? If the equipment under review and measurement sounds great to the reviewer but has terrible measurements then JA (aka clown in chief) writes some nonsense about how just because the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile's Chinese Wall between advertising and editorial departments

2015-03-03 Thread Mnyb
ralphpnj wrote: Exactly my point - while Stereophile's measurements may be revealing and useful to a knowledgeable reader who understands how to read and interpret them, JA's remarks about how the measurements relate to the equipment's sound are pure marketing BS. The really silly part , he

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions

2015-03-03 Thread probedb
I used to read What Hi-Fi? does that count? ;) After having to replace the binding post on a speaker I got to see the wiring inside and realised there was no point buying expensive cable because KEF certainly don't use expensive cable inside their speakers. Taking a hearing test I can only hear