Kal Rubinson;571455 Wrote: > I must respond by stating that, in my personal experience, there is no > relationship between the two sentences I quoted above. > > In my 14+ years with Stereophile, I have always written about the > products that interest me and I have never had any of my comments > altered or deleted by the Editor, stylistic and grammatical corrections > aside. In addition, I pay absolutely no attention to the ads or, > indeed, who advertises as I select products primarily from > seeing/hearing them at shows or showrooms, from Internet information > and forums, and from personal contacts and correspondence. > > Also, I firmly resist offers or attempts of visits from manufacturers > as I prefer to set up equipment myself and I am fortunate in being able > to feed myself. The major exceptions are made when the size/weight of > the product(s) are beyond my abilities to manage them. > > So, perhaps I cannot change your expectations but I do not think you > have hit on the reasons why Stereophile reviews may not be from the > same perspective that you have. > > And, btw, I did not say that you were "way off base" but that you are > "mostly wrong," based on a quickie analysis of your three points. It > also means that you are somewhat right. > > Kal
I agree with Phil: this is all very laudable and I respect that at least you go out of your way to review equipment in a manner similar to what most buyers would normally encounter. That being said it does not change the fact that human nature makes us mere morals susceptible to feeling just a little special when we are part of very exclusive club and the club of the high end audio reviewer is a very exclusive one indeed. Paling around with the heads of various high end audio equipment companies and even having them come to one's home to personally assist in the set up of their equipment will have some outcome on the review regardless of the writers and editors insisting otherwise. The fact that computer based digital audio has the potential to bring non high end audio manufacturers into the game does cloud the issue even further since these manufacturers have no pedigree and history with the reviewers and the readership. So all that we, the readers of Stereophile, ask is that these manufacturers be given a fair shake and that when their equipment performs at a high level, regardless of price, the lack of pedigree and history does not work against them. As I've written on the Stereophile forum the Touch needs to be compared not only to other networked music players but to high end CD players and CD transports for the real nature of its giant killing and game changing potential to be fully understood. -- 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=81346 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
