dandan123;574017 Wrote: > Has Stereophile ever published a negative review ? Many years ago, they published a very negative review of a Crown power amplifier. Crown threw a fit. Instead of standing behind the review, they rereviewed the amplifier, citing disagreement, saying it was fine. I believe the editor also said he listened to the amplifier, thought it was fine, and put it in class B recommended components. Soon after, the original reviewer stopped appearing on the masthead. After that, I stopped seeing any negative reviews in Stereophile, while seeing numerous excellent reviews of products I knew firsthand to be terrible.
Since I largely stopped reading Stereophile after that, I can't say they've never published a negative review, but I browse it often enough to see they must be few and far between (how can that be in a field like high-end audio where there is such variation in product philosophy, quality, and, to be honest, where any crackpot can put out an expensive product?). In addition, there is an incredibly high correlation with Stereophile's review rankings and price, which doesn't pass the smell test. There is one exception, though, which makes Stereophile highly valuable, and why I continue to look at it as much as I do. Each review is accompanied by a quite good measurements section that is invaluable and often available nowhere else. I would recommend ignoring their subjective review (not that I always discount subject reviews, but Stereophile's are almost always favorable, so they convey little useful information), but definitely read their measurement sections. -- mps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mps's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
