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Stereophile - Some Data

There has been some grumbling on the Asylum in the past week that
Stereophile's review coverage is biased toward advertisers. I have
pointed out that that is not the case, but inmates seem unconvinced.
So, as I was working on the list of contenders for our April issue's
"Recommended Components" listing this morning, it was a very easy
task to provide some hard data.

I took the list of every brand that has received more than a nominal
mention in Stereophile -- ie, was written about in a formal review,
a follow-up review, or in Sam's, Mikey's, Art's, Kal's, and John
Marks' column -- and split it into current advertisers in Stereophile
and non-advertisers. (I did this from memory, so I admit there may be
a couple of errors in either direction. If so, please let me know.)

The data: we have published review opinions in this period on products
from 40 advertisers. However, we have also published review opinions
on products from 50 non-advertisers. So those who continue to
insist that there is a correlation need either to withdraw that
accusation or explain why these data are not relevant to their argument.

40 Advertisers: AudioPhysic, Ayre, B&W, Balanced Audio Technology,
Bellari, Bryston, Cary Audio Design, Cayin, Chord, Conrad-Johnson,
Continuum, dCS, DeVore Fidelity, Exposure, Finite Elemente,
Focal-JMlab, Genesis, Graham Engineering, Halcro, Harbeth, HeadRoom,
Linn, Mark Levinson, Monitor Audio, Musical Fidelity, Naim, NHT,
Outlaw, Quad, Simaudio Moon, Sonus Faber, Spendor, Sutherland,
Thiel, Usher, Velodyne, Viola Audio Laboratories, VTL, Whest,
Wilson Audio Specialties

50 Non Advertisers: Alesis, Art Audio, Audio Analogue, Audio Research,
Audio Valve, Audiopax, Bryston, Channel Islands Audio, Consonance,
Cyrus, DaVinci Audio Labs, Denon, Dynavector , Eastern Electric,
Ensemble, Esoteric Audio Research, ESP, First Watt, Genelec, Grace,
Hagerman Audio, Hannl, Hartley, Horning, Hotei, Jasmine Audio, KEF,
Lipinski Sound, Locus, Magnum Dynalab, Music First, Nirvana, Nola,
Olive, Panamax, Peak Consult, Penaudio, Placette, PS Audio, Ray
Samuels Audio, Shun Mook, Sonic Euphoria, Sound Quest, Sugden Audio,
Triangle, Trigon Elektronik, Viva Solista, Wallytools, Wharfedale,
Yamamoto.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile


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Topic - Stereophile - Some Data - John Atkinson 07:05:01 01/24/06 (76)
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