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In Reply to: RE: Musical Fidelity V90-DAC rating posted by knewton on March 16, 2014 at 08:05:33
>the only explanation I readily noticed was something about a relationship
>based on joint recording projects between Mr. Atkinson and Musical
>Fidelity.Then you didn't look hard enough. :-)
>If that is the explanation, it strikes me as as wholly improper that
>such recording projects should impinge on the selection of product
>coverage in the pages of Stereophile.They didn't.
There were 2 such project: one in 1999, that I financed; one in 2003 that
Musical Fidelity's Antony Michaelson financed that I produced but didn't
receive a fee and for which I paid all my expenses, including the
transatlantic air fare. Because of my involvement on those recording
projects, I recused myself from writing reviews of Musical Fidelity's
products until December 2008 - see footnote 2 at the foot of the linked
page.>If the publishers of the magazine somehow owe financial consideration to
>Musical Fidelity for Mr. Atkinson's recording projects, then, at most,
>it should be provided via reduced rate or free advertising space, and
>not via magazine product review selection.I finance Stereophile's recording projects and lease the finished masters
to the magazine's owner for release as CDs in return for a royalty on
sales. There is no other business connection between the magazine and
my activities as a recording engineer and producer.Regarding the V90-DAC's rating in this issue's "Recommended Components,"
that it doesn't handle DSD does not disqualify it from Class A+, as one
poster wrote in this thread. Neither does its price, nor the fact that it
was not subjected to a full review with measurements. But as I have
written on the Stereophile website, Sam Tellig's rating must be regarded
as provisional until the next listing in October 2014 is compiled. I have
received a second sample of the V90-DAC so I can perform a measurements
followup and listen to it myself.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 03/16/14Follow Ups:
"Then you didn't look hard enough. :-)"I don't doubt that. Perhaps, Mr. Atkinson, you would be kind enough to direct me to the correct explanation? I would appreciate it, thank you.
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Ken Newton
Edits: 03/16/14
> Perhaps, Mr. Atkinson, you would be kind enough to direct me to the
> correct explanation? I would appreciate it, thank you.\See, for example, the 2011 thread linked below. Basically, while some
companies are still humming and hawing about whether or not to send a
product to Stereophile for review, especially when they know it will be
measured, Antony Michaelson sends review samples without conditions,
and almost by return.
So when a reviewer finds himself without something to write about, as
happened with Sam Tellig's April column, where another product he had
been promised was delayed by a few weeks, there will always be Musical
Fidelity on hand.Yes, Antony Michaelson is gaming the system. And, of course, Sam Tellig
could have accepted that he didn't have anything other than Musical
Fidelity to write about for that issue and go without any income for a month.
I am sure the inmates on this forum would have done that. (Yeah, right!)
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 03/17/14 03/17/14 03/17/14
Would be a shame if he didn't - because otherwise, it looks just silly (as opposed to silly with a purpose).
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
OK, thanks for the clarification. I re-read the rules regarding A+ ratings, and the V-90 is indeed capable of handling 24/96 LPCM data (but not DSD).
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