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In Reply to: RE: What would you have Artie do? posted by mkuller on May 08, 2014 at 15:49:00
were smoking. The stereo amp is the amp that was reviewed.And yes, I would've killed the review. It's against Stereophile policy but, IMHO, what they ended up doing is against policy as well. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As you pointed out in your post below, sometimes a writer invests time in a review that, due to circumstances beyond her control, does not get published and so is not renumerated for that review. I don't really see how the review, as it was printed, did anything positive for the readers, the magazine or the manufacturer, not that this is the purpose of a review.
But I certainly appreciate the varied and contrary comments in this thread and thank both John Marks and John Atkinson for contributing to the forum particularly when the subject being discussed is critical of their excellent magazine.
I would also point out that in previous threads I have made many positive comments about the magazine and really have no particular axe to grind. But as one of the posters pointed out, this may be a very minor issue and there may be better ways for me to spend my time.
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Stereophile should have reviewed the amps. The review should have been about one paragraph long. There should have been no second chance, given that both units smoked.
The value here would be to make small manufacturers who can do proper engineering and quality control do so and to make would-be small manufacturers without the necessary resources think three times before going into business.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
> The value here would be to make small manufacturers who can do proper engineering and quality control do so and to make would-be small manufacturers without the necessary resources think three times before going into business.>
Most audio manufacturers, like computer giants Apple and Hewlett-Packard, started in a garage.
Many of them start their businesses while they continued their day jobs, like Conrad Johnson.
I think Stereophile did the right thing by being transparent, telling the whole story and giving them a second chance.
"Most audio manufacturers, like computer giants Apple and Hewlett-Packard, started in a garage."
I'm not so sure that Apple Computer is such a good example, since they were making illicit devices in their "garage".
Somehow, I get the impression that the staid H. and P. did not ship junk instruments out of their original garage. I think they are a perfect example of how a small business can do a good job if they are competent, hardworking and honest.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
The founders of Apple were phone phreaks? Figures. That "1984" advert apparently had an historical basis.
...started in a garage.
like Nelson Pass continue to hand assemble some on his "kitchen table"!
...and I don't disagree.
I think it provided an interesting situation with a company whose products may not be ready for prime time.
The stereo amp review WAS better than none.
As to doing something positive, they say there is no such thing as negative publicity ;-)
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