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In the latest issue of Stereophile, there are two letters in the manufacturers section from Mr. Hall laced with profanity. Since no other manufacturer has used such language in the many years I have been reading the magazine, I am wondering why his "letters" are not edited?
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I hope that the letters people submit to the rags are NOT edited.
Look, I'm no prude. I play golf which almost requires swearing if you are to maintain your sanity. I joke with my friends, tell off colour jokes and laugh at theirs.
BUT, I do this in the in situations where I know that it is not offensive to others. Otherwise I'm clean as a whistle.
Roy obviously likes to draw attention to himself( that is after all the purpose of his musings) but using sexual references and inappropriate language in an open forum , IMO, just makes him a rather crude attention seeker.
I have to say I went to go read them and was underthe impression it was a 'big deal'. I read the first and no profanity. OK.. The second was interesting. and the profanity was rather funny.
More of a "I am drunk' sort of crazy rather than 'I am gathering my guns and coming for you' profanity.
All in all the letter should have been left as is. It shows the 'colorful' nature of the writer.
"All in all the letter should have been left as is. It shows the 'colorful' nature of the writer."
Agreed. And this is hardly news. If memory serves, RH has been using profanity in Stereophile for years.
nt
> In the latest issue of Stereophile, there are two letters in the
> manufacturers section from Mr. Hall laced with profanity.Yes there are. I operate on the assumption that Stereophile's readers
are adults. If someone like Mr. Hall uses the word "fuck," I will publish
it rather than coyly substituting "f**k" or "f__k" to conform to some
sort of political correctness.> Since no other manufacturer has used such language in the many years I
> have been reading the magazine, I am wondering why his "letters" are not
> edited?Because I feel it more important as an editor to allow those published
in Stereophile the courtesy of not having their thoughts and opinions
altered. Yes, we edit to correct syntax, grammar and punctuation, etc,
but only so that those thoughts and opinions are expressed more clearly.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 05/20/14
hell, give him a column: Whiskey and Whine.
Edits: 05/22/14
In my line of work, I frequently give presentations to an audience and am later supplied with evaluation cards as to how I performed. I know that I hit the mark when I get a roughly equal mix of "too much" or "too little" content, depth, etc. You'll never satisfy everyone. Had you edited Roy's comments, others would have criticized you for suppressing a manufacturer's seeming displeasure with a review.
I confess that I let my paper subscription of SF lapse, but absolutely couldn't resist the offer presented to me for the Xinio version. I realize that you have no control over Xinio operation over an iPad, but there's one bug that drives me nuts. Scrolling from page to page is easy and I usually pinch the screen for magnification and drag it around a bit to read the full page. So far, so good.
Sometimes, however, I'll pinch the screen for zoom and when I let go - I get magically transported several pages past where I was! Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe back to my place, pinch. Let go, veddy carefully and maybe I won't find myself instantly in foreign territory.
Keep up the great work on the best mag currently in the biz. I was particularly interested in the SP-20 review as I'm ready to pull the trigger on moving my SP-9 MKIII to the garage system and getting something better for the main.
well Ralph, i have a living room that your sp9 would be more comfortable in. but my sp3a1(c) would be hard to supplant.
...regards...tr
While the 9 is arguably better sounding in certain respects, especially for use with a medium output MC cartridge, I'm pretty sure the resale value of an SP-3a is higher.
That is truly one of the classic preamps of all time. Period.
The SP-20 appeals to me for similar reasons to the SP-9 - single chassis packaging, support for MC cartridges both in gain and loading and I suspect, great sound.
intrigued by the sp20. now the money question, does it have mono and balance controls?
...regards...tr
along with phase and front touch panel or remote selectable phono loading. Tube hour counter. Configurable shutdown. Way cool.
SP-20 Manual
not that bad of a price for what you get.
...regards...tr
As a non-audiophile, he was a bit surprised when he asked about the price, but I showed him the REF 10 / REF 10 Phono pair that runs a cool $60k. :)
sometimes we have to be happy that some things exist.
...regards...tr
I'd rather buy the trickle-down technology version than the "statement" product. :)
nt
As I slowly slip into the dark cesspool of audiophalia neurosis. . . .
My speaker building site
I thought Roy's comments were funny as all hell.
Obviously they were tongue in cheek and not intended to be malicious.
In my opinion, any joke is always funnier when there is a bit (or a lot) of truth in it.
I'm sure that Mr. Mejas took it well.......
Stereophile: Do you want to increase circulation?
GIVE ROY A SEMI-REGULAR COLUMN!!!!
........I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes... until the main course.
Be careful what you wish for, it may come true. I can't imagine being bombarded by his attitude in a column on a monthly basis.
See ya. Dave
"I can't imagine being bombarded by his attitude in a column on a monthly basis."
Me either.
"Semi-regular"............3 to 4 times a year should do it.
........I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes... until the main course.
products 3 to 4 times a year. That is 'safer' than giving regular columns. Also more interesting because he would feel offended on some points which would bring the best and natural thoughts out of him.
Cheers
Bill
I agree with HALL,,,IT needed to be said....
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