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In Reply to: RE: Stereophile to review Magnepan!?.... posted by A.Wayne on June 19, 2015 at 12:23:46
>SP reviews include
>1. subjective review,
>2. objective measurementsFull reviews in our equipment reports section, yes, other than for LP
playback components, for reasons that have been discussed at length in
the past.>3 recommended components list
No, this has never been the case.
>so i fail to see how this is considered a review as it only meets one
>of your 3 criteria.Two criteria for a full review, but as coverage in a regular Stereophile
[column] is equivalent to a full review in, for example, The Absolute
Sound, I don't see that is necessary to make the distinction you are
insisting on.Finally, and speaking personally, yes I would like to subject every
component that passed through a Stereophile reviewer's system to
measurement. But logistically, this just isn't possible. For example,
in theory there are 20 working days in a month. I spent 4 days this past
week - ie, 20% of that nominal working month - performing and writing
up the measurements on an extraordinarily complex integrated amplifier.
For a magazine to publish measurements is resource-intensive, which is
why it is rare. Much as I would like to, I can't create more time with
snap of my fingers.What I do do, therefore, is cherry-pick for measurement some of the
components reviewed in our regular columns, the ones where the initial
coverage has indicated some issues. In the case of the Magnepan .7, I
did spend an evening auditioning the speakers at Herb's, basically to
see if I heard what he had described in his copy. I did.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 06/20/15Follow Ups:
@John,John I appreciate the response , I hope you mine , I read purchase and promote stereophile because of your effort to educate via measurements , your method validates ,
1. The quality
2. The sincerity of the manufacturer in their published specs
3. The confirmation of or not the personal biases of the review process
If you eliminate this , then were's the difference between you , TAS and the other opinion only WEB zines? So forgive me/ us when the feeling moves to you having apparently let Magnapan off the proverbial hook , especially knowing the contentious remarks made in the past about not testing their products , while others have to walk that gauntlet ....
@Marks,
I have in the past taken John and others to task, regarding the lack of testing of analog/TT products, truly absurd IMO , 2,3,12k cartridges with no verification as to published specs , industry disgrace on a whole ...
Regards
Edits: 06/20/15
agree and no reasonable person could expect you to especially with an unknown entity it may not be necessary in giving a column "review" , the magnapan situation is different for reasons you are well aware of John....
Disappointing really ......
Edits: 06/20/15
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