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OK, Mr. Atkinson, I'm on the verge or subscribing (after an approximately 20 year hiatus) to your magazine. Convince me that I should do so.
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How much time does the average reader spend on each issue, actually reading these "Rags", Today, compared the 70's and 80's?
I think a lot, based on what friends talk about when they get their issues. And when I talk to guys I don't know and they start telling me about their speakers I note that key phrases are just as written by the reviewer (I have a photographic memory). So, the addicts are reading. All addicts love to read about their hobbies. Audio is not different. They can't talk to friends 24/7, so they read....over, and over and over.
Having read the rags for years, I find them boring Today.I want to spend my time listening, not reading about audio.
When I last read audio magazines, I would read for about an hour, and then toss into the trash.
Edits: 08/09/16
after years and years, yes, many folks tire of them. But that's after having a lot of experience and knowing your preferences. If you just entered the hobby today you'd be addicted just like you were way back when.
I'm renewing tomorrow, I started getting notices.
I was going to wait a month and reactivate Sirius, they were sending me offers for 5 months for $20. I had just got a notice that they were broadcasting The July 2nd & 3rd Dead & Company shows live. Luckily I asked, channel 23 Grateful Dead 24/7 is no longer part of the Select package. So that money is going to Stereophile, I have been a subsciber since 1993.
> Luckily I asked, channel 23 Grateful Dead 24/7 is no longer part of the
> Select package. So that money is going to Stereophile, I have been a
> subscriber since 1993
Thank you.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Just renewed online.
> Just renewed online.
Beer shall be drunk in your honor, Jeff.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
John ,
is there a bandwidth situation with SP website , then why are articles posted so devoid of pics...?
> why are articles posted so devoid of pics...?
Could you give an example, please. Articles that were posted prior to
2005 sometimes didn't have accompanying images, due to the need back
then to keep the site compatible with dial-up services. But that
limitation disappeared a long time ago.
For website content that is derived from the magazine, they generally
reproduce all the pictures that had been included in the print version,
plus any others that we have available. Note that with equipment reports,
there are often more graphs than the print version and those graphs are
always in higher definition.
For exclusive web content, these often include multiple images and
sometimes embedded video.See, for example, the Bob Dylan review at
the link below.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
> > why are articles posted so devoid of pics...?
>
> Could you give an example, please.
Perhaps I am just feeling grumpy today, but I do get weary of answering
questions about Stereophile on forums only not to get any acknowledgement
or, as in this case, not getting an answer to a question of my own.If someone is sufficiently concerned about the magazine to ask a question
of me in public, are they really not interested in what I have to say?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 07/24/16
Hang in there- JA.
Reasons to resubscribe?
Well, while I think many reviewers across the board really miss the boat when trying to evaluate whether a speaker or any component sounds like real music, and while most of them just parrot the manufacturer's phoney science, John Atkinson's measurements represent some of the only sanity in the review world.
Measurements don't tell all, but a good listening reviewer plus the measurements can tell a lot. And John does a great job at this.
John's reviews also are telling. Because he measures, some folks might put him in the "all science, no subjective" kind of box, but his opinions on the sound of equipment are some of the best in the industry.
So, for me, John Atkinson alone is worth the price of admission, err....subscription.
For the record, I am not affiliated with S'phile or John in any way, though I have met him several times.
> John's reviews also are telling. Because he measures, some folks might put him in the "all
> science, no subjective" kind of box, but his opinions on the sound of equipment are some of
> the best in the industry.
> So, for me, John Atkinson alone is worth the price of admission, err....subscription.Thank you. Validation is very welcome.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 08/02/16
You are welcome, but since it was all true I was only stating fact.
It was the weekend, I was not into sitting and writing on the computer, and there were a few more points I had thought of but forgot about while writing.
The most important thing I forgot to mention is the issue of the "ear" and "sensibility" of the reviewer. Someone who knows the sound of real music is so important. I find that many folks, from home audiophiles to manufacturers to dealers to reviewers don't go often or at all to hear music, though lots of lip service is paid, by all, about the sound of real music. John Atkinson plays, and is therefore around other players, listening to their instruments, when playing. There is no substitute for this experience with live music, burned into the mind and reinforced regularly. It is so much easier to judge equipment when you are coming from this position.
When you can bounce this experience and deep, detailed memory of live music against measurements that you take, the combination of the two builds where you can really start correlating the measurements and the sound more meaningfully. That combination of knowledge and skill sets represents a powerful evaluative force.
Again, support of the value of the magazine, especially at the low subscription offers.
To repeat, no connection at all to the magazine, but a long time in audio. .
You might find it helpful for no other reason that it gives you some, but not much, context as to what folks are complaining about with their posts on this board.
Without the magazine in hand, most of the posts here make little sense.
I'm unsure as to the meaning of your post, Ivan. Are you saying that because I have been "out of the loop" for 10 plus years as far as Stereophile is concerened that I am ignorant as to matters High-Fidelity? "Ignorant" is not an animadversion...
regards audio for NOT reading Stereophile.
But as it seems that a good percentage of the posts on THIS page (Critic's Corner) involve Stereophile, having a copy in hand makes it easier to keep score,
And to take the occasional shot at JA, for what that's worth. +:-0
(nt)
I think Mr. Atkinson's best argument can be found in the pages of his magazine, which is available to all who can read. Why should he be asked to offer any answer other than the one he already has?
-Bob
I can read, hesson11. In fact, I am quite good at the activity. Thanks for the input!!!
That was self-evident from your obvious ability to write. I just meant that all you've got to do to decide whether you want to subscribe is to read the magazine, which is widely available on newsstands.
-Bob
Thanks hesson11 (A). There are no newsstands in my locale. I did, however, subscribe to Stereophile yesterday. Cheers and best wishes!!!.
I should have subscribed so JA could leave a tip.
Maybe next week.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Oh! Sorry. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
-Bob
Subscription has been submitted! Wish me well.
For about the price of 4 mornings worth of Starbucks venti lattes you get a year's subscription to arguably the best hi-end stereo mag out there. A no-brainer.
The whole problem with the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
-Bertrand Russell
...IMO, if you are an audio hobbyist, it's required reading.
> I'm on the verge or subscribing (after an approximately 20 year hiatus)
> to your magazine. Convince me that I should do so.
Just one more new subscription and I can afford to take the staff out
to the pub this evening. Would you deprive those hard-working guys and
gals of well-deserved beer?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Mackesson John ...? After all it's special .........
(nt)
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"Throbbing" vibrato???
I studied that both as a singer and as a violinst, and...
"throbbing" was considered "infra dig."
jm
My father worked for Hearst (read PE as a kid).
OMG. Norah Jones!!'''
:)
Looking forward to reading Stereophile once again. I'm stuck in the '90's as far as audiophilia is concerned. My current system is an all '90's affair. Speakers are Legacy Studio's, Paradigm LCR-450s's, and PSB Stratus Mini's. Amplification is a Hafler 9300. CD playback is an Adcom GCD-700 into an Angstrom 100. I think it all sounds quite good, although I need a subwoofer. Dayton Audio SUB-1200 anyone?
In any event, I might learn something with said subscription.
A subscription is so inexpensive I keep renewing even if they piss me off.
If, on the other hand, a subscription cost anywhere near the news stand price I'd read individual issues at Barnes & Noble and only purchase one if I found it relevant to my interests.
But that's just me. I have no doubt that others here feel differently.
but flying to Denver and paying for 3 days in a hotel is a bit steep for one magazine.
Also picked up a free one at the California Audio Show at SFO last year but I understand that show will not happen in 2016. :-(
Only you can decide it is worth it to you. It's so darn inexpensive it should be a pretty easy decision for most.
-Wendell
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