Critic's Corner

Posted by John Marks (P) on February 03, 2008 at 07:29:56

In Reply to: RE: Next time posted by E-Stat on February 02, 2008 at 19:32:34

Doing the math on on-dead-trees audio magazine startups.

And as far as I can tell, it just doesn't work.

My educated guess is that Stereophile and TAS got in early enough and got well-enough established, and, most importantly, either didn't make fatal mistakes or found people to bail them out, and here we are.

AUDIO magazine was a great magazine, in its day. Tom Miiller's and Myles Astor's magazines were valiant efforts. Listener had its quirky charms. I miss them all! I even miss Stereo Review, from its golden days. Pick up a 1970s Stereo Review issue on eBay. There have to be at least 100 records reviewed per issue. Yes, the equipment reviews were jejeune, we all know that. But neither TAS nor Stereophile ever covered the breadth of recordings Stereo Review did.

I am speaking only for myself here, but, it looks to me as though a few generations (brief ones) of big-city management have painted Stereophile into a corner. Once a subscription costs $12, it's hard to get $28 again. At least hard to keep the circulation numbers up. If TAS is going down the same path (dirt-cheap subscription offers), IMHO that's too bad, it's a one-way path as far as I can tell.

Nothing lasts forever.

Cheers,

JM

• RE: My guess is that most audio writers have ruined a few napkins - rwiley 08:40:38 02/14/08 (0)
• RE: My guess is that most audio writers have ruined a few napkins - galnat 02:12:39 02/04/08 (5)
  • I hear what you are saying, but, the marketplace has spoken. - John Marks 08:38:47 02/04/08 (3)
    • So it's really all about you - LOL! (nt) - mkuller 13:33:37 02/04/08 (1)
      • Huh? - John Marks 14:53:15 02/04/08 (0)
    • [Sigh] nt - clarkjohnsen 12:00:47 02/04/08 (0)
  • " ... reduced to the role of icons." - Dave Pogue 04:20:41 02/04/08 (0)
• mr. pedant! c'mon! - luigi22 14:43:15 02/03/08 (11)
  • OK! It's just like the Pork Pig witticism! That may help me remember. - John Marks 08:44:35 02/04/08 (2)
    • Goo-goo good one! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:02:20 02/04/08 (1)
      • :) (nt) - luigi22 16:08:06 02/04/08 (0)
  • No pay = no sleep-on and no spell-check - John Marks 18:00:33 02/03/08 (7)
    • "I often find I type a homonym." So do you ever speak a homophone? nt - clarkjohnsen 00:41:13 02/04/08 (2)
      • "You can homeapigeon, and you can homealoan... - David W. Robinson 09:44:25 02/06/08 (1)
        • Buddy, are you homophonic? (Don't tell!) nt - clarkjohnsen 12:23:03 02/07/08 (0)
    • yeah right, 'live with it' - luigi22 19:56:14 02/03/08 (2)
      • RE: yeah right, 'live with it' - Ted Smith 20:27:00 02/03/08 (1)
        • i agree... - luigi22 21:50:57 02/03/08 (0)
    • I was rather relieved - Bruce Kendall 19:35:17 02/03/08 (0)
• It is incredibly difficult... - mkuller 12:27:04 02/03/08 (0)
• RE: My guess is that most audio writers have ruined a few napkins - Myles B. Astor 10:13:04 02/03/08 (0)
• RE: My guess is that most audio writers have ruined a few napkins - rdf 08:58:09 02/03/08 (0)

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