In Reply to: RE: I admit to having become desensitized to Mu Fi reviews - I skip over them. posted by knewton on March 16, 2014 at 06:38:58:
Stereophile has a requirement that manufacturers have a certain number of dealers. Therefore, it means they generally have to review the mainstream products. Frankly, for a print magazines that requires people to pay I think it is a good policy because it ensures a certain level of protection for the consumer that it's not a fly by night operation or a company that is too small perhaps to suddenly get hit with major coverage and not be able to meet supply. Further, it protects the magazine from raving about something that goes under weeks after the review. Lastly, there is also a track record to mainstream products.
I reviewed some Line Magnetic gear but this is pretty new to North America and there is no track record. How will it hold up in 5 years, 10 years, 15 years? With major brands they have a track record. In a sense it's "safer" to review and recommend a "mainstream" brand.
Some brands don't change product lines as fast as Musical Fidelity was changing. Can't really review lines that have a few amps they keep around for a decade or two.
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