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RE: JA: Can I pick a nit here...

>When referencing past issues of Stereophile either in a review or in the
>recommended components issue, could the writers use 'real' dates such as
>'April 2015' instead of referring to Volume and Issue numbers i.e.
>Vol.38 No.4?

Yes, this does seem unnecessarily complicated.

>If there is a good reason for the current practice I would like to know.

I don't think there's a good reason. The practice was already established
when I joined Stereophile and, I think, stems from the fact that for the
first 8 volumes (1962-1985), there was no formal link between the calendar
and the dates of publication.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile



Edits: 07/29/15

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