I just got through reading the headphone reviews of Audeze and Audioquest in the latest Stereophile issue and, for the life of me I can't find the price of the Nighthawk phones in the article. Usually the journalist puts the price in the "Specifications" bar, often at the beginning or end of the article. But there is nothing for the Nighthawks, although the author lists the price of interconnecting cable, amps and other associated equipment. One would think in this day and age, fundamental specs like the price of the damn thing should be in the article - especially when its being reviewed. I care far more about the price of the article being reviewed than all the mumbo jumbo associated equipment.Heck, the only reason the price is listed for the Audeze is because the author apparently asked the vendor or distributor. Why wouldn't he ask for the Audioquest price? Yea, I can look it up, but shouldn't have to. I'm sure most will consider this a "little thing". But its aggravating to me, and often its the little things that differentiate class leading magazines from also-ran pubs.
Edits: 11/18/15
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Topic - Component pricing in Stereophile - rnhood 13:19:55 11/18/15 (63)
- pricing in Stereophile - hifitommy 19:56:45 11/26/15 (2)
- Agreed... - mkuller 10:19:04 11/27/15 (1)
- RE: Agreed... - hifitommy 11:02:54 11/27/15 (0)
- It's the Ooooold problem with reviewers/distributors/retailers/manufacturers.... - wangmr 20:08:44 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: Component pricing in Stereophile - John Atkinson 13:45:30 11/18/15 (58)
- RE: Component pricing in Stereophile - rnhood 14:11:05 11/18/15 (57)
- RE: Component pricing in Stereophile - John Atkinson 14:25:07 11/18/15 (56)
- RE: Component pricing in Stereophile - A.Wayne 15:05:05 11/18/15 (0)
- Here comes number 2! - hesson11 14:57:39 11/18/15 (54)
- RE:"I usually don't read reviews of equipment that I know I'd never want or be able to pay for" - Ivan303 08:25:27 11/22/15 (0)
- RE: Here comes number 2! - MarkJohns 14:40:31 11/19/15 (48)
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - John Atkinson 08:27:57 11/22/15 (29)
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - MarkJohns 11:39:47 11/22/15 (28)
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - Rob Doorack 11:14:57 11/23/15 (22)
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - MarkJohns 13:01:33 11/23/15 (21)
- "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - Rob Doorack 14:10:18 11/23/15 (2)
- RE: "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - MarkJohns 10:54:11 11/27/15 (0)
- RE: "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - MarkJohns 18:33:27 11/23/15 (0)
- Curious - E-Stat 13:12:47 11/23/15 (17)
- RE: Curious - MarkJohns 16:29:53 11/23/15 (16)
- RE: Curious - E-Stat 18:44:30 11/23/15 (15)
- RE: Curious - John Atkinson 08:02:28 11/24/15 (5)
- Do you localize sound vertically? - E-Stat 06:44:26 11/25/15 (3)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - John Atkinson 11:05:05 11/25/15 (1)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - John Atkinson 15:42:04 11/25/15 (0)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - A.Wayne 09:52:03 11/25/15 (0)
- And why there is no "best"....preferences are always going to be subjective...nt - kuribo 14:05:53 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: Curious - A.Wayne 07:49:00 11/24/15 (8)
- But... - mkuller 09:53:25 11/25/15 (4)
- RE: But... - A.Wayne 09:58:28 11/25/15 (3)
- Guess we just disagree... - mkuller 10:08:48 11/25/15 (2)
- RE: Guess we just disagree... - A.Wayne 11:55:01 11/25/15 (1)
- RE: Guess we just disagree... - mkuller 12:18:00 11/25/15 (0)
- That about sums it all up....nt - kuribo 14:08:30 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: Curious - MarkJohns 09:42:36 11/24/15 (1)
- The subjective opinions tell me nothing but the specs and entertainment I too find of value. nt - kuribo 14:10:37 11/24/15 (0)
- I seriously doubt anybody here is unaware of this. nt - Rick W 18:55:14 11/22/15 (4)
- RE: I seriously doubt anybody here is unaware of this. nt - MarkJohns 08:19:10 11/23/15 (3)
- RE: I seriously doubt anybody here is unaware of this. nt - John Atkinson 08:34:54 11/23/15 (2)
- RE: I seriously doubt anybody here is unaware of this. nt - MarkJohns 10:59:05 11/23/15 (1)
- Interesting comparison... - mkuller 10:06:05 11/25/15 (0)
- The difficulty with that would be... - Neil49 13:02:20 11/20/15 (17)
- RE: The difficulty with that would be... - MarkJohns 08:02:08 11/21/15 (16)
- "Where I come from......" - 4everyoung 15:50:32 11/21/15 (15)
- RE: "Where I come from......" - RhythmDevil 04:16:46 11/23/15 (0)
- RE: "Where I come from......" - MarkJohns 10:22:08 11/22/15 (12)
- You may find this hard to believe - 4everyoung 10:21:32 11/23/15 (11)
- does honest mean relevant? [n.t.a.] - wangmr 20:19:55 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: You may find this hard to believe - MarkJohns 13:14:15 11/23/15 (9)
- RE: You may find this hard... - mkuller 16:44:16 11/25/15 (1)
- RE: You may find this hard... But ......!!!! - A.Wayne 17:00:58 11/25/15 (0)
- RE: You may find this hard to believe - E-Stat 13:39:18 11/23/15 (6)
- RE: You may find this hard to believe - John Atkinson 04:06:57 11/24/15 (5)
- RE: You may find this hard to believe - A.Wayne 07:52:19 11/24/15 (0)
- No problemo! - E-Stat 06:03:24 11/24/15 (3)
- RE: No problemo! - A.Wayne 08:02:05 11/24/15 (2)
- "their artificial fast decay in the bass/midbass region" - E-Stat 08:14:27 11/24/15 (1)
- RE: "their artificial fast decay in the bass/midbass region" - A.Wayne 08:18:01 11/24/15 (0)
- :-) /n - Ivan303 09:07:47 11/22/15 (0)
- Yep, agree. nt - Rick W 21:31:39 11/18/15 (0)
- RE: Here comes number 2! - John Atkinson 15:17:43 11/18/15 (2)
- RE: Here comes number 2! - Awe-d-o-file 19:07:33 11/21/15 (0)
- RE: Here comes number 2! - BubbaMike 09:08:17 11/21/15 (0)