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RE: It's not a moot point....

Posted by John Atkinson on May 21, 2016 at 15:00:35:
>Why PSAudio agreed to participate is beyond me (if indeed they agreed).

We published the piece with PS Audio's knowledge and their permission to
use the passages quoted verbatim.

>One wonders if we are witnessing the death throes of an advertising
>driven hobby publication?

No, you are not. The sad reality is that everyone in the audio industry
knows who the bad apples are in the reviewing community, but readers are
either ignorant, seem not to care, or direct their suspicions in the
wrong direction. Personally I am sickened by the "pay-to-play" ethos that
is becoming endemic in the publishing industry and I felt that Art's
humorous approach worked well at signalling where we stood on this issue.