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it is the same shape, bound the same, the articles are laid out the same, it is a dreary read (the same), and both have nice pictures of things you can only dream about.
Check out the great bazookas on that Levinson amp!!! Nice and shiny!!!
nt
Yea! Just like Playboy....Idon't throw any of them away.
...you buy Playboy for the articles and Stereophile for the pictures.se
I like 'em both a lot. But we may be onto something here. If we could mesh the two mags into one we could really have some fun. You could have have some great pictorals of the Women of Krell asembly line. Imagine the mansion parties with Heather Kosar running around in body paint making sure I'm everyones demos are going just swell. Product of the year, the Danish Twins whose measuremnents are 34-24-36 with sensitivity around 95 making this pair incredibly easy to drive. All the while, I picture Scott at the gate yelling obscenities at the Classe guys in attendance calling them posers.
What I want from Stereophile are pictures with the clothes off. I want to see the components and build quality, not frilly langerie. With that, I can afford to build/upgrade my own gear with similar parts or ideas. Or, it may be not worth the trouble and I'll want to just buy the appropriately priced piece of gear. On the outside, most gear looks good enough and the same picture is already on the nearby full page ad. Gimme topless photos! Close-ups!
Heck with just topless (and bottom less); I want to see stuff IN USE!!But what do I care- I only buy it for the articles....
Ross
Other than using $tereophile for toilet paper,there is no use for
$tereophile at all anymore!The writers are merely glorified hi-fi salesmen.I will not be renewing my subscription.
Stereophile may be useless (I disagree BTW), but at least it's dependable. It shows up on time, and has some decent customer servce to deal with matters like address changes. $ensible does too, but its editorial focus could use a tuneup, or maybe a 300,000 mile overhaul.
I just got my July issue last and some AA members have the august already.
You'll have a very sore ass if you try to use Stereophile for toilet paper.
Sam.. I read the review(s) on the Triangle speakers. I was finally glad to see some information and a review on these tube friendly speakers. The review was very positive with the reviewer ending up buying the review pair.
Then a few pages later, I come across an ad for Triangle speakers.
So I am wondering why we never heard about these speakers before.. then all of a sudden, glowing reviews and then a word from the new Triangle sponsor. I can't help but wonder if a review would have been done without sponsorship?mike
No conspiracy. The importer and manufacturer were aware of the review and decided to take out an ad -- THAT was the sequence. I didn't review the products with the idea that Triangle or Hi Fi Forum would take out an ad -- I didn't care whether they did or didn't and, indeed, until I saw the issue, didn't know whether they had or hadn't.
and they'll be putting you in the same category as me. You know, the "conspiracy theory" guy. That was a good observation though. It's not the first time i've noticed things like that though. I'm waiting to see the response that this one gets. Nonetheless, i DO like reading the mag but think that there is quite a bit of room for improvement in it.What i REALLY like is the fact that they review a product and then give the manufacturer a chance to pat Stereophile on the back and say "Thanks to Mr. X for his truthful and accurate review. His feelings pretty much echo our sentiments ( REALLY ??? ) and we're OVERJOYED ( $$$$ ) that he also thought that this was the finest piece that he's ever used. Any dead units, flaws, intermittent performance, hum / buzz / noise, etc... that were commented on will be taken care of in the next production run."
Did you notice that after the slagging that the Richard Gray Power Company recieved in Stereophile, it was never followed up with a comment from the manufacturer ??? I bet it would have been some VERY interesting reading loaded with just a bit of "exotic" language and sentence structures from Richard Gray. Did they censor it to protect the children's eyes from seeing such vile language ? Sean
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Sean wrote:Did you notice that after the slagging that the Richard Gray Power Company recieved in Stereophile, it was never followed up with a comment from the manufacturer ??? I bet it would have been some VERY interesting reading loaded with just a bit of "exotic" language and sentence structures from Richard Gray. Did they censor it to protect the children's eyes from seeing such vile language ?
It was in my copy of the June 2000 issue (same issue the review appeared in). Check page 155 in your copy. Though he didn't address any of the salient points (i.e. that it basically can't function as claimed) made by Shannon Dickson in the "Issues" sidebar that acommpanied the review.
se
Rip out the pages and wad them up first, roll them around a few times
to wrinkle up the gloss on the paper. un wind the whole mess and it will be softened. Then use like regular t.p. I am now considering resubscribing!
Actually,it would be sore from taking it up the a** from the pricy equipment that doesn't sound good recommended in $tereophile!LOL!$tereophile might as well be used for toilet paper to create the same effect!LOL!
I'm trying to be funny here guys!(moderators!)
try as you might, nobody is laughing. Silence really is golden; even for tin ears.
Tin ears huh?
Does this mean that you really like it bright?Guess so!
.....and the glossy paper won't do much for "absorption." It makes the task even more difficult considering that there isn't much paper to work with. I wouldn't be suprised if people aren't very sociable with Scott for obvious olfactory reasons.....
Tom §.
sam,great reviews of the Sun 2A3 and AES Super amp. Interesting comments
on wires too; I was always suspicious. Thanks for the vote of
confidence -- although I disagree about the soup issue, which is
probably the case in NYC. I tried clam chowder in Boston a short
while ago. Worth very penny. Keep up the good work!
I have to go with the playboy thing, the ads in the back are the most interesting! bobwire
Playboy would'nt employ a plonker like Jonathon Scull!DES
sathe solution is simple, dont subscribe to either. i havent read pb in yrs but when i did, after the pix,and cartoons, there was a lot of magazine left.
thats whee i first read norman mailer, michael crichton and others. you must be uksed to reading chaucer or plato.
i know, read soound and vision, also i have a lot of old stereo reviews, julian hirsch was such a maven!!!!!
.......regards.........tr
(nt)
Save for the Richard Gray Power Company, which was obviously a personal vendetta, neither has Jonathan Scull. The difference between Hirsch and Scull is that every component Hirsch heard was "good" or "acceptable" or a "good value", while every component Scull hears is "fabulous", "unbelievable", "incredible", "best I've ever heard in my room", etc. Very helpful.
I think Stereophile is more like Road & Track, with a wonderful variety of toys for boys at every price level. I have a $5000 used van, a couple of $3000 used stereo systems, yet I enjoy much of what I read in R&T and Stereophile (but not everything, of course). I I've owned a couple of Corvettes and a BMW, and I've bedded a few "lookers" and I am neither rich or handsome.Speaking of playboy, when I was young, they had some interesting articles, which I read only after drooling over the feminine visuals.
You sound a bit cynical and trollish. Or are you just upset because Stereophile doesn't cover $99 K-Mart boom-boxes?
Dave van Harn
they review mostly expensive stuff, and there aint much reading material either. they review hardly anything each issue. I prefer UK hifi mags. i prefer UK porn mags too :o)
I find that to be some of the best stuff in Stereophile and R&T.Too bad I missed the U.K. sexy rags. I always thought the U.S. type of was either too glossy and superficial (Playboy) or or simply crude and superficial. Since childhood, I always felt that the Europeans seemed to have more depth of character in many ways.
And you wouldn't believe what was used for seductive music when I was young. Pure syrupy schmaltz or mindless, commercial jazz. (If you liked real jazz, there were few women in the general population who shared that passion. - just as in audio. So I just pandered to their tastes and had a good time. (Those relationships didn't last, of course.)
It's nice when music and the lust/love/infatuation thing clicks. My girlfriend and I both like classical and jazz, although her tastes are a bit limited compared to mine. However, there's enough in common to share.
Sounds like a good topic for a new thread.
Dave
Laughing my butt off!
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