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Please read my essay

>The Stereophile "rules" just don't seem all that genuine to me.<

I fail to see why not.

>If you want to review piece of gear that audiophiles can "reasonably"
>go audtition and require sufficient dealer support, explain again how
>this rule applies to the Zanden CD player or the Caliburn turntable.

In the case of the Caliburn, as I say in the March "As We See It,"
when a product is only sold direct, it's a judgment call on my part
whether or not we should review it. Inevitably, that decision will
not satisfy everyone.

In the case of the Zanden, we found out that they did not have enough
dealers as we went to press, when it was too late to abort the review.
I felt that I should mention that fact in the magazine. Did you not
read it? But it is also fair to point out that one of Zanden's dealers
is Sound by Singer in New York, within easy reach of a significant
proportion of the nation's audiophiles.

>I don't care about your rules, you don't need them...

As I explain in my March issue's essay, I feel very strongly that
magazines _should_ have such rules. You may disagree, of course, but
that is not really my concern.

> I don't see why you keep mentioning them when they are so obviously
> ignored when they get in the way of selling magaziines.

And, of course, the inevitable insult.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile


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