In Reply to: RE: So... posted by John Atkinson on June 20, 2012 at 09:27:54:
"...that I believe reviewers should purchase components when practicable for use as long-term references and that Mr. Harley believes they shouldn't."
And which, based upon my cursory review of TAS at the local library, he spills a fair amount of ink defending. I get the impression it is something he is sensitive about, but, like a drug addict who knows his habit is bad but can't stop, the flow of free, expensive toys is too intoxicating for him.
Where I think this effects the readers is where Mr. Harley conspicuously fails to compare the loaners with each other, which, I suggest, is because he fears alienating the hand that feeds him. I don't subscibe because I get the feeing that subscribing only subsidizes his audio lifestyle.
What I am curious about, Mr. Harley having worked for you, is whether the TAS ethos changed him after he arrived, and he obtained a contact buzz, or whether always believed payola from manufacturers was fine.
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