In Reply to: RE: It's not a moot point.... posted by John Atkinson on May 22, 2016 at 08:37:31:
Right now in addition to brands less known in the U.S. that have 6 Moons reviews of one of their products either currently posted on the site or in process are these companies:Genelec, Gryphon, Nagra, Devialet, Metronome, Vinnie Rossi, Aurorasound, Yamaha, NVO, LessLoss, ModWright, Pass Labs & First Watt.
Since Srajan announced the new policy of requiring companies to buy some form of an ad on his site there have also been other well known/established brands that submitted products for review on 6 Moons. Here's some of them:
Job, Fostex, Lounge Audio, Soundsmith, Lindemann, Crystal Cable, Accustic Arts, Canary Audio, Oyaide, Harmonix, Klipsch, Harbeth, Rogers (spkrs.)
Are you insinuating that companies that agree to buy an ad on 6 Moons under Srajan's conditions for a review are all complicit in corrupting the review process? You gonna refuse ad money from them and refuse to review their products?
Can you point to a single review that has appeared on 6 Moons since the policy change where you think the conclusions are basically bullshit heavily influenced by receiving ad money?
As far as I can tell, "pay for play" has made no difference to the conclusions of reviews at 6 Moons. It simply means they require some kind of an ad on their site (not necessarily costing a large sum) in order to get a product reviewed. Big deal. No ads in S'phile, no mag. Pan 2 or 3 products from a company and they'll likely stop advertising in your mag. IIRC your own wife is in charge of ads for S'phile but we shouldn't be concerned according to you due to your impenetrable "Chinese wall".
6 Moons does the same things you do (with the exception of measurements, which you don't do for your "columnists"). They discuss what ancillaries work well and not well with the DUT, the strengths and weaknesses of the product, and provide rec's - which like yours and every other hifi mag/e-zine are damn near all positive.
Edits: 05/22/16
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- A tad on the holier than thou side IMO. - Rick W 10:20:20 05/22/16 (15)
- RE: A tad on the holier than thou side IMO. - Dave Pogue 14:48:34 05/22/16 (1)
- I'm sure you're not alone. Srajan's *announced* policy just doen't bother me. - Rick W 15:55:31 05/22/16 (0)
- RE: A tad on the holier than thou side IMO. - John Atkinson 12:34:21 05/22/16 (12)
- I'm blown away - Beetlemania 14:25:41 05/22/16 (9)
- Don't be (blown away) - DAP 08:12:37 05/24/16 (0)
- Stereophile is the lightning rod because they are the one spreading dirty rumors about their competition (nt) - Dave_K 15:08:37 05/22/16 (7)
- Except that related ethical lapses are confirmed by a former writer. nt - Beetlemania 15:44:38 05/22/16 (5)
- How do you figure? - Dave_K 17:06:51 05/22/16 (4)
- RE: How do you figure? - 4everyoung 05:01:59 05/23/16 (1)
- On the contrary - DAP 08:09:07 05/24/16 (0)
- I didn't mean to imply directly related - Beetlemania 17:20:39 05/22/16 (1)
- OK - Dave_K 17:38:46 05/22/16 (0)
- RE: Stereophile is the lightning rod because they are the one spreading dirty rumors about their competition (nt) - Isaak J. Garvey 15:34:57 05/22/16 (0)
- Yes, I agree with your mentor. But....... - Rick W 13:06:24 05/22/16 (1)
- RE: Yes, I agree with your mentor. But....... - Isaak J. Garvey 13:26:31 05/22/16 (0)