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I am not sure why everybody keeps dissing Stereophile. we would certainly be bitching more if it was no longer around.
I espeially like how it has measurements with the main reviews. This gives you an invaulable insight on potential compatibility issues between pre amps and amps, amps and speakers etc.I do find the music reviews have very little new release rock, pop or alternative. That alone might increase the potential readership with younger folks as well as letting some of the classical dinosaurs on soem different music to listen to.
TAS do a good job with Bob Gendron as far as pop/rock music goes.
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The record reviews BB (Before Baird) were a big reason I used to subscribe to Stereophile. Since Baird came in I find them too few and way too unreliable.At least today you can listen to snippets online; that has saved me a lot of money, while making me wonder just what the reviewer(s) could have been smoking.
My son and I read Modern Drummer, and frankly we're turned on to more cool music there than from any other source.
...I have a hard time buying new music from any reviews because I've been burned so many times. It's hard to rely on either one.As a Baby Boomer classic rock afficianado, I picked up the Who's 'Endless Wire' after either Stereophile or TAS named it the 'Recording of the Month'. I couldn't get into it.
I read or at least peruse the music reviews in TAS, Stereophile, SPIN, Rolling Stone and Paste (the last 3 I share with my teenaged daughter).
Sometimes there can be somewhat of a consensus like with Dylan's 'Modern Times', which is excellent, IMO.
Otherwise, the Paste sampler CD in each issue is a good way to hear new music before I buy.
I'm with you. Of the hundred's of cd's I bought after reading a favorable review, I probably play 10% of them. This would be true of my vinyl too, but I weeded it out a few years back.
I could not get into Endless Wire. It has no hooks, not catchy, not exciting like when I first heard most of their other albums, which I love.
Maybe I was expecting too much from what is left of The Who.
I am avid reader of Stereophile, but as far as music reviews go, TAS is a clear winner.
really? I think Robert Baird does a terrific job.
Plus, you can find in their music reviews, unlike their equipment reviews, actual negative reviews and a star rating system that isn't afraid to give 1 or 0 stars to a crappy recording (music or sound). It's much more 'tell it like it is' than the equipment section. And if I see a bad review of something I think I would like, I don't let the review stop me.
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