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In Reply to: Re: Oh, I see a difference posted by Avocat on March 20, 2007 at 09:08:47:
I recognize the desirability of much of which you propose. I simply don't know of any publication, web-based or print, that even begins to do what you would like to see. Why is that so? It suggests strongly to me that it isn't really dollars-and-cents practical. Undoubtedly, my coming off a 50-year business career colors my view of what is and is not achievable.The missing elements are the will and the skill to do most of it. And the money, of course. But it sounds like you are presupposing a core group of gifted writers and thinkers who are -- if they're that gifted -- unlikely to settle for the pittances their gifts would bring in this niche-within-a-niche hobby/marketplace. So they'd pretty much have to independently wealthy to begin with, and we'd really have to care and trust them and open our pockets to support their venture. Highly unlikely, I fear.
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So why should we "trust" (your word) the current scribes for the current mags and zines? Wouldn't we be better off (in your view) with no mags--go to the store, pick a toaster (or stereo) and be done--especially since, in your view none of it matters anyhow? (And btw I can see how "none of it matters" in the long scheme of things, but they why do you (or I) bother with this forum which is so tangential to the hobby to begin with?)
It's very simple: read Stereophile and TAS to be entertained (you don't really read about Aston Martins, for example, because you're really going to go out and buy one, do you?), and go listen to equipment with music you like, paired with equipm=ent that matches or is similar to whay you have, and in a room that is treated to achieve ass neutral an effect as possible. But don't try to use enthusioast mags as a substitute for your own listening.
So what does it matter whom I trust? You'd just argue about it anyway, and that's pointless.I enjoy AA and find it very useful as a resource. I find the magazines entertaining and appreciate the fact that they have a hard time making ends meet (look at all the ones dead and gone). I'll bet they just love dealing with the likes of you (or rather, the dislikes). :-)
It doesnt matter to me who you trust. And I am so glad that you value the mags that are making the money. Great! Special! The 'likes of me' are no different than the likes of you. I am not quite as old as you are, but I have spent my good money on subscriptions to most every audio mag that has come by the boards. You can sit there and be entertained...and that's what the mags today offer--entertainment, amusement, fun and games! Look at the pictures, read the prose, make buying decisions based on it. There must be or must have been something in your life where the decisions you had to make or made were based on what you thought were firmer ground than you get from them mags. If not, ignorance I guess is bliss..
... that the likes of me were no different than the likes of you, I'd be VERY depressed.
From my evaluation of your posts, I would say that you certainly are depressed. Depressed but with a feeling of superiority that just won't quit. What the relationship between the two is I will leave to Freud.
is a hoot. You may have the last word. I must share your next-to-last ones with my friends!
If "drive-by psychoanalyzing" is original with you, then please (sincerely) accept my apologies for the previous posts and my expression of admiration for coming up with such a great phrase. There is no last word to have after that!
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