Whiner's Woad

Posted by Mel (A) on May 02, 2006 at 14:30:42

In Reply to: Re: In Defense of Salvatore! posted by John Atkinson on May 2, 2006 at 13:22:27:

First, I don't dislike stereophile. I am a subscriber and have been continuously for many years. You even ran a letter from me. I don't know what I said to make you think that. Do I think it could be better? Yes, of course.

What HP did was simply good reporting; it wasn't a "review". If the NY times reports on a GM car running on sugar water in Brazil, it might generate interest on the part of US consumers. That does not put the Times into a joint venture with GM.

In direct response to your question, sometimes I find myself interested in a product that I have no opportunity to audition. At the time the Shelter was such a product. I seek out all the information I can and from whatever source I can. I evaluate the advice and the advisor. Thus, it was not merely the existence of the Shelter that interested me but rather the consensus that it had the qualities I was looking for. Validation at the time by Stereophile, to which I subscribed, would have helped come to a decision. As it is I made a good decision, but there was some trepidation.

I did that again just recently with a Lavry Black.

I'm sorry you think that my remark was a snide innuendo. It wasn't so intended. Had you been born closer to New York than to York you would have recognized it as a light-hearted and folksy remark. Apologies if you didn't.

Mel