pfarrell;435946 Wrote: > The problems of print media are well known. I still subscribe to TAS and > Stereophile, but there really isn't much of value in either.
And it has nothing to do with the built-in conflict of interest. IMO it is the emergence of everyman journalism that really rankles the "professionals" - especially when the everyman knows his stuff and the professional does not. I'm reminded of a thread on the TAS message board which challenged Robert Harley for calling a new music server product a "turnkey" system - even though to use it required the separate purchase of a video display, a DAC, and a NAS. Steve Stone also weighed in on the component and implied it also required a PC or MAC running iTunes. When he was asked for clarification, he turned into a child, making incoherent rants and insults about the questioner. Mr. Stone ended up deleting several of the questioner's posts and SEVERAL OF HIS OWN RESPONSES. No clarification about the product was ever given. He gave the excuse that accurate and coherent reports about new products were not possible due to time constraints, and so most journalists just parrot the manufacturer's claims and leave it at that. It's amazing that he could call himself a journalist while writing that. It's even more instructive to note that the message board went almost totally stagnant after Stone took his ball and went home - indeed, who would bother to post there when the Emperor just deletes stuff he doesn't like? He even deleted his own message explaining that he just deleted a bunch of messages, I suppose to make it look like the whole thing never happened. Soooo...don't expect accuracy or even competency when you open the pages of the "professional" audio rags. That emperor has been naked for a long time, and nowhere is it more evident than in the realm of music servers. Some audio writers think they are computer savvy because they use a MAC to type their reviews. But when they try to write about computer-based audio, they are no longer huddled in their safe secret audiophile clubhouse. The millions of computer-savvy readers know immediately when the reviewer is full of it. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64972 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
