ralphpnj wrote: > From the "I can't make this stuff up" department comes the latest bit of > nonsense from the November 2014 issue of Stereophile. Writing about the > new Astell & Kern AK240 portable audio player, Michael Lavorgna has this > to say: > > "The Astell & Kern AK240 ($2500) is milled from a solid billet of > aircraft-grade duralumin, and each player undergoes a 12-step process > for the gunmetal-finished casework alone." > > As I said, I can't make this stuff up (but I wish I could!). > > Also of interest (from a comedy standpoint only) is Art Dudley's piece > in which he used a strawman argument to try and debunk blind and double > blind listening tests. Truly a knee slapping howler and sure to put up > on the Stereophile web site in short order since the piece can now be > worn like a badge (milled from a solid billet of aircraft-grade > duralumin) by all those poor audiophiles.
Some interesting articles from that issue indeed :-) I just put up a post on the blog site to "explore" a couple of them... Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
