[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What happened to the July Stereophile print reveiw of SB3?

2006-07-15 Thread P Floding
dlite Wrote: Gee's yep, Slim Devices mustn't have wanted to pay for any advertising. Don't you just love Stereophile. You know they are so unbiased and filled with journalistic integrity. You may want to try out the British Hi-Fi World instead! Better IMHO. Also, not so fixated with

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What happened to the July Stereophile print reveiw of SB3?

2006-07-15 Thread mauidan
sleepysurf Wrote: Bummer, just got my Aug Stereophile and NO Squeezebox review... I smell a conspiracy! sleepysurf- No conspiracy. Your question was answered on the Stereophile forum on 7/13/06: You can read about John's experience with the Squeezebox here:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Slim player + tube amp on eBay

2006-07-15 Thread Pale Blue Ego
LOL. Somebody built a Slimp3 player (early Squeezebox) into a plexiglass case with an 0.75-watt S.E.T. tube amp for power! Also has RCA jacks for a 2nd source. Not a bad deal for $99. Be nice if it was a SB2 or SB3 though. http://tinyurl.com/zbr76 -- Pale Blue Ego

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Slim player + tube amp on eBay

2006-07-15 Thread CardinalFang
Pale Blue Ego Wrote: LOL. Somebody built a Slimp3 player (early Squeezebox) into a plexiglass case with an 0.75-watt S.E.T. tube amp for power! Also has RCA jacks for a 2nd source. Not a bad deal for $99. Be nice if it was a SB2 or SB3 though. http://tinyurl.com/zbr76 I love the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What happened to the July Stereophile print reveiw of SB3?

2006-07-15 Thread mauidan
Stereophile is a publication whose income is primarily based on advertisements for the products it reviews. Anyone that believes such a publication is objective has the burden of proof on them, not the other way around. I don't purchase products based on rave reviews, and I don't read the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What happened to the July Stereophile print reveiw of SB3?

2006-07-15 Thread seanadams
if you mostly read your news on Teh Interweb, you may be surprised how long the print cycle takes between deciding to review something and actually getting it to the shelves. Sometime three months - and if they're doing extensive audio tests, even longer wouldn't surprise me. I think it's a bit

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What happened to the July Stereophile print reveiw of SB3?

2006-07-15 Thread sleepysurf
My conspiracy theory post was indeed intended as humor. However, if it doesn't appear in the Sept issue, I definitely think a class-action lawsuit is warranted (again, just kidding) ggg. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac linear psu) to benchmark dac1, direct to sunfire cinema grand 200