iPhone;525834 Wrote:
all but one manufacture hates it because usually there appears to be a
clear winner, some also runs, and glaring losers.
The manufacturers loan all this gear to the reviewers, and they'd be
reluctant to do so if they might lose. The only totally honest way to
do it would
TiredLegs;525398 Wrote:
Bear in mind that at the high end, near all the gear sounds very good.
So, by necessity, most audio reviewers have to exaggerate differences
between gear. (The better reviewers acknowledge they are doing so.) Very
few reviewers are capable of adequately conveying
firedog;525763 Wrote:
There actually was a thread similar to this on the TAS (AvGuide.com)
forum.
I agree with the quote above. What I think high end reviews need to
include are comparisons. For instance, say, this $1200 DAC sounds as
good as anything presently on the market under $2500. Or
Bear in mind that at the high end, near all the gear sounds very good.
So, by necessity, most audio reviewers have to exaggerate differences
between gear. (The better reviewers acknowledge they are doing so.) Very
few reviewers are capable of adequately conveying subtleties of
differences rather
TiredLegs;525398 Wrote:
Bear in mind that at the high end, near all the gear sounds very good.
So, by necessity, most audio reviewers have to exaggerate differences
between gear. (The better reviewers acknowledge they are doing so.) Very
few reviewers are capable of adequately conveying
I sort of disagree with the thrust of this thread.
I find the mags very useful, as they let me know what's on the market.
I don't have anyone else interested in seriously good audio where I
live, and I wouldn't know about anything new without the mags. Although
they mostly review very expensive
Curt962;522906 Wrote:
many of these audio gurus have no more hearing ability than you or I
(many have considerably less in my judgement).
It is not about physical ability, think of like wine, one can pay
thousands of $$$ for one bottle. Not anyone understand, not anyone will
pay..
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This makes me realize just how much I miss the old Stereo Review
magazine (the predecessor to today's Sound+Vision mag). I could always
count on them to give me honest reviews and not drink the overhyped,
overpriced hi-end fringe Kool-aid. (SR was one of the first to go after
the myths of the
Hi,
There is actually a very good article on the Squeezebox in that
downloaded PDF. He also feed its digital out to a Meridian 518
Since I couldnt hear any sonic differences
between the Apple TV and Logitech Squeezebox
Duet, I didnt bother comparing the Duet to a
stand-alone CD transport. Im
ralphpnj;522584 Wrote:
Understandable but by the same token many of the high end audio
magazines have embraced the very much mass products of Apple as at least
partly high end. For example the inclusion of an iPod dock in the
equipment reviewed in the pdf referenced above.
And what about
I'm rather surprised that you're surprised at how pointless most mags
now are.
The majority that I've seen seem to be full of overhyped reviews of kit
with little comparative testing, poor understanding of the
functionality, little context about the reviewers preferences or synergy
with
c3p0;522709 Wrote:
Hi,
There is actually a very good article on the Squeezebox in that
downloaded PDF. He also feed its digital out to a Meridian 518..
Dont know how you missed it but it makes a great read
Yes you are completely right I totally missed it but upon going back an
reading
ralphpnj;522744 Wrote:
Y I find iTunes to be a very poor music library management tool and its
lack of support for flac at this late stage is completely unforgivable.
I have a love/hate thing going with iTunes, in that I own a couple of
iPods, so use iTunes, but I've experienced some issues
iTunes aside..
The high end magazines serve a purpose by keeping one abreast as to
what is out there. There's nothing wrong with that, and it's all
well and good until one realizes that many of these audio gurus have
no more hearing ability than you or I (many have considerably less in my
oops...duplicate posting
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Check out these two link for the latest Playback Magazine, the online
outlet of The Absolute Sound.
http://www.avguide.com/review/micromega-wm-10-wifi-music-streamer-playback-28?page=3src=Playback
Logitech and Sonos are mass market, not high-end
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michael123;522558 Wrote:
Logitech and Sonos are mass market, not high-end
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Understandable but by the same token many of the high end audio
magazines have embraced the very much mass products of Apple as at least
partly high end. For example the inclusion of an
Mags are uniformly hopeless. I used to think the UK ones were bad, but
then I read some US ones :-)
Seriously, the only one worth reading for the ODD FACT is the venerable
Hi-Fi News. (well and it does have Ken Kessler who is consistently
hilarious (in a good way)).
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Phil Leigh
You want to
The funny thing about the whole music server situation is that many of
the writers and editors for these publications use these music streaming
devices in their own systems and on occasion they even write about them
in the magazines. For example Stereophile has written quite a bit about
the
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