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Affordability in the Hobby
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Posted on February 7, 2024 at 15:10:17 | ||
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Hi, I just got the latest Stereophile,March 2024.I think the magazine is chasing Absolute Sound and may be losing some of it's subscribers.I just leafed right thru it because nothing was affordable to the common music lover,only the elite.A letter by Barney V.expressed that in Letters to the Editor. In the major reviews,starting with the Bower and Wilkins 801 D4 Signature the cost is 50.000 bucks.Weiss,22.000,Krell,73.000 pr.,Gold Note,13.000,Rogue 6,000 pr.,Storm Audio 22,000. As a test a while back I brought a small stack of Absolute Sounds to my dentists office.As much as he charges he found out that it was me that left them in the waiting room.He got mad at me even though we were good friends and threw them out.He said he would never use Novi cane on me again. He is profoundly wealthy owning a monster estate in the richest neighborhood in Maine.I was originally going to leave some wrestling mags as a joke I found in a friends barn,the ones with Dusty Rhodes all covered in blood on the cover in the waiting room. What I'm trying to say is there is room for a writer or reviewer like Steve Mejius,I can't spell his last name without looking it up, who used to write for you guys.He was the guy with the girl friends and cats who reviewed affordable gear.If all the expensive gear was tried in a blind test against some stuff like Schiit, and it smoked it,then I would stand corrected.There might be some other subscribers like me who don't write to the editor so I'd thought to give you a heads up.Otherwise I do really like the Stereophile mag....take care ,Mark Korda |
The Cheapaudioman will lead us out of the darkness., posted on February 11, 2024 at 15:04:58 | |
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...And have actual fun doing it. |
Sam Tellig! He was my hero in the '80s . . . , posted on February 12, 2024 at 16:20:23 | |
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Is Messr Gillette still among us? |
As Long As You Have a Cup of Coffee..... .... [-; [nt], posted on March 9, 2024 at 00:57:26 | |
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Yes, sometimes the intention to get things right is also expensive nt, posted on March 15, 2024 at 13:00:29 | |
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That's why I don't read audio mags, posted on May 24, 2024 at 09:21:08 | |
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except for YouTube reviewers. |