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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
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Topic - Affordability in the Hobby - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 15:10:17 02/07/24 (34)
- That's why I don't read audio mags - jedrider 09:21:08 05/24/24 (0)
- It's the invariable tie to advertising revenue . . . - Billy Wonka 13:27:54 03/30/24 (0)
- RE: Affordability in the Hobby - fantja 03:10:19 03/28/24 (1)
- RE: Affordability in the Hobby - Freo-1 10:02:31 03/29/24 (0)
- That is an issue - tomservo 06:39:58 03/17/24 (1)
- Especially true for tube gear - Freo-1 17:10:45 03/24/24 (0)
- RE: Affordability in the Hobby - fstein 12:33:30 02/13/24 (0)
- The Cheapaudioman will lead us out of the darkness. - hesson11 15:04:58 02/11/24 (1)
- As Long As You Have a Cup of Coffee..... .... [-; [nt] - Todd Krieger 00:57:26 03/09/24 (0)
- Affordability Is Still There... - Doug Schneider 11:54:36 02/11/24 (0)
- Why worry? - E-Stat 05:27:03 02/10/24 (2)
- Other options available - mlsstl 10:15:45 02/10/24 (1)
- Ditto, lots of North American gear hear... - musetap 11:45:13 02/10/24 (0)
- FWIW: High end audio is not driven by price, its driven by intention. - Ralph 09:42:36 02/09/24 (2)
- RE: FWIW: High end audio is not driven by price, its driven by intention. - Freo-1 11:21:19 03/15/24 (1)
- Yes, sometimes the intention to get things right is also expensive nt - Ralph 13:00:29 03/15/24 (0)
- And yet they lament the paucity of younger people entering the hobby - Brian H P 15:19:51 02/08/24 (15)
- If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... - mlsstl 14:49:39 02/09/24 (4)
- RE: If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... - Freo-1 08:56:18 05/17/24 (0)
- RE: If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... - RhythmDevil 09:55:46 02/10/24 (1)
- RE: If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... - Freo-1 11:09:54 03/15/24 (0)
- RE: If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 15:19:43 02/09/24 (0)
- I'm not bald. :-) - Jack G 04:43:57 02/09/24 (0)
- RE: And yet they lament the paucity of younger people entering the hobby - kh6idf 15:48:18 02/08/24 (8)
- RE: And yet they lament the paucity of younger people entering the hobby - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 18:45:29 02/08/24 (7)
- That was Sam Tellig with the twisted 18ga RatShack solid core - Brian H P 13:08:52 02/09/24 (6)
- Sam Tellig! He was my hero in the '80s . . . - Billy Wonka 16:20:23 02/12/24 (5)
- He lost me with the CD/Armor All tweak - Steve O 05:00:31 02/16/24 (4)
- RE: He lost me with the CD/Armor All tweak - Jack G 12:56:17 02/16/24 (3)
- The Armor-all is SUPPOSED to be buffed off after it dries - Brian H P 12:46:23 02/19/24 (0)
- RE: He lost me with the CD/Armor All tweak - Steve O 19:31:21 02/16/24 (1)
- RE: He lost me with the CD/Armor All tweak - Jack G 16:14:28 02/18/24 (0)
- Affordability -- see ASR :) - mhardy6647 05:33:43 02/08/24 (0)
- RE: Affordability in the Hobby - DAP 16:35:05 02/07/24 (0)
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