Absolute Sound's "Reviews"


What happened to The Absolute Sound's reviews? All I see now on their site are these lame, 2-paragraph product summaries that are absolutely useless. Or, when there is a "real" review (like the most recent Rogue amp), it's equally useless...no depth, no nothing. Has TAS just abandoned their reviews? I used to enjoy their site, but it seems to have devolved into a bunch of nothing.

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I subscribed for years- it was nice to have around for exposure to really nice gear. The more I learned from reading about the experience of actual users (various forums) the more I began to see through the mags reviews and commentary.

One day while reading the latest issue I came across an article called “You complete Me”. It was a review of an electrical outlet with magical audio properties. The verbiage used to describe the audible improvements was unbelievable and made me realize that if these writers think that I’m that stupid I shouldn’t be supporting them. I haven’t purchased (or read) an issue since.

 

Yes. There's plenty of that kind of nonsense here for free.