Their paper version always has several extensive subjective reviews and one very lengthy review of a very expensive component. They do have 2 or 3 issues a year where they do their recommended components and awards, which sounds like what you're describing. They also often have an article or two about music or musicians along with several column length album reviews.
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.