In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment

I just spent a bunch on cassettes, a couple grand, which everyone tells me is old technology. Was that wrong? 😳

VHS or Beta?

I used to like TAS, then Wilson came out with a new true bookshelf speaker and TAS published a 12 page full glossy brochure for Wilson and called it a review.  I was done. I also caught one of their reviewers doing curious things and decided it was not for me.

I've not looked at HiFi plus or What Hifi in a while but maybe I should.

Erik loves to firestart threads and he ain’t listening to bose equipment

Well, I can't argue these two points based on facts. ;-)

To be fair, my despair in writing the original post was NOT to debate effective government policy, medical evidence of the effects of the virus or how to save lives.  That was something everyone else brought here on their own. :)  I encourage everyone who wishes to read up on the start of the great depression, as well as the Spanish Flu of 1918 (probably started in Kansas) as well as the data regarding how different US states handle it and what the consequences were.  This is not a new event no one has seen before, we just didn't spend a lot of time in history class with either. I will be happy to discuss those things with you on history boards, not here.

What was on my mind was the sense of community of being an audiophile. Our hobby was started by experimenters and hobbyists, and continues to have support among many who listen to good music with modestly priced systems who aspire to have great music reproduction experiences.   I so rarely feel Stereophile attempts to support this at all, and this month was a great example.

@jpwarren

You stirred 2 nests with one post. The diminishing return battle and the recently introduced pandemic war of opening up society.

Yep, I'm kind of a ninja this way.

E

After 24 hours, this thread has received about 100 replies, so what we can say for sure at least is that the subject is hotly contested.

Best,

E

Every car mag has Porsche’s for $100k to $300k, Ferrari’s and Mclaren’s for hundreds of thousands, again I would read these articles instead a Honda Civic review

True, but at least Car and Driver actually has models I might buy in addition to super cars I will not.

There’s a big big spread between a $500 component and $30,000, and plenty of great sounding gear that is ~ $3k to $6k.