I was a subscriber of SR in the ’60s and early ’70s. Julian Hirsch, whose column was featured in every issue, did a great disservice to the budding audiophile community of the ’60s by repeatedly promoting solid state amplification over vacuum tube electronics because the latter measured better. We know those measurements were largely meaningless. He downplayed the importance of cabling which we know to be false and he frequently repeated the mantra that amplifiers that measure the same sound the same.
I cannot think of any contribution he made to the audiophile community which in retrospect, has withstood the test of time.
The question I have in retrospect is, did he ever really listen to music or did he just sit behind his bench and make measurements. I think the latter.
I cannot think of any contribution he made to the audiophile community which in retrospect, has withstood the test of time.
The question I have in retrospect is, did he ever really listen to music or did he just sit behind his bench and make measurements. I think the latter.