teo_audio: "In the meantime, reasonable, thinking people... either put up with them, ignore them, or leave the forum, or some combination thereof." Umm, you might want to wake up for your second of reflection and rethink your reference to "reasonable, thinking people" of which I'm sure you think applies to you. Honestly, I've always just put up with or ignored your type :)
Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!!
Looks like Stereophile may be cutting back on expenses, no more bench testing for measurements and specs to keep the manufacturers and reviewers honest, it'll make you think twice on what to believe now, without the proof to back it up.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/mark-levinson-no534-power-amplifier
https://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-91-parasound-halo-52
Cheers George