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Stereophile "coverage"

Stereophile must enjoy all the negative reaction they get out of their choices of what to cover. Witness the latest cover story, the new Krell LAT-1 speaker. Here, from the biggest of the big advertisers, we get basically immediate cover-story coverage of their latest release, a $37,500 speaker. Stratospheric. The reviewer (who amazingly wasn't Jonathon Scull, with something of this price), is extremely positive while almost seeming to forget the price of this beast. It doesn't go much below 40Hz and it measures horribly. I guess you'll have to wait for their $75K model to get around those obstacles, though the option to pair the LAT-1's with some Krell Master subs is offered up to get down below 40Hz.

So, a super-expensive speaker coupled with other reviews of >$8K components ("you guys never review affordable stuff!"), immediate, feature coverage of a new Krell product ("You guys pander to your advertisers!"), and a very positive review of gear that nobody would argue measures respectably (at any price) ("You guys always give good reviews!"), on top of the usual reduced size of the magazine in the middle of the summer - the August issue should keep the negative feedback coming in full doses.

kthomas

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If they put a relatively inexpensive Denon receiver, or a set of computer speakers on the cover, there are lots of complaints, if they put $36,000 Krell speakers on the cover...lots of complaints, talk about you can't please all of the people all of the time, it seems like no one is ever happy with their covers. Perhaps a swimsuit issue would do it?
One of Stereophile's reasons for being, is to report on new developments in audio. I have never heard a Krell component I liked yet, but I keep an open mind. When I heard their new $10,000 "bookshelf" speakers at the Stereophile show I must say they were the best I have ever heard in their category, so why not talk about their speakers? I am interested in what they say about them, regardless of what they cost or whether I am interested in buying them. Good point Vader. Most summer issues of magazines are a liitle "light" anyway, and Stereophile is no exception.
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