A high profile, maybe THE highest profile, manufacturer of electronics in audiophile-land, a manufacturer that has consistently made "state of the art" components changes direction and unviels a line of speakers. What should the largest circulation audiophile oriented magazine do? Ignore it. Maybe they should let every other magazine write about the Krell speakers first and then offer their opinion after the newness of the product has settled, say 18 months from now. Alternatively, they could plaster the Krell on their cover and try to sell copies of their magazines. Krell wants to sell speakers and Stereophile wants to sell magazines, it's an obvious conspiracy.
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.