Stereophile "coverage"

Actually Stereophile HT reviewed the sunfire signature and gave it thier highest recommendations! If your gonna bash something at least get your facts straight. I like the mag, I'm sorry if you guys cant afford what they review, start reading something else. You guys sound like the critics that dump on stern...if you dont dig it, dont read it! .... But please stop bitching.

My original intent wasn't to bitch and certainly wasn't to suggest any sort of conspiracy. I like the magazine, I read about 90% of the content of most issues, and think that for $1 an issue it's an excellent entertainment value. I was interested in the new Krell speakers and enjoyed reading about them.

My point is that the letters section of the magazine and forums such as this over the past year have raised a number of issues multiple times each over the recent past, the three I highlight amongst them. While all of them probably apply to one degree or another to every issue, it just struck me that Stereophile managed to put really overt examples of each into this one issue. As such, I'd expect that we'll get another round of discussion on them. -Kirk

Stereophile has just reiterated what my letter entitled same old shame in the may issue, KRELL and LEVINSON.In every issue since then there has been the same old.Entertaining
for the $1.
steve

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.

Stereophile is about half the size and about half the cost of what it used to be. Sounds about right.
It's unfortunite that the mag that " started it all" has continued to decline in size and quality over the past several years. As audiophiles, we need publications like Stereophile, TAS and several others to represent the high end viewpoint to the Sony's and Phillips of this world. I continue to subscribe and will probably continue to do so but I think they would be well advised to listen more to their readers comments.