Great Magazine with wonderful reviews of gear and music. I can still see in my mind the pages that contained the reviews of many of my albums / CDs.
Then along came 'high end audio', the folks with many dollars and not so much knowledge. So, in order to make the millions, sitting there ready for the taking, they first, had to discredit mags like stereo review. And so they did. Destroyed the reputations, or tried to, of many of the great pioneers in audio, in favor of a bunch of charlatans whose research and evidence was: Specs don't matter, (unless they help us), it's what I hear that counts. Now everyone was an expert.
Took surprisingly little to conquer and dominate the herd.
Stereo Review and other mags help build the industry, the so-called ''audiophiles' have just about destroyed it.
Cheers
Then along came 'high end audio', the folks with many dollars and not so much knowledge. So, in order to make the millions, sitting there ready for the taking, they first, had to discredit mags like stereo review. And so they did. Destroyed the reputations, or tried to, of many of the great pioneers in audio, in favor of a bunch of charlatans whose research and evidence was: Specs don't matter, (unless they help us), it's what I hear that counts. Now everyone was an expert.
Took surprisingly little to conquer and dominate the herd.
Stereo Review and other mags help build the industry, the so-called ''audiophiles' have just about destroyed it.
Cheers