I think i remember that article in SR about speaker wire--would be distressing to know they lied. As to few negative reviews, i remember Hirsch and Holt both responding to that accusation by saying that the vast majority of equipment they review is pre-screened in order to decide what to review and they only wanted to review good products--so if you never saw a review for an item it might not have made the cut. Kind of makes sense as they obviously couldn't review everything. SR's philosophy seemed to be to review only products that were "affordable" which is why i enjoyed it back when i had no money--it always seemed to me that they were trying to tell you what the best affordable equipment was. S&V seems to have the same philosophy but i checked out of that rag when it became more V than S-or so it seemed. And then i discovered the crack that is Stereophile and TAS and my wallet got pounded pretty hard...
what's your opinion on the magazine 'stereo review'??
i started reading 'stereo review' back in the early 70's untill they retired. i used to buy their magazine every month. whatever i know about stereo equipment is what i've read in their magazine! any thoughts after all these years???