readers shouldn’t have to read between the lines to figure out what you really mean. Your comments indicate that you aren’t allowed to say what you feel for fear of irritating advertisers. As a reader I shouldn’t have to thinking like a listener to Shostakovich Fifth Symphony (Is he endorsing or criticizing Communism?). A negative review won’t land a Stereophile reviewer in the Gulag. Stereophile is the top magazine in it’s field; it ought to be able to survive an occasional upset manufacturer