Stereophile and the love of hotel decor


I often appreciate the Stereophile review of industry shows but one thing that always bothers me is the choice of images. They often lead with a full-system image which is usually 80% hotel curtains and rugs.  That is, there's a speaker in the left, the system in the middle and another speaker on the right.  That's fine but if you look at the image as a whole, the area of the image that is covered by gear is about 20% or less.  The rest is invariably 1980's hotel curtains and rugs.

Once you see it that way there’s no going back, your eyes see the curtains and rugs forever.

I really wish they’d focus on more interesting close-ups or even montages.

erik_squires

@mahgister Oh, I never bother reading about sound quality from the text. :)

I am however interested in the new gear, pricing and industry news though.

I did not say this for you...

You are a designer then you must inform yourself..

me i am only a music lover and dont need to know about speakers design as you need for sure...

 

My best to you..

 

@mahgister Oh, I never bother reading about sound quality from the text. :)

I am however interested in the new gear, pricing and industry news though.

I'm contacting stereophile and the hotels to put an end to this visual annoyance.

@erik_squires 

 

You know after looking at that photo you posted. It has all contradictory scale component. The lamp would normally be 5’ high?, a normal hotel window starts three feet above the ground. All that is different than the scale implied by the power strip.