Hi everyone. My first post here. Been a reader of Stereophile for over 20 years and a current subscriber. Great magazine and a wonderful resource. I have kept every issue I have ever owned dating back to the mid 1980s.
I also buy other magazines from the UK and Canada off the stand.
One thing that amazes me is that most of my equipment has not been reviewed.
My system was renewed over the past 15 months with 2 new turntables, 2 cartridges, a tuner, an integrated amp, a phono pre and speakers.
Brands are all big names: B&W, McIntosh, Rega, Technics, and Sumiko.
Only one of the turntables has ever appeared in this magazine.
I think one reason it is difficult to get more people interested in our hobby is because of this disconnect between high quality hifi that is widely available versus what people read about in the various magazines.
All of the reviews I was able to find for each of my pieces were from on-line mags and forums like this one. Useful for sure, but not as rigorous as a proper review with measurements and prepared by someone trained to do a critical assessments of sound and capabilities of hifi equipment
What do you think?
Hi everyone. My first post here. Been a reader of Stereophile for over 20 years and a current subscriber. Great magazine and a wonderful resource. I have kept every issue I have ever owned dating back to the mid 1980s.
I also buy other magazines from the UK and Canada off the stand.
One thing that amazes me is that most of my equipment has not been reviewed.
My system was renewed over the past 15 months with 2 new turntables, 2 cartridges, a tuner, an integrated amp, a phono pre and speakers.
Brands are all big names: B&W, McIntosh, Rega, Technics, and Sumiko.
Only one of the turntables has ever appeared in this magazine.
I think one reason it is difficult to get more people interested in our hobby is because of this disconnect between high quality hifi that is widely available versus what people read about in the various magazines.
All of the reviews I was able to find for each of my pieces were from on-line mags and forums like this one. Useful for sure, but not as rigorous as a proper review with measurements and prepared by someone trained to do a critical assessments of sound and capabilities of hifi equipment
What do you think?