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Stereophile October 2024 Issue
Stereophile arrived the other day. It was fat, 204 pages, 116 of which are advertisements. Sounds like companies are lining up to spend money with them. What about the content of the mag? I was a bit disappointed to see some B&Ws and SVS’s on review- that were just in British hi-fi news recently. They are sister mags and unfortunately for those…
Silver Discs
Compact discs have gotten a bad rap from snooty audiophile experts. It’s undeserved. I read something this month that puts the topic into perspective. What has prompted this entry is Stereophile’s Sept 2024 issue. The reviewer addresses his CD history starting on p23. I’m shocked at what I’m reading. He says he was slow to dive into CDs because they sounded bad….
CD Players 2024
I love CDs and the players that play them. What a marvelous format for playing music! Artists typically have a program or musical message they want to deliver. Just hit play and you’re set for 40-80 minutes. You don’t incur any clicks/pops or bobsled noise. It couldn’t be easier. And, playing a CD sounds better than streaming. Yes, it does. As a…
Stereophile December 2023 Issue
What are the boys are writing about this month? The Dec issue is often fun because it has their Product of the Year (POY) winners. Let’s see what’s up. Speaker Measurements JA says that to measure a speaker accurately without an anechoic chamber is impossible. He has tried to do so outdoors with no wind or traffic to try to get an…
Stereophile August 2023 Issue
Stereophile is the ugliest audio mag out there. But I still enjoy reading it for CONTENT. There are things to learn every month if you fight through the fine print. By ugly I mean, it always has tiny pictures and even tinier captions. I don’t need glasses to read. But with Stereophile, it’s GETTING CLOSE! Sometimes it’s hard to even be sure…
Stereophile May 2023
I love to tear open new hi-fi mags. Let’s see what they’re talking about this month! Headphones They talk a lot about headphones. I’m not tremendously interested in them. But I sell the Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp ($2500) that takes a back seat to NUTHIN. It is quiet as a mouse, drives any headphones and has a 20 year warranty. It’s among…