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Post Subject: What ever happened to Stereophile?Posted by drdna on: 1/23/2006
I was sorry to read the humorless vitriolic response by Michael Fremer, whose prose I had enjoyed years back. But he is such an easy target, well-remembered for such angry responses in the past.
His response is reflective of the change on the demeanor of Stereophile, whcih started as a hobbyists' consortium full of humor, original thought, and good-natured fun, into what it has become today: a profit-driven periodical. Perhaps we cannot be too hard on Stereophile since it is not unlike most other profit-driven magazines on the shelves today. The structure of those that survive to grace the shelves of our local bookstores must all abide by a certain uncomfortable decorum. It's just sad to see it go -- if it did not die out by stopping publication, it has certainly died out in being able to harken back to its humble roots.
When I read about a $90,000 turntable, I think -- I hope it sounds good, because usually the very expensive equipment sounds horrible. The true beauty of Sound comes through more often in innovation more than in delivering a concept to its so-called ultimate expression.
I wonder if Stereophile and the other magazines could devote a bit more of their time (even a tiny bit) to the innovation that it started with, that would allow a simple listener to have better sound with just a reasonable price, rather than presenting the rarified Millionaire's Club products all the time, would it kill them?Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site