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In Reply to: RE: Serinus on Moon Amp posted by fstein on December 01, 2024 at 13:23:51

He's doing the "subjective reviewing as a madeleine" routine J Skull used to be so good at. It's lifestyle reviewing. You have to dig the vibe. If you don't, it has the reverse effect of making "footing" the last word you ever want to hear about again.
I try to give it a go. It's kind of the audiophile version of "the suck" in the military. One is supposed to be beguiled the devices are actually suffering because a screw had been accidentally not replaced on the top-plate.
Play Queen's "I'm in love with my car" and get over it, I say to myself.

/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends

Edits: 12/04/24

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Review after review of insanely priced amps...-.. - Mendel 17:30:43 01/06/25 (1)
the more they cost, the more he loves them. Don't understand why they keep doing it, just a waste of magazine space to be reviewing a $50,000+ amplifier (!) every issue. If you're going to review $50K items, why not speakers at least? Or some kind of exotic single ended monster amp like the Kronzilla? At least they are interesting and very different sounding. How many people spend $50K+ on a (solid state) amp or preamp anyway? Ridiculous.

Edits: 01/06/25
- Market boundaries must be guarded - farfetched 13:42:30 01/07/25 (0)
  Stereophile exists to defend the right of a stereo component to cost 5-6 figures, to guard that numerical goalpost against any sensible thinking and skepticism.
  I don't get why Stereophile exists today however. The reviewer-manufacturer-dealer power trio is long dead. What market power does it have anymore? Or is it just defending 5-6 figure audio components out of some principle?
  
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  / optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
  
  Edits: 01/07/25

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