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In Reply to: August/September posted by E-Stat on July 28, 2024 at 06:17:54:
My subscription to TAS commenced in the very early-90s. That issue from Nov/Dec 1988 was bought from, I don't recall, some San Francisco book or record store.
In college in those early-90s, I'd bounce audio ideas off of my friend (none of whom was an audiophile). Bless them, their reactions, questions, and feedback made you take a step back from audio, think, look in the mirror, and just become more honest. My friends noticed that I subscribed to both TAS and Stereophile. And when they asked for my honest take on those two magazines, my answer was that, in general, TAS' reviewers, by using a greater variety of music, and connecting the music with audio, were more relatable and reliable. Stereophile's reviewers had really weird musical tastes, nothing a regular popular music fan could relate to. Moreover, you'd go to a store, check out a product which Stereophile had reviewed, and not square that to what was written in the review.
If you were continuing to be honest, you told your friends that you wished TAS would do measurements. Stereophile's measurements may or may not correlate with what you hear, but the measurements could tip you off about incompatibilities.
In 2004, John Marks reviewed the Wilson Benesch A.C.T. without a number at the end. Time has gone by so fast, we blink, and 2004 was a whopping 20 years ago.
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Follow Ups
- Excellent, thanks! - Luminator 09:42:47 07/28/24 (9)
- RE: Excellent, thanks! - E-Stat 10:01:25 07/28/24 (8)
- RE: Excellent, thanks! - tomservo 16:40:56 07/29/24 (0)
- Sorry for the memory fade! And about midranges... - John Marks 10:09:13 07/29/24 (6)
- Verity did... - Doug Schneider 22:36:18 08/01/24 (0)
- RE: Sorry for the memory fade! And about midranges... - fantja 14:16:39 07/30/24 (0)
- And about midranges... - E-Stat 13:36:51 07/29/24 (0)
- I think Eggleston Works used to run the mids wide open on some models - Brian H P 13:10:51 07/29/24 (2)
- My one subjective impression at a CES was that that speaker had a very narrow sweet spot - John Marks 15:06:09 07/30/24 (0)
- RE: I think Eggleston Works used to run the mids wide open on some models - hahax@verizon.net 18:31:11 07/29/24 (0)
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