After reading Sterophile off and on for a few years and after subscribing for awhile, I feel like they hype things too much and seldom have anything bad to say about equipment they review. If the unit under review does have some bad points, they tend to say, "well, yes, but for the money..." or "well, yes, but you can't really expect..." - they hedge.
It seems like even if the unit has some significant drawbacks, the wrap-up paragraph of the review always tells us that the unit is still "amazing".
I have yet to see one where they review something, say "this is amazing", AND say "I'm going to replace my reference unit with this one!".
It seems like even if the unit has some significant drawbacks, the wrap-up paragraph of the review always tells us that the unit is still "amazing".
I have yet to see one where they review something, say "this is amazing", AND say "I'm going to replace my reference unit with this one!".