Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston

Gotta agree with Cmalak. One way magazines get around it is to pre-screen products and then only review those products that are going to get either a positive, or very positive, review. Since the advertisers primarily fund the magazines, and certain readers are going to complain either way, I see no upside to publishing negative reviews. In reading reviews, I look just as hard at the compatabiity of the partnering review equipment, and the reviewer's listening preferences, listening room and experience with similar equipment, as I do at what they say. My approach is to read the magazines for entertainment, take the reveiws with a grain of salt, and base final buying decisions on my own ears and listening preferences.

Mr T, your comments are right on, however, I find it unfortunate when I read where a reviewer pans or praises something based on hearing it through a system that is in some way suboptimal for the piece being reviewed. In Stereophile, at least you get measurements that JA tries to correlate with the reviewer's impressions.