New Stereophile recommended list

Example why the SRL is B.S. DUNLAVY-IVA, after a follow up review by JA , admittedly agreed the speaker to have low freq (20hz) , at least should be in restricted Class A, but NOoooo, they found something wrong with them and put in class B. Cary's big two story $40000 monoblocks clearly came out from review anything but class A, but obviously ended in class A. Other smaller Carys I don't have problem with. Now consider this: Dunlavy puts a lot smaller ad in stereophile v/s Carys consistent full page ad.

Amen,Tube groover! There is absolutely no reason to, after 20 years, develop an A+ rating. Unless you are pandering to the manufacturers who don't want to see the "Almight" recommended list down grade their product to clss B-C-E or, god for bid, not be listed. If a new product comes out that is so good that it is above the prior best then either the prior is down graded or deleted due to it no longer being a good value!

There new A+ has really compromised Stereophile's integrity, IMO.

Also, I don't let Stereophile make any chioces for me. I use it as a reference for equipment to listen to now so that later I can consider purchasing on the used market for reduced prices.

With the price of quality new stuff I can only afford quality used stuff, which I snatch up from those that have the new, must have, gee wiz products.

The real reason things fall off the RC list is a little-known phenomenon: After components have been on the market for several years, they begin to suffer subtle degradations in sound quality. Science can't explain this, of course, but what does science know? By the way, there is now a name for this phenomenon. It's called Component Burn-Out.

What is Stereophile? Is that the same as an audiophile? If not, which is better audio or stereo? I want the one that is better. But really, what am I getting for my magazine dollars? DO I really need some jackass to tell me that a $75000 air driven turntable represents an "achivement (sic) that will floor me"? IF I paid the money for one and it doesn't floor me, I'm chucking it through the front window of the place I got it. Another joke.

The only similarity between Stereophile today and the orginal Stereophile that J. Gorden Holt published, is the name.

The magazine has gone through a series of degradations, which have included new ownerships, commercialism and John Atkinson. All of these events have added to the deterioration of the quality of the publication.

As for other publications 'Listener' is good read, but they have to keep the politics out of the pages. The new 'Attainable Audio' has posibilities but it is still early in the game; which leaves TAS as the best of the rest. While not perfect they are far superior to the rest that are now available.

Regard and good listening.