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Stereophile review of Escalante Fremont

Has anyone read Stereophile review (Feb '08) of Escalante Design Fremont spkrs ?
Reviewed by Larry Greenhill & measured by Jon Atkinson .

How come they make a review of the spkrs without proper setup :
- LG didn't attached the stand spikes because of his new wood floor & put some bad comments (nasal / coloured tonal).
- JA measured the spkrs with above condition .
- No information if the spkrs burned-in

In my experience , result could be very sensitive for full range spkrs setup ( freq. resp : 18 hz - 50 khz ) .

How can such a great magazine editor allow to publish review with above condition ?

Really different with Positive-Feedback (by Greg Weaver) & Stereo Times (by Dave Thomas & Greg Petan) reviews .
This three reviewers has bought Fremont after made the review .

Seems our international respectable Stereophile magazine has a lot of degradation in their quality .
Is there politics inside this magazine ?
What a waste review ... i think ...
riwin_h
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
Would agree with Dgarretson. Not really high on the price/performance list. You can get a pair of Harbeth 40.1s for similar $ and take a giant leap in performance. You can get the Gershman Sonograms for about 40% of the cost of the Fremonts and get better sound.Great cabinetry though.
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drubin
3,265 posts
 
Nice post, Raquel.
jkalman
298 posts
 
Here is what Hoffman said about the mids (and the rest of his comments), which largely tracks with what I hear:

OMG, now I understand why some of his masterings sound so terribly overripe in the bass... I complained about it a few months ago to someone working at one of the online record retailers.
raquel
841 posts
 
JKalman: The overripe bass would be your WattPuppies (unless, of course, you've EQ'd that 7 db. hump out, which of course makes your sound perfect).
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