what's your opinion on the magazine 'stereo review'??

*s* Would leaf through some....subscribed to none....

Let my ears and budget 'do the walking', and let the equipment bought speak for itself.
I taught myself to listen carefully and learn what I enjoyed hearing, and How.....became Picky.
"Bang for the buck" beat 'opinion' and pretty pics...'specs', whether for audio, vehicles, or any of the other 'distractions' of the previous decades could be balanced by detail, skill, or 'nuance' ; esp.with regard to  distractions'....;)

"Audio Porn"....how apt....

Millercarbon...interesting points I won't dispute. At 16 in 1971 I read every month and thought I learned a lot as a start into hi-fi. Later sold stereo (yamaha, McIntosh, Ohm, B&O, other classic 70's) and have an aquaintance with Julian Hirsch's son. We are both musicians in bands and he was once just as opinionated as you say his dad was. But he did have the cleanest sounding PA system on our little circuit. He later ran a pro sound audio store. I will completely agree on their Rodriguez cartoons . Still applicable.

For sure they are still applicable. So much so, look at a current thread, about audiophiles and divorce. I wonder if you recall the Rodriguez cartoon where this old guy is talking about his system- and its, "I have the Symphonic Bombastic MkII speakers with the Quad Series Crossovers, Nautilus 30.7 tube amp, not the regular the S series with 8 KT88's and 4 NOS Electrolux 6SN7's per channel, the Andromeda 7 speaker cables with the Malarkey MkIII optional shielding, and no wait that was that was with my first wife, what's her name..." 

OMG! USED its $88! These are hilarious! Look at the cover!
https://www.amazon.com/Total-harmonic-distortion-Cartoons-Stereo/dp/B00072OXXQ
Surely the best of Stereo Review.

It was my introduction to hi-fi, I read it religiously. I think technically it is still around, they renamed it to Sound and Vision.

This site has links to copies of nearly all issues.
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/HiFI-Stereo-Review.htm

Read all of the magazines, and enjoyed them all, for different and various reasons. I liked the Rodriguez cartoons.