Stereophile and the love of hotel decor
I often appreciate the Stereophile review of industry shows but one thing that always bothers me is the choice of images. They often lead with a full-system image which is usually 80% hotel curtains and rugs. That is, there's a speaker in the left, the system in the middle and another speaker on the right. That's fine but if you look at the image as a whole, the area of the image that is covered by gear is about 20% or less. The rest is invariably 1980's hotel curtains and rugs.
Once you see it that way there’s no going back, your eyes see the curtains and rugs forever.
I really wish they’d focus on more interesting close-ups or even montages.
I agree with the idea that a sense of scale is important, but I’d trade sexy for scale, and you can usually get that from a single speaker shot. Take a look at the picture I took above for instance. Nothing in the room gives any sense of scale at all except perhaps the power strip to the right of the amp. In this case I don't think we can tell much by seeing it all. I'd prefer show coverage to be sexy first, and encyclopedic second honestly. |
@mahgister Oh, I never bother reading about sound quality from the text. :) I am however interested in the new gear, pricing and industry news though. |
I did not say this for you... You are a designer then you must inform yourself.. me i am only a music lover and dont need to know about speakers design as you need for sure...
My best to you..
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