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.

erik_squires

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..

 

@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'm contacting stereophile and the hotels to put an end to this visual annoyance.

@erik_squires 

 

You know after looking at that photo you posted. It has all contradictory scale component. The lamp would normally be 5’ high?, a normal hotel window starts three feet above the ground. All that is different than the scale implied by the power strip. 
 

 

1980’s hotel curtains sound better than anything made today. 

That's just because that's all you are used to hearing.  If you heard 1970's curtains you'd realize what crap all other curtains are.