When the Audio Critic was subjective.

I seriously doubt most readers here even know who he was. Too long ago, too obscure. But ya neva know!

Aczel was just a run-of-the-mill subjective reviewer, certainly no J. Gordon Holt, or even Harry Pearson. I don't recall what lead to his "objective" transformation, but was thereafter an obnoxious jerk. His ethics came into serious question when he used the mag to promote his own loudspeaker, his credibility when it became known his hearing was seriously impaired. Good riddance.

At least he wasn't touting expensive wire and fuses - unlike many on this site!

I seem to recall he was touting some rediculously-priced Class A amplifier in one of his initial issues. 

That was the Levinson ML2 mono 25 watt amp. And Aczel was correct! A classic design and still one of the best sounding amps! Designed by Tom Colangelo (who also designed the ML1 preamp).