Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston

All the bitching and moaning about the high-end audio mags is a bit juvenile. In their current business model (ad-supported that is), customers should understand that you are not going to get an unbiased review of equipment and learn how to read between the lines. There are positive reviews and then there are really positive reviews. It's like Wall Street stock research. Please tell me how many stocks get rated Sell vs. the much more popular Buy or Hold ratings?

If readers truly want non-ad supported magazines that offer professional and non-biased or at least non-influenced reviews, then put your money where your mouth is and be prepared to pay for such a publiucation through much higher subscription fees.

You cannot have it both ways!

I don't think so either.

Stereophile reviews have never been very reliable, but they ARE very powerful. The sad part is they can make or break a company with their reviews.

Come to think of it Bryston never did get great reviews. In fact they currently have a better following than ever. Most of my friends use Bryston amps for subwoofers and I have heard Maggies demoed with Bryston amps with good results. I said good, not great.

In the past Bryston was known for their reliability and 20 year warranty.

Probably not a lot of Bryston advertising in Stereophile these days. I like reading Stereophile, but that magazine is HIGHLY influenced by advertising, among other things. One must CAREFULLY read between the lines of the equipment reviews to extract exactly what they mean. Also, for the life of me, I cannot figure out why they would give a class B, C, or D rating to a product when a cheaper product has achieved a higher rating. They should merely state ""the following products were reviewed and are not recommended at this time because better sound can be achieved with products of lower cost". That would push manufactures to either improve their products or lower their prices. Wouldn't that be nice? Just my rant.
Thanks for listening.

As Rick said, are you saying that there is corruption in the audio press? Shocking, just so shocking! Before long people will expect the New York Times to be honest and truthful, which of course, will never happen.

If readers truly want non-ad supported magazines that offer professional and non-biased or at least non-influenced reviews, then put your money where your mouth is and be prepared to pay for such a publiucation through much higher subscription fees.

You cannot have it both ways!

I'm with you on that one. The only mag I keep subscribing to is an ad-free HiFi Critic from the UK.