Opinions - The Absolute Sound

I have no respect for the Absolute Sound ("TAS"). Anthony Cordesman's reviews are serious, but the other reviewers tend to write exceedingly positive reviews - a typical review basically reprints the ad copy produced by the manufacturer and concludes with a statement to the effect that the component under review is the best that the reviewer has ever heard (the best, that is, until a competing component is reviewed in the next issue, which then is labeled "the very best"). TAS does not perform any laboratory analysis of reviewed components like Stereophile does. Finally, TAS's editor, Harry Pearson, is an intolerable windbag.

The original TAS of 25 years ago was a serious magazine - the current iteration is a shill for the industry, in my opinion.

Tvad

Come on Tvad give Mceljo a break. The Absolute Sound....... I mean if the reviewers were to accidentally see this thread they would?

1. Break down in tears?
2. Write for a different magazine?
3. OD on Lady GaGa turned up loud?
4. Divorce their wives? Ops! Already divorced...
5. All of the above?

Not to mention the advertisers. They would?

1. Place more ads?
2. Go to full color on the back page?
3. Bribe the reviewers?
4. Bribe the owners?
6. None of the above.
7. You choose your own answer.

Tvad - Thanks for the good wishes. Obviously, the cost isn't an issue, but there' no point in having another useless thing show up in the mailbox once a month.

I was interested to know if it was a respected magazine overall.

$14.95 would get me another CD so is it worth more than getting one, or more, new CDs?

LOL

I got that offer too and I am going to re-up, also got an offer for Stereophile for $7 and it comes with a IPOD USB car adaptor it............not bad for a year of reading.