"The Audio Critic" B.S. or what?

Audio Critic, if it is still owned by Peter Azcel, ripped many people off, including myself, by stopping publication some years ago, promising refunds, as per their subscription policy, & NEVER REFUNDED MY MONEY OR MANY OTHERS. I wouldn't give this morally bankrupt person any of my money.

This reminds me of a thread at another site entitled "All solid state amps sound the same". Who advertises in the rag? Also think they should change the name to "Audio Bliss".

To further highlight Azcel's questionable business practices, didn't he design and/or manufacture a speaker (Fourier?) and then review it in his mag without disclosing that he was the designer/owner? I've read two issues of the AC and I actually found it quite entertaining. Nothing is wrong with having your beliefs challenged. If anything, it's always good to occassionally re-examine your core audiophile values.

Where does one find The Audio Critic, to subscribe to or to read online. I've seen several references to his "Top 10 Lies" article, which I would especially like to see.

The Audio Critic, in its current incarnation, is the foremost proponent of the notion that high-end audio is subject to the laws of psychoacoustics, a branch of psychology that studies auditory perception. The most basic principle here is that sighted listening is an unreliable means of judging a sound because your brain is taking in and processing other information as well. Hence, only blind listening tests can truly determine whether two cables sound different, for example. Needless to say, this view (and it's more than just a view--there's a damned lot of peer-reviewed journal articles to back it up) doesn't sit well with the manufacturers of certain products, or the magazines which rely on those manufacturers for advertising revenue. By the way, Aczel and his crowd are audiophiles, too. It's just that they pursue "the absolute sound" by concentrating on the things that really matter, particularly speakers and speaker-room interaction.