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A Trolling we will go, a trolling we will go, hi ho the dairy-o, a trolling we will go.

I canceled my subscription. They are a farce, and they think that they are so good at reviewing/critiquing equipment!
Some of the language/word association they use make me think that some one is under the influence....oe that they really believe they have been blessed with special ear/brain nerves/sensory/ connection....
Question: what do we only see some brands and not other being reviewed?Hum......No wonder the HIFI industry is going bankrupt. Back to listening to music.

After many years of reading TAS it has always been my perception that the "higher" end was their target audience in the first place. They were always a lower volume subscription and circulation magazine and no offense to the rest of us not so wealthy audiophiles, it wasn't intended to cover lower end gear, it was geared to those who could afford the more expensive gear. It wasn't about price, it as about obtaining the "absolute sound" regardless of price.

Yes ... There are the thin air level oxygen breathers that can and do purchase this strata of gear..... More than we think.

The vast majority of us toiling in the plebeian working class can only wish, for sure .

i recentjy saw a $400k+ system at an audio expo.... I lost count of the actual stratospheric price. It was replete with all NORDOST ODIN cabling .... (That's all of Speaker, ICs, and power cables .... Do the math just on those alone) ...... driven by a pair of near $100K mono blocks.(that's $~$100K each....sigh).

In brief....audio nirvana ....full stop ..... but certainly never in my world.

Just like the $million+ super cars for  you to smoke the freeway 0-100 in a flash , if you have the coin.

Really, Taters?  It's an old complaint. Trolling again?  Seriously, that's what these magazines do. They always have. Nothing new. Move on. Don't read them if you don't like it. A great online magazine, Affordable Audio, died because nobody cares. Buy what you like. Ignore what people say. Argue about which $1000 cable sounds better. Nothing else to do with your time.