what's your opinion on the magazine 'stereo review'??

I subscribed from age 12 to age 16...it was like a gateway drug.  Now I'm strung out on high end.

If you're interested in perusing Stereo Review back issues:

https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/HiFI-Stereo-Review.htm

They never told you starting out on Stereo Review leads to the hard stuff like The Absolute Sound and Positive Feedback. Too late now! 😩

I always found Stereoplay and Audio, both German, to be more informative and simply a better read than magazines from the U.S.A. British ones somehow appeared snotty.

Are you sure? I’m pretty sure they’re Swedish.

I read Stereo Review religiously when I was a kid. Found the record reviews great, but found the equipment reviews too much like Consumer Reports.

I don't think that Julian Hirsch had it in him to write disparaging copy on anyone, and that really cost me when as a 19 year old I followed Hirsch's recommendation and bought an AR Amp. What a horrible sounding POS, but a lesson learned.