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

i started reading 'stereo review' back in the early 70's untill they retired. i used to buy their magazine every month. whatever i know about stereo equipment is what i've read in their magazine! any thoughts after all these years???
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geoffkait
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They never told you starting out on Stereo Review leads to the hard stuff like The Absolute Sound and Positive Feedback. Too late now! 😩
glupson
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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.
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geoffkait
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Are you sure? I’m pretty sure they’re Swedish.
spotcheckb
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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.
glupson
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geoffkait,


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


I think you are mistaking audio-oriented magazines for meatballs. There may be a Swedish magazine, or two, with such names, but I used to read German ones.

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