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

Reviewers have to eat too.

I subscribed for 5-6 years starting in 1980. I had no money to speak of, so the equipment reviews were entertainment for me. I did like the music reviews. I liked Steve Simels in particular. When I could scrape the money together, I purchased a few of his recommendations, and I don’t remember being disappointed. He still has a music blog. 

It was fantastic!!

The only good thing about Stereo Review was the speaker reviews because they had to actually LISTEN to them.  Everything else was based on measurements.  If a $200 receiver measured the same as a $5,000 amp, they sounded the same.  I guess they never bothered to conduct a listening test of hardware.  Stupidity.  

I liked Stereo Review because they wrote about affordable equipment.  I subscribe to Stereophile and the Absolute Sound but can't afford 90% of the equipment they review!