Stereophile's 2021 products of the year

Several folks here apparently believe they are in on a big secret that ads buy good reviews. I personally haven’t found that to be true. And if it were, what do you think the people at Big High End Advertiser think when gear costing 90 percent less gets the same “A” ranking? Isn’t that a problem, too? Do you really think the staffs at Stereophile or The Absolute Sound accept kickbacks? That the whole thing is a con? Or could it be that people just have different opinions and hear sounds differently. The alternative is to maintain that you yourself are the font of all right thinking. Ever had a salesman diss your preferred model? “Don’t believe those idiots at Consumer Reports, listen to me!,” is his pitch. As if he only has your interests at heart. Folks, didn’t we just through the “Fake News” phase? The only faking going on there are the charlatans that want you to accept their “alternative facts”.

Why was the Shiit audio discussion removed?

I borowed   both the Saga, Freya, and Vidar for several  l months. I really liked that Shiit and it was Quality gear for its price and more. I ended up with a Tube integrated which sounded better on my speakers.  I have not looked back. I think for the non-weathy group it has a definite place with high end gear. 

I find it very sad that most of the Stereophile basher’s here, are also too technically inept to understand the measurements.
I just did a search and beside me, the only ones that mention Stereophile measurements are two that admit they don’t look at them!!!
And measurements will tell you far more than "just the review", and "could" show you if the reviewers full of it also.

Cheers George