The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them

"The proof is in the pudding" is a featherweight re-write of "the end justifies the means."  It is amazing that JV, the TAS editorial staff, the Stereophile editorial staff, et al. are so amazingly ignorant of even the most basic foundational principles of ethics.  I began writing a reply to the JV stupidity, only to realize I could not dumb down ethical reasoning to a sufficient level to address the inanities that comprise his "defense." 

And yet, I guess I'm part of the problem: I still subscribe to both mags, because I really want to learn more about technological developments in the audiophile universe.

So, now all the MoFi product is crap?

I have bought a couple MO Fi products.  LP and CD.  Can't see, or hear, what all the fuss is about.  I have 40 year old vinyl that sounds every bit as good as the MO FI original masters re issue.  Maybe if I upgraded my amps power cord it would all become clear? 🤣

The whole digital debacle is an issue that could be forgiven over time, but MoFi putting themselves on a pedestal as industry leaders of audiophile vinyl is grossly overstated.

  The last several years of MoFi pressings I purchased have been hit and miss at best. The quality control is non-existent. I have received some truly horrendous sounding/looking albums. This is an area they need to prioritize first. 

What do you expect from an audio magazine that gives every product they review a glowing review, the best of the best. This MoFi issue just makes my point that hires digital sounds as good or better than analog, that's why I sold everything analog years ago.

Back to Valin and Fremer: these 2 reviewers are so biased in their fields, you just can't read any of their reviews. Valin is biased toward Magnepan speakers which I think sound pretty bad for the money especially the 30.7's and he is biased toward analog. Which brings me to framer which is off the wall biased toward analog. I have read Fremers reviews on non-analog products and his bias comes out in these reviews, can't red them, These are the reasons I cancelled my subscription