Stereophile and the love of hotel decor

I remember those shots. To refresh my mind I went back to look for an example. The first show I found was The Absolute Sound show report July/August this year. Not a single curtain shot… all close ups. I went looking for a Stereophile show article and gave up but I remember them. Thanks @erik_squires… I can stop looking.

A reason these wide shots are useful is to put the look and scale in context. With only a shot if a speaker it is harder to get a feeling for size. Also, it gives you a feel for how bad the acoustics might have been for a person listening to the system. You can alway find lots of color glossy promo shots… in the same issue usually.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcAYMb5uk4

I agree with the idea that a sense of scale is important, but I’d trade sexy for scale, and you can usually get that from a single speaker shot.

Take a look at the picture I took above for instance.  Nothing in the room gives any sense of scale at all except perhaps the power strip to the right of the amp.  In this case I don't think we can tell much by seeing it all.

I'd prefer show coverage to be sexy first, and encyclopedic second honestly.

The OP is right...

But i quit reading audio review long ago now...

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@mahgister Oh, I never bother reading about sound quality from the text. :)

I am however interested in the new gear, pricing and industry news though.