Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore?

PS Audio's Copper Magazine is worth your time, and it's free.

Heck no! They have run out of new silly superlatives to say the same old thing.

Basically they have become sold out shills for the highest bidder (advertiser) and untrustworthy. 

The other thing that bugs me is the underlying 60 cycle hum  of "your system isn't as good as you think, and you have to buy [   ]  to be really happy with it." 

I might read them, but I take it all with a grain of salt.

Not everything can be the best thing since sliced bread.

I am not sure that excited is the right word, but a good review can still raise my interest in a product. And I agree with @jasonbourne71, Herb Reichert is a standout, he could get me to buy cable lifters. 

Herb Reichert uses the Falcon LS3/5A ($4K) as a reference, so he knows what good sound is! Herb's writing style is conversationalist: he tends to tell a story and draw you in!