TAS. The Absolute Sound?

@ghdprentice . Agreed 👍🏻 

I’d love to own his listening room and everything in it.

Who wouldn’t?

A few years ago JA had a Stereophile editorial in which he noted the income disparity in the world and identified a success strategy for every one else, which was to find a way to service the whims of the uber wealthy and live off the crumbs from their table.  His editorial was tinged with regret, but that does describe the business strategy of Stereophile and TAS.  Every now and then they throw a bone to the great unwashed and review a cheaper item and then point to those relatively rare reviews as a shield against their critics.

  I still read Stereophile because I like the writers, even if I disregard any of their buy suggestions.  TAS, I can’t stomach.  As a reader one has to know whose water the magazine is carrying.  There are so many alternative sources of information that we aren’t living in a censorship.  Each source of information has its own agenda and one should read with the salt shaker handy

I recall in the mid 80s two articles in an issue of Stereophile.  One article raved about a Radio Shack 1 bit portable CD Player how good it sounded when connected to a stereo system via a mini-plug to RCA adapter.  The other article discussed the virtues and sound quality of using dental floss versus the OE belt on the Air Force One Turntable.  It was the everyman’s stereo magazine back then.  

The best part:  Curious, I stopped by my local Radio Shack one day to see this now famous portable CD player.  They were selling them above MSRP due to the recent notoriety complements of Stereophile Magazine.  

@jasonbourne71 What do supermodels and stereos with great measurements have in common?

Just because they have great measurements doesnt mean you’d be happy living with them. 

OK. Cancel me.