Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List

Hello gentleman,

I’m really not surprised at the acrimonious tone and nit-picking comments, like my spelling error regarding artesian, from some posters on this thread. They represent a small percentage of GON members. I much more often get positive feedback from members who have gotten good information on the equipment I have reviewed which helped them make choices to improve their system’s performance.

As I have shared in the past I have been an Audiogon member for years and started writing reviews here for the forums way before I began to write professional reviews for different websites. I still post information on review items that I find to be spectacular in performance, particularly if they are very fairly priced, because the members who trust my taste find this information helpful.

Gee whiz, some people take this fun hobby much to seriously, indeed.

@teajay

I am one of those who appreciate you being here and sharing information. Please keep doing it and ignore the small percentage who tend to dominate some of the forums with their negativity.

Sometimes I imagine if someday those with all the good information, reviews, and experiences I truly wish to read about ceased to post because of all the negativity, banter and insults, what would be left in forums? Would all the trolls continue to troll themselves with no real content to troll about? Or would they be overcome with guilt and remorse because they suddenly would not know what to do? 

Oh, and you spelled teajay wrong.

You posted this to increased readership of Stereo Times. Is S.T. for profit? I dont see a big difference between a manufacturer posting about a new component and you bringing attention to your most wanted components. Not really a big deal, but inhabiting a gray area I think. 

Oh and I dont see any publication that is good and picking winners and losers. Why any greater stock would be placed with one rather another is beyond me. Kind of like how pro wrestling is not listed as "sports entertainment". 

I hope one day you will have the opportunity to meet Teajay in his own place. He is a very good host and a very nice person.Mclinnguy +1.

Don’t shoot the messenger. The products that Stereo Times reviews seem to mirror the high end audio industry as a whole with pricing ranging from relatively low (Galion Audio and Pine Tree Audio), to seemingly reasonable (Coda, Grimm, and LTA), to insanely expensive (Aries Cerat and Stein Music), to just insane (QSA).

When I look at artisan electronics such as the Aries Cerat stuff, I at least see some level of value for the price in that they look cool, incorporate a reasonably high level of engineering, and reportedly sound good to great. I would really like to hear their DAC.

OTOH, because I have built cables, isolation, and other things, as well as taken apart manufactured products to be thoroughly unimpressed relative to the hype, I cannot help but call BS on $18K, three-wire power cords, $5K fuses, or $2.5K AC adaptors, sheesh!