Anyone ever read the listener magazine

Yes, I've had a subscription to "Listener" for the past year, and do not plan to renew it. "Listener" is kind of hip and clever, and sometimes has review articles I find useful, but over the past year there has not been enough solid content to suit me. If you want a audio-oriented mag that is fun to read, "Listener" will fill the bill. If you want good equipment or music reviews, look elsewhere. The most telling remark I can offer is that I save my old issues of "Stereophile", "The Absolute Sound", and "The Sensible Sound", whereas I have thrown out all of the issues of "Listener" once I've read them.

I've read it. The reviews are very honest I believe--they seem to be less swayed by advertising dollars than many of the other magazines. But it is a "clicky" kind of a magazine. By that I mean they do gravitate to certain things, such as analog, tubes, and single driver speakers. Most of the things they review do not interest me with the exception of a few cartridge reviews they have done. The music review is also disappointing. Every now and then they have non-equipment review articles that are of genuine interest--like the one on Record cleaning. They printed about 20 methods (from various analog users).

excellent rag!