Anyone ever read the listener magazine

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!

It's good. Nice balance to overly slick 'phile and overly pompous TAS. I read them all anyway. Don't you listen to more than one radio station?

I agree (mostly) with the above comments. Harvey is great. I wont be renewing either. I think its better than Stereophile, though, and I am a big fan of TAS. It might come off as pompous, but the writing is superb and, for me, it probes the limits of the cutting edge. Way out there? Yeah, but what fun. And no, I can't afford that gear either, but I use the reviews to assist me in my own appreciation of musical reproduction.