Best reviewers


Who are in your opinion the best reviewers out there ? Whether it be from stereophile, TAS or an audio forum, you surely have a few reviewers that you trust and respect. I nominate Robert E. Greene from The Absolute Sound as the best reviewer. He understands live music, knows how to describe what he hears, and appears to be impartial. Your choice ?
joe_coherent
Hey Carl don't get me wrong I LOVED the Star Wars Trilogy. Just haven't seen the last one. As far as film goes it's tough to beat. Wonderful story well told. I don't think for a minute that Lord of the Rings would translate as well to film neither would "Stranger in a Strange Land" which is my favorite sci-fi book to date, quite religious in its overtones. But then again I haven't read a good Sci-fi book in a while. Hear the Dune series is great. Sorry Fpeel I stand corrected. The Tolkein books are indeed fantasy. What is so absolutely amazing to me about them is the language created. It was quite an experience when I read these books almost 30 years ago and they stand out to me as among the great works of literature of the 20th Century. Star Wars I agree is a cultural phenomenom and Carl I assure you, it's appeal isn't limited to the Xers. As a matter of fact I was still in my 20's when Star Wars was first released in 1977 and btw what does any of this have to do with music. Oh yeah, I love the Williams score.
Start another thread if you don't like where this one has gone. I'm stream of consciousness oriented sometimes, so why criticize me just for getting sidetracked a little bit? Is this a thought controlled forum? Music isn't the only thing we discuss on this site anyway, or there wouldn't be so many threads where people discuss power cords, and not just any, but the "best"...only the "best" will do!!.....Also, I submit that "love" is too strong a word for you, if you haven't seen the most recent episode in the more than a year and a half since its release. "Casual enjoyment" might be more accurate. Also, I assure you that there are very few non-xers that "get Star Wars", basically because they don't need to, IMO.
One thing that I just recalled was that I read Darth Sidious is not actually a Sith. He was raised by the Sith. Darth Maul is an actual Sith. Maybe I should go back to some of this stuff. I used to go to a website(when the anticipation of Episode 1 was at its height) that really took this stuff seriously. I wonder how Lucas felt about them. As they had biographies on literally countless Jedi, from the thousand generations. Replete with all of the feuds, battles, accomplishments. Quite detailed, and fascinating. I presume they make this stuff up? I don't believe that it was liscensed. But, maybe so long as the content is good, the officials are OK with it. Less for them to write later...
Wow, did this get weird--I don't even know where to begin, so I'll go back to the beginning. Have always like Robert Harley because he is concise and logical, have come to like Michael Fremer, because he is right (mostly) about the virtues of vinyl, and can't stomach another Johnathan Scull with his endless 'cult of personality' prattle about J-10, K-10 and the Ribbon Chair. I read his reviews ONLY to see if he can somehow restrain himself from mentioning this precious ass cradle. Hasn't happened yet!