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Most annoying Stereo magazine claim

The new thread "What's the most trustworthy stereo magazine" got me to thinking. One of the things that inhibits their credibility, and makes them pretty annoying, is when the reviewers become effusive about a product (as if it were the second coming of Christ), going on and on about a product and using canned flattery like, "it removed another veil from the sound stage." This claim and "it made me want to just listen to the music and play all my CD's again," are the most annoying to me. What about you?
dds_hifi
skull
36 posts
 
Recall when Wes Phillips went nuts over Transparent Wire, and said the terminations were good sounding. What, he unsoldered them and tried them independently?!

Try equipment yourself, these guys know nothing.
kthomas
911 posts
 
How about, "Advertising doesn't influence our choice of review products or what the review says," in the Editorial section and then turning to a review of a product by Company X with an ad for Company X's products on the opposite page from the review.
tripper
223 posts
 
KThomas--Love those layouts! Also, let us remember the "accommodation" pricing givien to reviewers from manufacturers. You'd be ga-ga too over a 1K Pass or Sim that we get to pay 4K for. Perhaps a little extreme but those pundits make out like bandits. You think J10 Scull earns his money? I wouldn't pay him if he scrubbed my floors!
trelja
3,226 posts
 
So when can we look forward to the Stereophile review BMW of the BMW 330ix?
sdcampbell
2,136 posts
 
For me, it's the much too frequent comment that some audio component that costs in excess of $10,000 is a "bargain". Even if the component were insanely good, it's still a luxury item, and a luxury bargain is an oxymoron.
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