What reviews do you trust if any?

In addition to equipment that is the subject of a review, I take notice of any equipment that is included in the "associated equipment" of several different reviewers. Also, if a particular review is more than 6 months old, I am interested if the reviewed piece is still part of the associated equipment listed in a current review from that reviewer.

Have you seen some of the pics of the reviewers listening areas? Some look like they live in a broom closet in their mom's basement.

Art Dudley , Bob Reina , John Atkinson , are the ones I trust . Why ? There not always shootin off at the lips .

There are magazines and online sites, and forums like Audiogon I like. As people have said before, I use them as starting off points, for items I would look for and pay more attention to at a show.

I have to say, I particularly like HiFi+, stereo mojo and Positive Feedback. 6 moons I just find too verbose, I lose interest half way down the 5th page.

Two recent examples of what I picked up, the first the Audio Research Ref 75 Power Amp, I listened to at a recent show. All the hype seemed amply justified. Secondly, the Gigawatt line of power conditioners, I have'nt had time to look out for yet.

I like 6Moons too. I also have liked (and still do) Tony Cordesman's articles for years in various publications.