shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins) (08/30/84)
I agree with Bill Mitchell - the $ensible Sound is a very useful rag, and
agrees with my philosophy about audio, therefore it's good and wonderful.
I also agree with Mr. Granges(sp?) - the audio cowboy blather is a touch
irritating, but at least they seem to be consistent in their jargon.
Absolute Sound tends to use grammatically opposed phrases for the same
phenomenon in different reviews and with different reviewers. The reviews in
TSS are very useful as a relative gauge of performance. If you know what
one of their references sounds like, you can rate what they're testing fairly
easily, since they live with components for a very long time and constantly
cross-reference. These guys are sincere, many of them have unimpeachable
technical credentials, and they sometimes do bench tests. I've subscribed to
TSS for 2 years now and have always
been entertained if not always informed by the magazine.
By the way, with the latest issue the reviewers are beginning to like CD
players. One vehement opponent heard the Yamaha CD-X1 and was swayed.
He apparently hasn't heard the NEC, Revox, or Meridian yet, and I'll be
interested to hear what he says about CD then.
The wandering squash,
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Shaun Simpkins
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