Stereophile's Standards and Principles

[JCS123]

Stereophile's Standards and Principles | Stereophile.com

Jim Austin (left) succeeded John Atkinson (right) as Stereophile's editor in April 2019 and has preserved the magazine's Great Wall between editorial and advertising. In an information vacuum, people tend to make stuff up, especially on the internet. We try to remain above the fray, but...

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[Michaels HiFi]

I love the part of "We try to remain above the Fray..."

Literally no one believes them except themselves.

And to be fair they give a bad name to the few in their industry who do things the right way (MEP for instance with how he handles reviews).

EDITED: guys - this was a genuine compliment to MEP - not meant to be sarcastic.

 

[mep]

Eat your popcorn and enjoy the show.

 

[Michaels HiFi]

Guys- I edited my response to be clear this was a genuine compliment to MEP - it was not meant to be sarcastic.

 

[Mike]

I can vouch that Mark indeed buys his own gear…even gear he’s reviewed and wants to buy. And his speakers are so old, he would have had to get them on loan from Gordon Holt or maybe even George Washington.

 

[mep]

I can vouch that Mark indeed buys his own gear…even gear he’s reviewed and wants to buy. And his speakers are so old, he would have had to get them on loan from Gordon Holt or maybe even George Washington.

Thanks Mike. I love my JBL 4345s. They are very hard to come by. Kenrick in Japan ran out of them years ago and could no longer buy them, refurbish them, and offer them for sale. As a result, Kenrick started making 4345 clones to sell.

The 4345s are the best speakers I have ever owned and a reason why I'm not motivated to review speakers. The dynamics are thrilling and startling. I've never heard the sound of drums and piano sound so incredibly real and that's just the beginning of their capabilities.

I was approached by a speaker manufacturer who shall remain anonymous unless he wants to join this thread. He asked me if I would review a pair of his speakers and I politely declined his offer. And it wasn't because I didn't find his speaker designs interesting.

The ideal situation when you review speakers is that you don't have another pair of speakers in your room during the review so they "sing" along with the review speakers. I explained to the speaker manufacturer that it took me and two of my neighbors to carry the 4345s up the stairs and into my dedicated stereo room and they won't be leaving my room.