Re: Stereo Review's critical judgement

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From: Paul A. Lane
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 06:07

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In <1993Jan2.051611.3093@midway.uchicago.edu> cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) writes:

>...  I have yet to see a review in
>Stereo Review that fails to give the component at hand at least a
>lukewarm recommendation, whereas Stereophile reviewers will not
>hesitate to write that they think component "x" is clearly better
>and/or a better value. Stereophile also has clearly stated criteria
>for their reviews.

Once when reading a reply to a letter, the answer to the came out (which
rather irritated me). If a component is seriously flawed in their judgement,
they won't finish a published review. What irritates me is that this means
that they have abdicated their responsibility to tell us about (in their
view) the serious lemons out there.

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