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1: Critic's Corner, RE: May SP- Interesting Article on Reissue vs Original Pressings (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2023-05-03, 08:40:37 (158.222.164.209)
>I'd like to read the article. It's now posted at the link below. .......
2: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson remains a class act. Long may he prosper. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2023-04-14, 04:15:40 (158.222.164.209)
>JA's followup response to HR's review is in the May issue of Stereophile. Now posted at the link below. .......
3: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson remains a class act. Long may he prosper. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2023-04-11, 04:16:01 (158.222.164.209)
Thank you, John. .......
4: Critic's Corner, RE: Definitely strange ideas... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2023-03-01, 14:20:30 (158.222.164.209)
>Why is it that when a product gets less than stellar reviews so often the >mfgr. replies with the product is "defective and not representative of >current production models"? Robert Deutsch wrote 30 .......
5: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA Comparisons (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-11-18, 14:03:15 (158.222.180.197)
>Back then -- and I know you recall this because it was on this board -- >Charles Hansen was telling you why with those comparisons made with his >converter, they were simply showing a remixing or rem .......
6: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA Comparisons (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-11-18, 07:15:56 (158.222.180.197)
Hi Doug, I was only pointing out that the statement made by many people, including yourself, that no comparisons were ever made between the MQA versions and the original hi-rez files was incorrect. :: .......
7: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Jim Austin, (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-11-18, 04:52:35 (158.222.180.197)
>Can you provide a link to an article where they say they've listened to >some MQA recording that they're familiar with, and they've compared it >with a (say) 96/24 pcm recoding based on the same mast .......
8: Critic's Corner, RE: I am sure Jim Austin is pleased you read Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-10-13, 14:23:24 (158.222.180.197)
>You sure the Mission, Simaudio, and Estelon shots on the cover are >bespoke? I was referring to the primary product being featured, in this case the Western Electric amplifier. .......
9: Critic's Corner, RE: I am sure Jim Austin is pleased you read Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-10-13, 09:03:55 (158.222.180.197)
>I can't say I've ever thought about the quality of the photos in audio >reviews. To clarify: Stereophile has been using a professional photographer for its cover shoots and for the primary photo of t .......
10: Critic's Corner, RE: LSA VT-70 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2022-09-15, 14:23:31 (158.222.180.197)
>the new October Stereophile there was a review on a tube amp by Rogier van >Bakel, the LSA VT-70. Bakel missed one thing that might be important.... >Who was the manufacturer of the tubes? Rogier men .......
11: Critic's Corner, RE: I thinkyou are confusing basic logicwith assumptions (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2021-04-07, 06:05:52 (158.222.180.197)
>First what makes you think that Stereophile doesn't take advantage of long >terms loans? The dilemma that reviewers for all magazines, not just Stereophile, face is that they need to keep reference p .......
12: Critic's Corner, RE: At the moment... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2021-03-13, 05:04:15 (158.222.180.197)
>...there's no YouTube with the title "Listening". While the article says >"...premiers this month...", it's not clear if that means April or???? The video is now posted. (See link below.) And befor .......
13: Critic's Corner, RE: Benchmark HPA4 Review - latest Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2021-01-14, 04:21:08 (158.222.180.197)
>Let me be the first to point out that the Benchmark HPA4 headphone output >to the 4-pin XLR is not balanced. Thanks for the correction. .......
14: Critic's Corner, RE: Direct Matters... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-10-15, 04:17:28 (158.222.180.197)
>I'm not surprised that the policy has changed . . . Stereophile has always reviewed products that are sold direct. See the linked article on what the criteria are. .......
15: Critic's Corner, RE: What is the "defined criteria"? nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-10-14, 04:21:26 (158.222.180.197)
>But why was that article reprinted 10 years after the original which was >1988. The Stereophile website went live in 1997, and we started adding content from the magazine to the free on-line archives .......
16: Critic's Corner, RE: They should give the followup to Herb Reichert (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-10-13, 05:46:08 (158.222.180.197)
>He will try the amp with a variety of speakers (his regulars plus whatever >he has in for review), compare it with his regular reference amps, and give >the phono stage a good spin. Herb did all thos .......
17: Critic's Corner, RE: Bury the Hatchet (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-10-13, 04:16:58 (158.222.180.197)
>Why have you never reviewed any audio products from Audio by VanAlstine. It's been a while. .......
18: Critic's Corner, RE: What happened to links? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-09-03, 12:58:16 (158.222.180.197)
>What happened to the Audiostream and Innerfidelity links on >Stereophile.com? As of this morning a lot of the InnerFidelity content is now available in the Stereophile on-line archive. See: https://w .......
19: Critic's Corner, RE: Two Shereophile Kudoes (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-08-16, 14:56:26 (158.222.180.197)
>The other to J Atkinson for his September "My Back Pages" commentary. Thank you. .......
20: Critic's Corner, RE: I never watched much Star Trek (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-07-12, 04:24:55 (158.222.180.197)
>The issue is June 2018. In the issue is a article called Speaker Cables( >Can you hear the difference?). The article was 6 pages of great information >on how cables were tested and the who's,what's, .......
21: Critic's Corner, RE: How about one more assumption.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-07-03, 04:32:59 (158.222.180.197)
>the issue arises frequently with products reviewed in columns which >don't have a dedicated spec sidebar. That's a fair criticism. I will send the link to your post to editor Jim Austin for him to ad .......
22: Critic's Corner, RE: How about one more assumption.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-06-27, 04:41:47 (158.222.180.197)
>I do agree that the mag should be consistent on where to find prices on >reviewed products. The price is listed, along with country of manufacturer (where known), approximate number of dealers, and .......
23: Critic's Corner, RE: Magico M2 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-01-28, 10:09:57 (173.52.244.233)
>Measuring by instruments in any room other than our own listening room is >pretty meaningless to us - the potential buyer. Whether magazines should >simply stop taking speaker frequency response test .......
24: Critic's Corner, RE: Magico M2 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-01-12, 15:10:12 (173.52.245.135)
>I don't know what John Atkinson's measurement area looks like or if he just >uses his listening room but I still would like to know why similar sized >speaker heavyweights he tested did not show the .......
25: Critic's Corner, RE: Digging through some things & found this early Stereophile... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2020-01-03, 04:47:19 (173.52.246.17)
>Volume 4, No. 2. So... mid to late 1960's? This issue of Stereophile was published in the spring of 1978. The cover image is the analog board from the AudioPulse ambience synthesizer. .......
26: Critic's Corner, RE: Room Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-11-10, 07:13:42 (173.52.245.158)
>I'd like to see a plot for every loudspeaker review of what the reviewer's >room response is for that speaker. I do that for every one one of my own speaker reviews. .......
27: Critic's Corner, RE: Seems like an utterly absurd premise for a legal case. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-11-08, 11:55:16 (173.52.245.158)
>If you consulted a lawyer at the time what was his/her response? That it was absurd, as he outlined in his response to the plaintiff's lawyer. Still had to pay for that opinion, of course :-) ::: TO .......
28: Critic's Corner, RE: Yes. It is a problem with many ( most?) online magazines (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-11-08, 04:17:31 (173.52.245.158)
>if the reviewer is claiming that objectively it is a piece of crap, and >that measurements so prove its crappiness, then you better make sure the >measurements are correct. Indeed - this still doesn' .......
29: Critic's Corner, RE: Yes. It is a problem with many ( most?) online magazines (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-11-07, 04:21:43 (173.52.245.173)
>If the possibility of legal action prevents most online magazines providing >measurements then such considerations must also affect print magazines of >which many do give measurements. A Supreme Cour .......
30: Critic's Corner, RE: Whatever happened to, "I like the way that sounds" . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-30, 12:05:50 (173.52.245.173)
>Art Dudley in his current column, calling-out Atkinson's DAC-resolution test. You don't seem to have understood what Art wrote. He didn't "call out" this test, he wrote from the viewpoint of someone .......
31: Critic's Corner, RE: Whatever happened to, "I like the way that sounds" . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-28, 13:48:55 (173.52.245.173)
>>Perhaps you didn't see my most recent response to you. >I saw it, 'nuttin changes... So it goes. If you need to brush up on FFT analysis, the book linked below has been my bible on the subject for m .......
32: Critic's Corner, RE: Whatever happened to, "I like the way that sounds" . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-27, 14:33:11 (173.52.245.173)
>The question was what John Atkinson is doing, for the last 30 years. Perhaps you didn't see my most recent response to you. >Then Fourier, seems to be a failure in the frequency and time domains. Oh .......
33: Critic's Corner, RE: Many pearls were cast before you in this whole thread (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-25, 06:25:23 (173.52.245.173)
>As a declared audiophile, it should be no surprise that I'm not a techie. Someone can be an audiophile and a "techie." But if you are not a "techie," note that as an editor, my standing instruction t .......
34: Critic's Corner, RE: JA on music waveform (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-24, 13:08:44 (173.52.245.173)
>For those interested, I've attached a link to a proposal from the mid 70's >for a test regime. I'm not advocating for using this approach, but there's >a lot of good references in the document. Thank .......
35: Critic's Corner, RE: JA on music waveform (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-24, 13:07:05 (173.52.245.173)
>Tech-babble from the man himself. What "pre-conditioning" do you do? If you read my amplifier measurements in Stereophile, you will note that every amplifier is run at 1/3 power into 8 ohms for an ho .......
36: Critic's Corner, RE: JA on music waveform (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-10-24, 10:02:28 (173.52.245.173)
>it's quite common for devices to have a time dependent distortion >characteristic. One simple example of this is thermal effects that occur >over time. But, there's others as well. . .The list is lon .......
37: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Subscription, I'm Fuming (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-09-04, 04:25:39 (173.52.244.50)
> I also asked for them to check around the office for a spare copy. I doubt that the subs office has any spare. Please email me your street address at jatkinson (at) Stereophile.com and I will mail .......
38: Critic's Corner, RE: Paging John Atkinson - hety John, you going to get the Ayre QB-9 upgrade? Mine goes back early Sept.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-08-08, 04:10:08 (173.52.245.214)
I hadn't heard about the upgrade. Will talk to Ayre. .......
39: Critic's Corner, RE: I miss the small format, typos, and no ads . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-07-25, 04:08:09 (173.52.245.214)
You must be getting on in years, Billy Wonka, as Stereophile started accepting advertising in 1972, initially from dealers, then from manufacturers. .......
40: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile editing problems (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-04-14, 17:25:42 (198.212.199.75)
>Klipsch Heresys are not $999.00 a pair. No, they are $999 each. Mea culpa. .......
41: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile app unstable? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-27, 04:20:31 (173.52.245.62)
>You talking about the Zinio app ? If so, I've had problems since the web >based Stereophile was offered there. I have a Zinio subscription and other than a hiccup when the Zinio iPad app was updated .......
42: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile app unstable? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-26, 04:42:05 (173.52.245.62)
>I am reading S'phile on my iPad pro and the app crashes every 2-3 minutes. >I have reinstalled the app, rebooted the iPad, but it keeps crashing ... I have reported this problem to the company that m .......
43: Critic's Corner, RE: How to get subscription help (as sub service website not working) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-21, 10:39:25 (216.46.28.66)
From our webmaster: I see they don't want to use the email contact - there is also an 800# on the Contact Us page for subscription problems: 800-666-3746 As a side note - there were several outages th .......
44: Critic's Corner, RE: To Jim Austin (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-10, 06:30:18 (173.52.244.61)
>Please try to get Jana back. Jana was offered a new job with AVTech last year, but she turned it down. >I'd love to see more video profiles. Me too. Jana did great work. .......
45: Critic's Corner, RE: Passing the torch from one pale old white guy to another... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-04, 04:22:15 (173.52.244.207)
Old white guy? Jim is almost 20 years younger than me! .......
46: Critic's Corner, RE: A new "JA" at the helm of Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-03-01, 15:08:30 (173.52.244.207)
>Let us hope that new leadership continues Mr. Atkinson's practice of >putting many reviews -- both current and from the past -- on line... My new contract includes compensation for posting Stereophil .......
47: Speaker Asylum, RE: LS3/5A's are insensitive, but they aren't all that inefficient (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-13, 05:16:17 (173.52.245.113)
>Efficiency and sensitivity are not quite the same thing. Indeed. See my discussion at the linked article, where I show how the loudspeaker with the higher sensitivity is less efficient. The least-sen .......
48: Critic's Corner, RE: It may very well be possible that amps that generate higher.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-11, 14:48:54 (173.52.245.140)
>Jean Hiraga postulated that distortion that decreases with order, and even >order distortions, sound the most consonant to the ear, and do the least >violence to the signal. Keith Howard investigated .......
49: Critic's Corner, RE: For a moment, I thought I was reading tas :-) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-10, 12:48:16 (173.52.245.113)
> I clicked on Stereophile Forums , but didn't make it past the "April 2014 Issue" (aka current issue) >section, it seems that the Stereophile reader is interested in "What does fish oil do for the bo .......
50: Critic's Corner, RE: Missing lines in Feb Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-08, 08:21:19 (173.52.244.67)
>there is a very interesting column by Herb Reichert about his visit with >Nelson Pass. However, the end of the last paragraph on page 43 doesn't tie >into the beginning of the first paragraph of page .......
51: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio Physic Step Plus (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-08, 07:12:00 (173.52.244.67)
>Ken talked a lot about positioning and imaging but when you look at the >photo included on page 103 these speakers are positioned behind the ear >on each side of a sofa. According to Ken I don't thin .......
52: Critic's Corner, RE: Reverberation time (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2019-01-07, 04:21:26 (173.52.244.67)
>IMO, if Hull would've just written, "I liked what I heard," that would've >explained things far better than what he did write... I agree. As Jon Iverson discovered with the listening tests he perform .......
53: Critic's Corner, RE: Ah.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-12-17, 13:53:41 (173.52.245.114)
>Next year! Or perhaps fstein would mail you his spare November and December issues :-) .......
54: Critic's Corner, RE: Depends... If his yearly subscription now runs Nov through October 2019... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-12-17, 09:46:24 (173.52.245.114)
>I attended RMAF again this year and for some reason, lots of Absolute >Sounds laying on tables but for some reason didn't see any free >Stereophiles. We had a display table in the CanJam area where y .......
55: Critic's Corner, RE: Ping JA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-12-17, 04:31:46 (173.52.245.114)
>Well, the new stereophile (Jan) is out, and I just subscribed, so...I got >it plus two back issues (Nov. and Dec.). That's peculiar. If you don't want the issues, perhaps you could gift them to frien .......
56: Critic's Corner, RE: I still think (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-12, 10:07:06 (173.52.246.3)
>why is "Spam Bait" the number one featured forum? Because spam posters that get by our spam filtering engine tend to post in the forum that's listed on the top. Makes it easier for me to find and del .......
57: Critic's Corner, RE: I still think (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-12, 08:45:45 (173.52.246.3)
>They should put a little more effort into nurturing their own forums... Almost all the discussions that used to take place in Stereophile's website forum now take place in the comments sections that .......
58: Critic's Corner, RE: Or like as not (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-07, 11:37:00 (173.52.246.3)
>The new owner told them not to post on non-AVtech Media property. Nope. .......
59: Critic's Corner, RE: To me, Sue, high-end, can only be about coherent 3D recordings of acoustic music. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-05, 07:56:24 (173.52.247.65)
>With the assumption that the recordings given to you were the same as the >recordings Bob Carver gained access to, the results of your test is of some >importance. I was told that a journalist collea .......
60: Critic's Corner, RE: To me, Sue, high-end, can only be about coherent 3D recordings of acoustic music. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-04, 13:00:22 (173.52.247.65)
>>I am performing an appropriate test myself and will report my findings. >Interested in those test. Bob Carver claimed that the MQA files sent to writers had been processed with something like his So .......
61: Critic's Corner, RE: To me, Sue, high-end, can only be about coherent 3D recordings of acoustic music. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-02, 07:54:42 (173.52.247.65)
>Like your comment on Bob Carver, "it doesn't actually make sense.", >well explain why, show us the technical data of why. The tests Mr. Carver described don't support his assertion that the MQA files .......
62: Critic's Corner, RE: To me, Sue, high-end, can only be about coherent 3D recordings of acoustic music. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-11-01, 16:03:04 (173.52.247.65)
>JA's and Stereophile's position on MQA pretty much has me discounting >anything Stereophile reps say about MQA as nothing more than a slight of >hand attempt to move away from the subject, by attempt .......
63: Critic's Corner, RE: "...but when there isn't I make a value judgment." (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-10-12, 10:42:47 (173.52.247.170)
>how do you make a value judgement for components that you yourself have >not performed a listening evaluation on? Almost every product reviewed in Stereophile has passed through my hands at one time .......
64: Critic's Corner, RE: I cannot speak for the magazine, but ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-10-12, 09:36:30 (173.52.247.170)
>it seems obvious to me that ANY music review, including the judgement about >sound quality, is particular to the person who wrote the review and did the >listening. That's correct. The number of star .......
65: Critic's Corner, RE: A Question For John Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-09-14, 04:35:53 (173.52.248.94)
>Received my Stereophile today and wondering why no mention of the new >$4000.00 Technics SL1200G turntable? We decided instead to review the Technics SL1000R, which will be in the November issue of S .......
66: Critic's Corner, RE: "Guess I'll have to buy the White Album again" nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-09-13, 15:08:37 (173.52.248.94)
>I'm bringing a blue laser pointer to RMAF 18 so I can fool people with blue >lights just like MQA does. Just as long as you don't point it at me during my presentation Friday afternoon from 3-4pm. : .......
67: General Asylum, RE: Dead Dealer Alert.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-09-11, 08:11:55 (66.194.134.66)
>The company that was SoundStageDirect appears to be defunct however their website continues >to accept orders and is actively scamming innocent customers out of money for goods it will never >deliver .......
68: Critic's Corner, RE: BorderPatrol D/A Converter (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-24, 04:43:18 (173.52.244.162)
>BD Dac has tube rectified PSU correct? Yes, and a copper chassis. But its performance is limited by the DAC chip, which has linearity errors (different in the 2 channels), noise modulation, and poor .......
69: Critic's Corner, RE: BorderPatrol D/A Converter (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-23, 14:07:03 (173.52.244.162)
>The DAC chip is not really the main arbiter of the sound from a DAC. It is >the analogue output stage. The BorderPatrol's analog output is taken straight from the TDA1543 DAC chip. >I suspect that th .......
70: Critic's Corner, RE: Fascinating that MQA re-invented the . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-21, 04:27:46 (173.52.244.162)
>While you may feel that MQA's implementation of a similar technology to >Ayre's Minimum-Phase filter is an unexpected tribute to Charley, John, I in >all due respect must disagree. If MQA threatens t .......
71: Critic's Corner, RE: Fascinating that MQA re-invented the . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-20, 04:43:48 (173.52.244.162)
>I suspect JA regrets stating on this forum that perhaps an upcoming review >of an Ayre piece should be put on ice. I felt I was between a rock and a hard place with my proposed review of the Ayre KX- .......
72: Critic's Corner, RE: No Anti-Aliasing Filter (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-18, 12:04:09 (173.52.244.162)
>I believe he said multiple time that it had no filter... I think you misunderstood what Charley was saying, Doug. You must have a filter of some kind with a sigma-delta DAC chip to turn the bitstream .......
73: Critic's Corner, RE: No Anti-Aliasing Filter (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-18, 10:57:45 (173.52.244.162)
>If I recall correctly, Charles has said that on his A-to-D, there was no >filter in the Listen mode... There is an anti-aliasing filter, a moving-average type (12 samples long IIRC), which starts rol .......
74: Critic's Corner, RE: Charley's POV (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-18, 08:41:30 (173.52.244.162)
>Weird that JA didn't hear the birth of a new world when auditioning Ayre >DACs. You obviously didn't read the article. Ayre's DACs do not use the complementary, non-blurred reconstruction filter that .......
75: Critic's Corner, RE: Hey, John, did you hear that creak on the staircase???... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-18, 08:37:57 (173.52.244.162)
>Charley'd be after you big time for trying to sell magazines on his >name after he's dead... I don't see why. The genesis of my article was an ongoing email exchange I had with Charley - note his pre .......
76: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you have it the wrong way around (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-08-18, 05:53:56 (173.52.244.162)
>My understanding is that Meridian worked on slow/apodizing digital filters >before Ayre, certainly not the other way around as you state. That is correct. While the Listen and Measure filters Charley .......
77: General Asylum, RE: Music and art are culture... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-07-23, 15:04:44 (173.52.246.240)
>Building codes, HOA and zoning? Not so much. We lived in Santa Fe 1986-2000 and still have a house in the Capital district, which my mother-in-law lives in. Rules are strict in that area on what a ho .......
78: Critic's Corner, RE: The First "Real" MQA Listening Tests (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-07-03, 12:29:33 (66.194.134.66)
>[MQA]'s primary effect is to sharpen up transients. I analyze this aspect of MQA in the September issue of Stereophile, starting with an analysis of the time-domain behavior of typical A/D converters .......
79: Critic's Corner, RE: Why would they? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-06-20, 16:28:48 (173.52.244.188)
>When [Tom Gillett] became a columnist, different from a reviewer, he wrote >as Sam Tellig. I suspect he wanted to separate his professional identity >from his audio writing. That was his motive. As h .......
80: Critic's Corner, RE: Happy birthday JA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-06-12, 04:27:14 (173.52.246.63)
>You did let it slip in your Paul McGowan interview that it is one of those >big birthdays that end in a zero. Thank you. I wish it was the one where the 0 was preceded by a 5 :-) .......
81: Critic's Corner, RE: Fair enough (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-06-02, 16:03:55 (173.52.246.27)
>Charlie and John had a nice conversation about this a while back. Thank you for reminding me about this exchange. It bears on an article I am writing on the time-domain behavior of A/D converters. :: .......
82: Critic's Corner, RE: SP gives away most of its content as free on the web . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-31, 11:46:41 (207.66.194.226)
>compared to the other ZINIO online mags my wife and I read, Stereophile >is the slowest online. Why is that. I am afraid I don't have any idea why that should be. It downloads to my iPad as fast any .......
83: Critic's Corner, RE: SP gives away most of its content as free on the web . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-27, 05:13:15 (173.52.246.27)
>that may stop as they go paperless. Stereophile will continue as a print magazine. It is Shutterbug that is pivoting to Web-only publication. .......
84: Critic's Corner, RE: Probably a needed change of direction- but badly handled.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-20, 05:13:42 (173.52.247.157)
>One thing I *have* noticed is based on the reports from the Munich show. >The overwhelming majority of systems and components reported on by >Stereophile reporters and associates are really, really e .......
85: Critic's Corner, RE: Not paraphrased, misrepresented (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-11, 15:52:48 (173.52.247.157)
>I liked the pic and short article of you over on the Sterophile website. Thank you. >50 years is just the beginning in Audiophile time. It seems like a long time to me. You can watch the YouTube vide .......
86: Critic's Corner, Not paraphrased, misrepresented (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-08, 04:40:30 (173.52.245.17)
>I'm sure Atkinson can easily describe for us in detail what he meant when >he declared listening to an MQA recording is akin to, "experiencing the >birth of a new world." Paraphrased. Please do not p .......
87: Critic's Corner, RE: John, you must have the biggest set of ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-02, 15:53:20 (173.52.245.17)
>cahonies on the Audio Asylum. Cojones, I believe/ >To make fun of a guy for making a ridiculous statement, when you recently >made a statement 377 times more ridiculous than his original statement. I .......
88: Critic's Corner, RE: I wonder if he still thinks the Oracle is 377 times better than the Linn? nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-05-01, 15:52:36 (173.52.245.17)
534 times! .......
89: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile - that didn't take long... :( (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-04-09, 16:51:49 (173.52.246.77)
>I'm wondering how soon before the content on the website goes behind a >paywall? Never, as long as I am at Stereophile's helm. The new owners are actually impressed by what we have achieved on-line, .......
90: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile - that didn't take long... :( (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-04-09, 08:05:37 (207.66.194.226)
>If the rumors are true, several valuable members of the Stereophile staff >have already been released by the new owners... Following the acquisition, Stereophile's new owners took a long, hard look a .......
91: Critic's Corner, RE: Best wishes, John. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-27, 11:00:55 (207.66.194.226)
>I think you're former owner tied the number of pages of editorial content >to the number of ad pages. While some magazines publish a fixed number of pages each month - for example, HiFi News always .......
92: Critic's Corner, RE: By all means, don't change the cnooent (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-24, 15:08:34 (173.52.246.144)
I obviously didn't have enough covfefe this morning. :-) .......
93: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile sold - and (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-24, 14:58:36 (173.52.246.144)
>JA, when it all shakes out your (Stereophile's) readers and subscribers >will be happy if the magazine stays the way it is! Thanks SpotCheckBilly. HiFiNews's owners bought us because of what we are, .......
94: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile sold - and (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-24, 08:57:53 (173.52.246.144)
>we should see improvements along the lines of improvements to HiFiNews... I have been assured that I can continue to produce Stereophile as I think appropriate. No changes in Stereophile's cnooent, p .......
95: Critic's Corner, RE: Even now, in 2018 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-13, 16:44:00 (173.52.248.143)
>I've read that many of the MQA-featured DACs use the MQA decoder even on >regular PCM. WTF? Mytek is, apparently, one of these. That's not correct. You can disable the MQA filter for non-MQA playback .......
96: Critic's Corner, RE: OK, MQA, JA, RH - Here is the review I promised (long) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-13, 07:16:31 (207.66.194.226)
>The third thing is JA and RH both claimed that MQA listening gave them >more pleasure than their first sexual experiences ... Er, no. Perhaps you should have included a smiley emoticon? >As the after .......
97: Critic's Corner, RE: Me too, and a question for JA ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-10, 04:11:25 (173.52.248.143)
>do those binaural mics block your own hearing? If so, did you listen once >for yourself and again for us? Yes, the earbuds do block sound, though the mikes' output is fed to them. So yes, I spent abo .......
98: Critic's Corner, RE: JA, Was that the real Tony Faulkner who slammed MQA? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-09, 16:25:13 (173.52.248.143)
>I opened it to the Letters section and there was a letter from a Tony Faulkner >slamming Stereophile's coverage of MQA. I wondered if it was the noted >recording engineer Tony Faulkner who called the .......
99: Critic's Corner, RE: What does this say about all the manufacturers and magazines that have jumped on the MQA bandwagon? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-05, 13:12:06 (207.66.194.226)
>Writing a comment(s) in measurement footnotes is a far cry from the >articles that Miller has produced in his magazine. Footnotes? Oh well. Thank you for your opinion, Doug. But inmates might wish to .......
100: Critic's Corner, RE: Why isn't a copy of Stereophile photoshopped in, to replace the newspaper??? nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-05, 11:23:05 (207.66.194.226)
Paper's too scratchy! .......
101: Critic's Corner, RE: What does this say about all the manufacturers and magazines that have jumped on the MQA bandwagon? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-05, 11:21:36 (207.66.194.226)
>This wasn't about Stereophile, but since you jumped in... I wasn't aware that it was inappropriate for me to post to this thread, Doug. All I was doing was pointing out that the behavior of MQA's fil .......
102: Critic's Corner, RE: What does this say about all the manufacturers and magazines that have jumped on the MQA bandwagon? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-05, 10:09:54 (207.66.194.226)
>As Paul Miller shows in the February 2018 issue of "Hi-Fi News and Record >Review," their "leaky" filter allows for high-frequency aliased images... This is not new information - I have pointed out t .......
103: Critic's Corner, Thank you (NT) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-04, 04:56:35 (173.52.247.123)
.......
104: Critic's Corner, RE: Specialty hobby magazines may never die. They have a special connection to the reader. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-02, 07:18:35 (207.66.194.226)
That is exactly the point I made in the PS Audio video. That the more generalized a print magazine, the more it is threatened from Web-based competition, vide the magazines instanced by Doug Schneider .......
105: Critic's Corner, RE: As a content producer yourself, do you think you still need the magazines? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-03-01, 04:28:52 (173.52.247.123)
>there is a section in my forthcoming video interview with PS Audio's >Paul McGowan where we discuss why Stereophile is not suffering like >the magazines you mention. The interview is now on-line. See .......
106: Critic's Corner, RE: As a content producer yourself, do you think you still need the magazines? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-28, 13:36:33 (173.52.247.191)
>Right now I'm sitting beside a magazine rack at a Canadian store named >Chapters. "GQ" (US edition), "Sports Illustrated," "Rolling Stones" -- >magazines that have been around a long, long time -- ar .......
107: Critic's Corner, RE: As a content producer yourself, do you think you still need the magazines? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-28, 12:41:18 (173.52.247.191)
>Reports of the death of print magazines are misleading. To expand on my point, Doug Schneider says below "Print magazines today are forced to offer themselves at below costs." This has actually alway .......
108: Critic's Corner, RE: As a content producer yourself, do you think you still need the magazines? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-28, 04:35:33 (173.52.247.191)
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Why not? Reports of the death of print magazines are misleading. See my forthcoming video interview with PS Audio's Paul McGowan where at one point we discuss why a pri .......
109: Critic's Corner, RE: "I'm starting my own website and looking for a sidekick ... Sam" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-27, 11:03:23 (207.66.194.226)
>For what reason do they need the magazines anymore? Er, because we pay them for content? .......
110: Critic's Corner, RE: JA - Enjoyed your interview with Vandersteen (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-23, 16:27:24 (173.52.247.191)
>Will you be carrying some copyright problem free music JA? Would like to >listen to that famous Infinity speaker. Boulder too far away for me. Yes, I binaurally recorded the sound of the IRS Vs in P .......
111: Critic's Corner, RE: I'd rather know what he ate, how his social life is going, and other blather they all write about. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-23, 16:23:09 (173.52.247.191)
>nd please don't forget to mention the obligatory prattle concerning the >wifey's opinion on the DUT. Ken Micallef isn't married. Are you referring to another review? .......
112: Critic's Corner, RE: Well, aside from what you view as his whine...... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-20, 14:13:06 (207.66.194.226)
>'I have requested a cancellation of my subscription.' No doubt JA will >loose sleep over that one. Perhaps he'll come back to us. .......
113: Critic's Corner, RE: Should a professional review mention what speakers are used..... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-19, 04:17:51 (173.52.244.23)
>I ask because Stereophile's review of the Naim Uniti Nova in the most >recent issue does not mention what speakers are used in the review... I understand your frustration. This was my fault. Because .......
114: Critic's Corner, RE: JA - Enjoyed your interview with Vandersteen (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-15, 16:13:16 (173.52.246.148)
Thank you. These are fun videos to shoot. My next video interview will be with PS Audio's Paul McGowan. .......
115: Critic's Corner, RE: OK JA, I'll accept that at face value,... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-15, 15:48:07 (173.52.246.148)
>If I need to do something different, let me know. Email me at JAtkinson at Enthusiastnetwork dot com As far as I am aware the sample was returned. But unfortunately I can't find the shipping records .......
116: Critic's Corner, RE: For JA: Question about M700 measurement conclusions (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-15, 07:19:12 (207.66.194.226)
>After reading the review in the February Stereophile of the PS Audio M700 >monoblock amps, I read through the measurements section and saw that your >conclusion was that the amp exhibited "respectabl .......
117: Critic's Corner, RE: I meant regarding whether the unit was returned/not returned (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-15, 07:17:05 (207.66.194.226)
>I did send JA a private email with the amount for it and mailing address. I never received an email from you. .......
118: Critic's Corner, RE: The dialogue started privately with JA.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-14, 11:00:49 (207.66.194.226)
>The Stereophile review of the Z-Man ASE where JA changed a well established >and documented Bench Test load... I assume you are referring to the fact that I tested the ASE into 1k ohms as well as int .......
119: Critic's Corner, RE: Not True JA, $5,000 Bet (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-14, 04:27:38 (173.52.246.148)
>The Z-Man ASE was never returned But as I said before, we don't have it. >JA. $5,000 bet... In the October 2017 thread linked below, the initial bet you proposed was $10,000, which you then upped to .......
120: Critic's Corner, RE: Response to JA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-10, 06:54:33 (173.52.246.148)
>What is disconcerting is that Stereophile rated the X-Can better than the >ASE, but you choose to keep the ASE! As I have told you, we didn't keep the ASE. To the best of my knowledge it was returne .......
121: Critic's Corner, RE: Response to JA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-07, 07:30:49 (207.66.194.226)
>Remember me JA now and our conversation? Yes, I do now. You proposed a $10,000 bet to me to take part in a test, later upped to $20,000. I rejected your bet - see link below. >Z-Man Corporation, Audi .......
122: Critic's Corner, RE: Life's too short ...NOT TO KNOW THE TRUTH (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-06, 12:04:59 (207.66.194.226)
>Hey JA, I haven't forgotten what you did, said, or have gone away :)))) You'll need to remind me. .......
123: Critic's Corner, RE: Kudos to Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-02-01, 04:30:43 (173.52.246.227)
>I wish they would run more educational articles; such as what to listen >for, how to find the sweet spot in speaker set up, what the measurements >mean. There are a lot of articles on these subjects .......
124: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile - MA Silver 300 review (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-28, 15:52:28 (173.52.245.161)
>Is Kal's review going to be in the March issue? As promised. .......
125: Critic's Corner, RE: Both... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-28, 12:15:50 (173.52.245.161)
>If I remember correctly, the digital copies omit all the ads, dun they? Stereophile's tablet edition is identical to the paper version, and includes all the advertising. .......
126: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-26, 16:00:29 (173.52.245.161)
>Stereophile subscriber since 1993 to present day. Thank you. .......
127: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-24, 15:00:40 (173.52.245.161)
>The "Enthusiasts Network's eNewsletters" all contain titles such as >Sterophile, Audiostream, &c., and they contain links to publications of >those entities. They appear to be "web-based audio public .......
128: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-24, 14:03:28 (173.52.245.161)
>In considering your question, inmates may wish to advert to my "Tracking >Alert" below. As I have explained to you but you don't appear to have grasped, your complaint refers to the Enthusiast Networ .......
129: Critic's Corner, RE: Another Tracking Alert -- (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-24, 11:29:43 (173.52.245.161)
>Your primary assertion is untrue: the trackers began, stopped and resumed >as I have reported from my direct observation. So whom do I believe, our webmaster or an anonymous Internet poster? Perhaps .......
130: Critic's Corner, RE: Another Tracking Alert (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-24, 06:42:39 (173.52.245.161)
>Some weeks ago, Stereophile's parent [THE ENTHUSIAST NETWORK] >began using tracking cookies to watch where those of us who click on >links in their emails go on the web. When I reported that here, th .......
131: Critic's Corner, RE: Congrats on being the keynote at Axpona this year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-21, 10:38:34 (173.52.245.161)
>do you have any idea when Pro-Ject may be sending you a review unit of >their new low priced S2 mqa dac? Jon Iverson has requested a review sample. .......
132: Critic's Corner, RE: Congrats on being the keynote at Axpona this year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-21, 04:19:18 (173.52.245.161)
Thank you. .......
133: Critic's Corner, RE: I have not been able to squeeze any comments regards MQA from the two audio company heads (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-20, 12:49:49 (173.52.245.161)
>This thought once crossed my mind: did the editor's sign an NDA? No. .......
134: Critic's Corner, RE: Jeez, that bullshit Bored thing again? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-20, 09:47:23 (173.52.245.161)
>While you call my ideas "self serving," I'll refer to yours as wishful >thinking. But they're also self serving in the same way you imply as >you're trying to put on that brave face in a tough publis .......
135: Critic's Corner, RE: Jeez, that bullshit Bored thing again? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-20, 07:56:39 (173.52.245.161)
>my thoughts on print magazine are hardly just my own. You'd have to have >your head completely in the sand to not see what's been happening over the >last 23 years insofar as worldwide information di .......
136: Critic's Corner, RE: Jeez, that bullshit Bored thing again? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-20, 04:42:00 (173.52.245.161)
>Please quit trying to deflect again. If you are truly interested in my thoughts on MQA, Doug, everything I have written on the subject is posted on the Stereophile website. >You supposedly think bec .......
137: Critic's Corner, RE: Jeez, that bullshit Bored thing again? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-19, 11:35:33 (71.105.92.50)
>Rather than actually addressing the CONTENT of Doug's points, JA chose to >imply that Doug is motivated by competition with S'phile. With all due respect, you don't appear to have understood what I .......
138: Critic's Corner, RE: This is an excellent point... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-19, 07:24:04 (71.105.92.50)
>Over the years you've liked to bring up the word "competition" on various >topics. Somehow that skews your perspective on things. Maybe that's your >angle when you approach certain topics, not mine. .......
139: Critic's Corner, RE: This is an excellent point... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-18, 16:09:38 (173.52.244.91)
>I wouldn't say that JA's credibility is "shot" but it has taken a hit >in my book. Oh no, say it isn't so! >At best, JA's MQA/PCM comparison of those tracks is not credible >whatsoever, IMO, because .......
140: Critic's Corner, RE: This is an excellent point... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-18, 11:52:32 (71.105.92.50)
>Laugh all you want -- but remember the saying about those who get the last >laugh. Of course, but as you are the publisher of a venture that competes with those you criticize, I respectfully suggest .......
141: Critic's Corner, RE: This is an excellent point... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-17, 14:50:02 (173.52.244.91)
>One positive thing to come of with this is that their credibility is likely >shot... Hahahaha....what are you trying to do, Doug? Have us all die laughing!?! .......
142: Critic's Corner, RE: Prima Luna / Schiit / Ads (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-17, 14:42:05 (173.52.244.91)
>Do you think the latest advertisements seen in Stereophile and Absolute >Sound by the companies Prima Luna and Schiit help or hurt the integrity >of the mags mentioned and also the high end Hi-fi com .......
143: Critic's Corner, RE: I just reupped to Stereophile til' 2021,TAS until 2020 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-06, 04:24:24 (173.52.247.8)
> I just reupped to Stereophile til' 2021... Thank you. > One plus of TAS over Stereophile is TAS send their special issues as part >of the subscription. Where Stereophile you have to buy them. Sounds .......
144: Critic's Corner, RE: Question for JA. Is Stereophile going to review the LS-50W? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-05, 04:10:35 (173.52.247.8)
We've asked for review samples, but the next KEF review will by Herb Reichert, of the affordable Q350, in the March issue of Stereophile. .......
145: Critic's Corner, RE: What is MQA ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-04, 04:38:01 (173.52.247.148)
From the evidence on this site and others, MQA's primary purpose is to generate page views for Web forums. :-) .......
146: Critic's Corner, RE: Jon Iversons Listening Room (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-03, 06:46:11 (173.52.247.148)
>So you are saying that he never listens with an adjustment of drapery or >window covering? Please don't put words in my mouth. You can find the answer to your question elsewhere in this thread. ::: T .......
147: Critic's Corner, RE: Jon Iversons Listening Room (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2018-01-02, 05:16:46 (173.52.247.148)
>The exact features of a room (or any photo) published in a magazine are >often altered for aesthetic reasons. There is no reason to believe that >the room is actually used that way in listening. The .......
148: Critic's Corner, RE: The pic made me wonder about the sonics . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-22, 08:27:21 (71.105.92.50)
>You need to keep a closer eye on the bad behavior of your writers. Thank you for the advice, Sue. As difficult as might be for some to believe, I do not tell Stereophile's writers what to say or not .......
149: Critic's Corner, RE: The pic made me wonder about the sonics . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-21, 16:11:54 (173.52.249.244)
>Shouldn't someone reviewing one of the best speakers on the planet have >some drapes back there? Having spent many happy hours listening to music in Jon's room, I can assure you that blinds lower in .......
150: Critic's Corner, RE: Link? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-17, 04:54:23 (173.52.246.120)
That 1982 show report is not (yet) posted - I am about two-thirds of the way toward my goal of reprinting everything J. Gordon Holt wrote on the Stereophile website - but you can find a 1985 CES repor .......
151: Critic's Corner, RE: Why do you care that I care? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-16, 11:04:27 (173.52.246.120)
>If I interpret mkuller's statement above correctly and his obvious trust in >Atkinson, I suspect he also thinks MQA's performance is like "experiencing >the birth of a new world". Please stop misrep .......
152: Critic's Corner, RE: I do think that they have vested interests, but my question was... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-16, 04:17:14 (173.52.246.120)
>The exception is Mike Fremer, who comes off as a first class character. Michael (or Mikey but never Mike) Fremer's video profile is linked below. .......
153: Critic's Corner, RE: Huh? If MQA doesn't offer a big improvement in *sound quality* what's the point? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-13, 10:51:54 (71.105.92.50)
>Are you now claiming that your published statements about MQA are not >*mainly* related to an improvement in sound quality via MQA? No. In the post to which you are responding, I was pointing out to .......
154: Critic's Corner, RE: You haven't been paying attention... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-13, 04:36:36 (173.52.246.120)
>"In almost 40 years of attending audio press events, only rarely have I >come away feeling that I was present at the birth of a new world." JA > >A fair reading of [RH's and JA's statements] would le .......
155: Critic's Corner, RE: There's an aspect to this MQA controversy which is both curious and entertaining... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-12, 16:25:15 (173.52.247.45)
>It's as if a dozen of the most respected wine critics were to sample the >same wine from the same magnum. Ten critics declare the wine mediocre at >best whereas two rave about it, awarding it a 100 p .......
156: Critic's Corner, RE: Any mention of the MQA technical analysis paper? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-12, 09:58:55 (173.52.247.45)
For that you'll need to read my essay, Sue - and gift us a page view :-) Jim Austin's article is now posted on-line and linked below. .......
157: Critic's Corner, RE: Interesting editorial by Mr. Atkinson on MQA in the latest Stereophile. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-11, 13:40:11 (71.105.92.50)
>It's on the very first page of text in the magazine and summarizes many of >the concerns that have been raised here about MQA, it's implementation, >and marketing. For the benefit of those in this th .......
158: Critic's Corner, RE: Question about old CD player (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-09, 07:02:20 (173.52.247.45)
>Good read that maybe adds to Charles's post bout the music business as well >as calling to mind Tom Petty's (RIP) "The Last DJ." >https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-muzak-pelly?src=longre .......
159: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson's Tribute to Charles Hansen (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-12-01, 11:34:43 (71.105.92.50)
>Up just now on Stereophile's website. Thank you for providing the link, John. As you might imagine, this was very difficult for me to write. .......
160: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile's upcoming MQA technical articles are nothing but a red herring... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-29, 08:40:11 (71.105.92.50)
>Not sure why you attribute this to me... I cut'n'pasted from your posting to which I was responding. .......
161: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile's upcoming MQA technical articles are nothing but a red herring... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-28, 09:29:07 (71.105.92.50)
>Stereophile ... Stereophile ... MQA ... MQA ... Stereophile ... MQA >Stereophile ... Stereophile ...MQA ... MQA ... Stereophile ... MQA ... >Stereophile ... Stereophile ... MQA ... MQA Do you not thi .......
162: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA's claims, published in the January 2018 issue of Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-26, 08:28:18 (173.52.246.155)
>It will be interesting to see if Jim Austin's January article on MQA will >have anything to do with music. I have already said on this forum that Jim's forthcoming articles will examine MQA's technic .......
163: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA Technical Analysis/Hypothesis Paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-25, 07:59:17 (173.52.246.155)
>Spoiler alert: Despite all the testing and guessing, MQA is still a closed >loop proprietary system. I am not sure if anyone has claimed it isn't. Thanks for the link. .......
164: Critic's Corner, RE: Previous Winners Aren't Eligible (stupidly long) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-24, 12:57:23 (173.52.246.155)
>One may try to make an argument that after a full year that there is >something of significance that deserves recognition. I only partially >agree. There are far too many categories (with many new on .......
165: Critic's Corner, RE: Previous Winners Aren't Eligible (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-23, 04:08:01 (173.52.244.155)
>I don't think that's fair. If a speaker was the best last year, and nobody >has come up with something better, then it's still the best this year. Read the title of the article and enlightenment sha .......
166: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile speaker of the year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-22, 04:33:04 (173.52.244.155)
>just why is it that the O/96 got chosen over the O/93? As already noted, >the O/93 is the newer product and it appears in more contributors' systems >(3-4 by my count) than the O/96 (1). Because the .......
167: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA's claims, published in the January 2018 issue of Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-21, 14:08:51 (71.105.92.51)
>And precisely what is "wrong" with framing? In this context, it means the "framer" is closing their mind to the possibility that the forthcoming article may have legitimate information that they wou .......
168: Critic's Corner, RE: Tell me about the crickets, John. I'm still awaiting your response 2 years later. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-21, 11:57:25 (71.105.92.51)
>While you're waiting, let's talk about your "musically perfect..., across >the board" endorsement on the Vandersteen 7A's at CES 2014. >Your continued silence leads me to believe that you knew then j .......
169: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA's claims, published in the January 2018 issue of Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-21, 04:15:45 (173.52.244.155)
>I don't believe that the January "2018" issue of Stereophile has been >released yet. Did you mean some other year? >Oh, I get it, you're trolling rt66indierock. "rt66indierock" denied that the negati .......
170: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Jim Austin, (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-20, 16:49:28 (173.52.244.155)
>Okay, so what specific criticisms do you have to make about Jim's first >article examining MQA's claims, published in the January 2018 issue of >Stereophile? 4 days later: "crickets" .......
171: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile speaker of the year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-19, 07:03:39 (173.52.244.155)
>So a brand-new product can win 5, even 7-8 years after first review. And >doesn't need a mk.II update. That's correct. As long as it wasn't a winner in previous years and had a qualifying review in .......
172: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile speaker of the year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-17, 10:17:09 (207.66.194.226)
>Ok, but it would make more sense if 'overall' winners won their category. The voting is what it is, as explained in the linked article. >Then, the O/96. It took 5 years for the staff to hear it? Agai .......
173: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile speaker of the year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-17, 06:54:15 (207.66.194.226)
>I was referring to the Kii not winning its category, but did win >'overall'... This is explained in the text. (See link.) .......
174: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile speaker of the year (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-17, 04:11:36 (173.52.248.199)
>By that token the same product could feasibly become a category winner >every year. Previous winners aren't eligible. .......
175: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Jim Austin, (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-16, 05:07:07 (173.52.248.199)
>Sorry John I'm not using that tactic. Okay, so what specific criticisms do you have to make about Jim's first article examining MQA's claims, published in the January 2018 issue of Stereophile? ::: .......
176: Critic's Corner, RE: De-legitimization efforts were well underway before this OP, helped greatly.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-15, 12:45:17 (173.52.248.199)
>At this point, I don't think any amount of legitimization will help to >revive this moribund project . . . Like I said, "framing." .......
177: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Jim Austin, (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-15, 08:25:48 (173.52.248.199)
>Shouldn't we at least wait until the MQA series is published before burning >Jim Austin at the stake? It's a debating tactic called "framing." As Charley Hansen did in a posting a few days ago regar .......
178: Critic's Corner, RE: Blind Test (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-13, 15:54:09 (173.52.248.199)
>> Either way, if there's a difference, MQA has changed the sound, and that's not good. > >Apparently not so, in the opinions of Robert Harley, John Atkinson, and >Peter McGrath... That's correct, Cha .......
179: Critic's Corner, RE: Hmmmmmmmmmmmm... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-12, 16:50:35 (173.52.249.214)
>perhaps JA was using the non sequitur trolling tactic to send you down the >rabbit hole. No, I was poking gentle fun at his misuse of the word "singular" when from the context of his posting, he shou .......
180: Critic's Corner, RE: I reread that section and I apologize - though I wasn't the only one who misread it. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-12, 11:17:47 (173.52.249.214)
>I apologize for misinterpreting your response. Accepted of course. .......
181: Critic's Corner, RE: LOL! Stereophile reviewers have been vetted with utmost scrutiny.. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-12, 10:36:09 (173.52.249.214)
>In one of the recent threads below Atkinson himself has already vouched >for Stereophile reviewers' listening skills by stating most of his >reviewers either play a musical instrument or sing in a ch .......
182: Critic's Corner, RE: I'm envisioning Stereophile received A (singular) letter from... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-12, 05:58:36 (173.52.249.214)
>A (singular) female reader praising Stephen Mejias' writing. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya. .......
183: Critic's Corner, RE: Man, its 2017. How many black reviewers does S'phile have? How about other hifi mags/e-zines? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-11, 13:47:01 (173.52.245.72)
>C'mon, John, you hired Mejias to attract female readers? No. But after I started publishing Stephen's writing, we became aware that we were reaching a lot more women than before. >Apparently he ended .......
184: Critic's Corner, RE: Man, its 2017. How many black reviewers does S'phile have? How about other hifi mags/e-zines? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-11, 04:20:10 (173.52.245.72)
>IMO one or two minority reviewers who are knowledgeable about, listen to >and reference good salsa/hip-hop/r&b in reviews a lot more than I saw >during the years I subscribed would make your mag much .......
185: Critic's Corner, RE: Man, its 2017. How many black reviewers does S'phile have? How about other hifi mags/e-zines? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-10, 11:32:03 (207.66.194.226)
>AFAIK S'phile - as JA likes pointing out, the #1 hifi mag - has no black >reviewers/columnists. That is correct. I don't regard race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, religious belief, etc, as b .......
186: Critic's Corner, RE: Reading with amusement the last few weeks' worth of threads, some observations - and a question: (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-09, 04:26:55 (173.52.245.72)
>I think that the controversies around MQA here could be illuminated by >some DBTs. Perhaps you and CHarles Hansen should set some up together. You must have missed Peter Aczel quoting me at the foot .......
187: Critic's Corner, RE: Reading with amusement the last few weeks' worth of threads, some observations - and a question: (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-08, 13:37:50 (173.52.245.72)
>I always thought that recently deceased bitter old man was wrong about >pretty much everything he spewed on his pages and later on the web. I >still think so, except for a single expression - "transp .......
188: Critic's Corner, RE: It ain't just a claim. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-07, 12:49:47 (207.66.194.226)
>You could ask JA - he doesn't list his system either. I didn't think it necessary as my system is updated every month on Stereophile's website. .......
189: Critic's Corner, RE: What in the world are you talking about? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-06, 16:54:07 (173.52.245.72)
>You've repeatedly ignored my questions just as you're doing so here. As I said a while back, you crack me up. Responding to a post where I describe the typical behavior of an internet troll, you illu .......
190: Critic's Corner, RE: Website Archives (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-06, 10:55:23 (207.66.194.226)
>JA and (as he used to call him, his "web monkey") Jon Iverson, have been >much more rigorous and methodical about publishing old content on the >internet. Huge kudos to JA for ensuring the legacy of .......
191: Critic's Corner, RE: Speculating? Hardly. Here's my 3rd attempt to get your response to your listening experiences.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-05, 04:26:39 (173.52.246.232)
>Not a troll John. I used the word "troll" because the poster was demonstrating the characteristics. He makes misleading claims about what another poster has said or done, but refuses to acknowledge a .......
192: Critic's Corner, RE: What might be a mistake to you could be a way of life for Atkinson, et al (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-05, 04:18:28 (173.52.246.232)
>It's a tiny percentage of what you do, though. Correct. We haven't done any for some years now. The most recent was a test organized by a third party where Michael Fremer and I differentiated cables .......
193: Critic's Corner, RE: Speculating? Hardly. Here's my 3rd attempt to get your response to your listening experiences.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-04, 15:46:53 (173.52.246.232)
>John, would you mind sharing with us one of your potential "birthing of a >new world" experiences that's a bit more on a lower shelf so all us can >better understand where you're coming from? I guess .......
194: Critic's Corner, RE: What might be a mistake to you could be a way of life for Atkinson, et al (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-04, 08:53:33 (173.52.246.232)
>Why doesn't Stereophile do occasional blind tests to compare speakers, >electronics, cables and publish the results. We have done so over the years. .......
195: Critic's Corner, RE: What might be a mistake to you could be a way of life for Atkinson, et al (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-04, 04:43:09 (173.52.246.232)
>After all these years, Atkinson still thinks being a musician or singer has >anything to do with critical listening. An inmate described Stereophile's review team as not having a "musical IQ" and onl .......
196: Critic's Corner, RE: Those are your conclusions? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-03, 11:35:38 (207.66.194.226)
>I've had trouble with the lack of proper listening experiments, which Bruno >Putzeys brilliant brought to the forefront of the conversation last week. See the AES preprint linked below, announcing a .......
197: Critic's Corner, RE: Really (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-03, 08:27:59 (207.66.194.226)
>I sincerely hope that it's not too little, too late to salvage Stereophile's >reputation. I have privately been telling you the whole thing is a scam >since January 2015, yet it seems like it took a .......
198: Critic's Corner, RE: Not surprising in the least. This is why it's so easy to dup... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-03, 04:25:02 (173.52.246.232)
>And that makes him a qualified reviewer exactly how? With respect, Charley, we are talking past each other. I never made that claim. All I have done is explain to the original poster in this part of .......
199: Critic's Corner, RE: Really (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-03, 04:20:26 (173.52.246.232)
>Why not investigate those claims and tell both sides of the MQA story? As I wrote a couple of days ago on this forum, starting with Stereophile's January issue, Jim Austin will be on-by-one examinin .......
200: Critic's Corner, RE: Not surprising in the least. This is why it's so easy to dup... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-02, 16:26:52 (173.52.246.232)
>The majority of Stereophile's review team, past and present, play musical >instruments or sing in vocal ensembles. Some of us have done so >professionally. For example, check out the video linked be .......
201: Critic's Corner, Really? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-02, 16:07:03 (173.52.246.232)
>Sadly, I believe TAS and Stereophile have sold out to MQA. Given that MQA has not spent one penny advertising in Stereophile, it is difficult to see how we "sold out." >It's all about selling magazin .......
202: Critic's Corner, RE: Perhaps I wasn't clear but... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-02, 04:24:58 (173.52.246.232)
>If I am confused, please tell me where I am going off the track. You've made your point, Charley. Many many times. :-) .......
203: Critic's Corner, RE: Perhaps I wasn't clear but... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-01, 15:30:29 (173.52.246.232)
>The quality of both print magazines dropped sharply when they went monthly. Stereophile went to a monthly publishing schedule more than 30 years ago, Charley. Perhaps your glasses are a touch rose-ti .......
204: Critic's Corner, RE: Perhaps I wasn't clear but... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-01, 04:48:43 (173.52.246.232)
>How many times have you read JA when he is reviewing an amp with speakers >that are also under review. The reviewer is always faced with the conflict between system "churn" and changing just one comp .......
205: Critic's Corner, RE: Perhaps you're not aware about a little known industry secret about musicians.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-11-01, 04:28:13 (173.52.246.232)
>I have finally figured out why it is that musicians are well known for >having horrible music systems. It's because we all have a memory of the >music in our heads already. All listening takes place .......
206: Critic's Corner, RE: Not surprising in the least. This is why it's so easy to dup... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-31, 10:27:55 (207.66.194.226)
>There is some truth to my post, I am serious! what gives any other audio >evaluation/writer the creds to be able to evaluate a piece of gear?, if all >you have been exposed to is hifi? I responded h .......
207: Critic's Corner, RE: Not surprising in the least. This is why it's so easy to dup... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-30, 15:38:10 (173.52.247.20)
>Since I have been Trained to have "Musical IQ" I would be happy to work for >a Magazine to help them out with the unbiased listening part, I am no >writer :) My apologies, but after due consideratio .......
208: Critic's Corner, RE: Speaker Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-30, 04:19:48 (173.52.247.20)
>JA has never taken the drivers out of the enclosure and measured their >impedance in free air, has he? While doing so would be personally interesting, I don't see it as part of the review process. Fr .......
209: Critic's Corner, RE: $10,000 Bet (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 16:47:23 (173.52.247.20)
>I am willing to have my attorney write up a binding agreement between us >that if I take a Polygraph Test in Las Vegas (where gambling is legal), >that if I fail to pass I will pay you $10,000. Oh p .......
210: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Reaches a New Nadir (Stupidly, Painfully Long) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 16:18:12 (173.52.247.20)
>I have retrieved the text and graphs for the Harley review from my >archive and will repost it tomorrow. Fixed. .......
211: Critic's Corner, RE: But wasn't the world also watching while JA experienced a birth of a new world via MQA? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 15:56:00 (173.52.247.20)
Maybe you guys should reread what I wrote 3 years ago. See link below. .......
212: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Reaches a New Nadir (Stupidly, Painfully Long) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 15:34:28 (173.52.247.20)
>Your rave [of the Mark Levinson No.38S] is still up on the Stereophile >website, but Harley's dismissal of the original version is MIA - all that >is linked are photos of it. Is that deliberate or ac .......
213: Critic's Corner, RE: BS in my opinion John (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 15:15:06 (173.52.247.20)
>You did a comparison review years ago between the Z-Man Audio Signal >Enhancer (ASE) against the Musical Fidelity X-Can (which at that time was >carried by Audio Advisor who did heavy advertising in .......
214: Critic's Corner, RE: Wow, what a crock. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 08:31:23 (173.52.247.20)
>IMO your post is tantamount to a veiled threat not to publish your review >of one of Charles' products due to his posts here. Of course it isn't a threat. I would hand the review over to another one .......
215: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Reaches a New Nadir (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 07:17:38 (173.52.247.20)
>Recently the new review of the Benchmark 3 DAC by Jim Austin was published >in Stereophile. This is probably the single most incompetent review I've >ever seen in my life. I read your comment with in .......
216: Critic's Corner, RE: Actually on Speaker Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 05:15:39 (173.52.247.20)
>>We measured [the Harbeth] 30 about 8 years ago and it's impedance curve is >>pretty wrinkle-free, despite having walls that really resonate like hell >>at certain frequencies. > >Pretty strong evide .......
217: Critic's Corner, RE: Speaker Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-29, 04:35:22 (173.52.247.20)
>I remember one time reading a test that JA published where the impedance >wrinkle was 5% or 10% away from the frequency of the panel resonance as >measured with his accelerometer. But like many scien .......
218: Critic's Corner, Speaker Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-28, 04:44:22 (173.52.247.20)
John Atkinson wrote: >> please let me know where I have been factually incorrect > >Charley Hansen wrote: >I'm often taken aback at some of the assumptions you make about the >reasons for and/or the s .......
219: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-26, 08:10:39 (207.66.194.226)
BTW, if it is our email newsletters to which you are referring, these do use tracking links to determine what has been clicked on. This is not new; it has been standard for many years. You can unsubsc .......
220: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-26, 07:17:52 (207.66.194.226)
>Fellow Inmates may wish to know that the parent company of Stereophile, >Audiostream, & al. has, in recent weeks, begun to use internet trackers, >failure to allow which bars one from any linked cont .......
221: Critic's Corner, RE: If MQA is the "new world" of audio, I want no part of it - I'd rather dig ditches (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-22, 06:48:32 (70.113.49.218)
>In the old days Stereophile would devote entire articles to things like the >Tice clock and green CD paint pens. But once the magazine went monthly it >needs to talk about something - anything - ever .......
222: Critic's Corner, RE: It will be interesting to hear John Atkinson's response (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-21, 10:10:58 (70.113.49.218)
>Does he agree that "If MQA is successful, audio will be distributed and >rented in the same way that video is distributed and rented"? The move toward renting rather than owning music is already well .......
223: Critic's Corner, RE: If MQA is the "new world" of audio, I want no part of it - I'd rather dig ditches (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-21, 10:02:43 (70.113.49.218)
>This "pirate" practice reached its nadir when Lexicon...released its Blu-ray >player. It sold for $3000 and it turned out that it was literally a $500 >Oppo stuck inside another fancy box. They didn' .......
224: Critic's Corner, RE: Question for John Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-19, 16:35:20 (173.52.248.12)
>What were the other times you felt you were at the birth of a new world? The 2 other times were mentioned in the article of mine that was linked to earlier in the thread. Rather than repeat myself on .......
225: Critic's Corner, RE: There is this: (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-17, 10:59:37 (207.66.194.226)
>Just look at the analog circuitry in any piece of Meridian kit. They still >use the 30 year old Signetics 5534 op-amp they've been using since they >were founded. At the risk of trying to teach my gr .......
226: Critic's Corner, RE: My position (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-09, 04:20:41 (173.52.244.207)
>I've never felt any pressure toward conformity from JA--never felt >obligated to share his opinions or embrace a certain company line. For the record, I never tell my writers what to write, only that .......
227: Critic's Corner, RE: Yes, please do. (NT) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-06, 15:39:37 (173.52.245.50)
>I have an opportunity to buy the new model at a very good price, but I have >to make a decision by Monday. I need to know if the current model is an >improvement in the treble quality and dynamic ran .......
228: General Asylum, RE: I think the picture is much bigger than that (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-10-01, 16:08:21 (173.52.245.50)
>I think the real problem is that the middle class is being squeezed out by >Wall Street. Inflation is there but carefully hidden by the government. >Productivity has risen by 40% since 1980, but wage .......
229: Critic's Corner, RE: So there were only one or two failures, yet owners now have to hunt down another unit, ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-21, 09:10:51 (207.66.194.226)
>It is a testament to Ayre's philosophy that they had a disc player in >production as long as the C-5xe and improved it (the MP enhancement) rather >than releasing a new "improved" product every year .......
230: Critic's Corner, RE: Questions for JA on the "sound" of truly "time-aligned" speakers with perfect step response (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-20, 05:12:47 (173.52.244.90)
>have you in your listening detected any characteristic sonic quality >associated only with such designs, that distinguishes them from >conventional non-time aligned speakers? As I wrote in the articl .......
231: Critic's Corner, RE: Yeah, the "Moderators" are getting a bit touchy of late.. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-18, 14:28:25 (173.52.244.90)
>The use of quotes by JA implies that Arthur has been deemed to be crazy or >is known as "Crazy Arthur" by others unnamed. I was told that this was Arthur Salvatore's nickname by my writer Bob Deutsc .......
232: Critic's Corner, RE: Arthur Salvatore (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-18, 04:21:35 (173.52.244.90)
>Since that observation came from editor of Stereophile, one would assume >that publication finds my question humorous. I find Arthur Salvatore's writings humorous. >If Stereophile has nothing to cont .......
233: Critic's Corner, RE: Arthur Salvatore (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-17, 14:29:27 (173.52.244.90)
>Nothing new for quite a while. I can only assume this is because Stereophile hasn't done anything to upset "Crazy Arthur" (as he is known in Toronto) in a long while :-) .......
234: Critic's Corner, RE: Understanding Stereophile's Top 500 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-16, 04:25:28 (173.52.244.90)
>after rave reviews, the new technics did not make the cut The Technics turntable we reviewed is no longer available so was dropped from the list. We have not yet reviewed the more recent Technics tur .......
235: Critic's Corner, RE: john atkinson looks like trey anastasio from the band Phish (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-10, 08:16:38 (173.52.248.169)
>I don't know what you guys are trying to pull over there at Stereophile. Let's see: Phish and Stereophile each appeal to a limited but passionate audience - perhaps Phish are trying to learn from the .......
236: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: WTF? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-09, 10:47:27 (173.52.248.169)
>You were too lazy to read the article JA linked, then he went to all the >trouble to copy and paste the relevant sections, and then you have the >balls to say "See how easy that was"? My fault, Charl .......
237: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: The link you sent me to when I first asked the question talkes of a minimum number of 'dealers'... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-07, 09:37:09 (173.52.248.169)
>My point should be pretty easy for a smart guy like you to figure out. Perhaps you didn't read the article I linked to. It explicitly covered the issue: "It is the editor's decision whether a product .......
238: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: And yet... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-07, 04:15:24 (173.52.248.169)
>SCHIIT claims they sell direct because dealers double the price of products >they sell. But somehow... I don't get your point. Are you saying the Schiit Yggdrasil is too expensive? .......
239: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Looking forward to the review... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-06, 07:23:37 (207.66.194.226)
>Just curious if you still have the "x number of dealers in the US" rule as >far as reviews go with so many reputable manufacturers selling direct now See my response earlier in the thread. ::: TOPIC: .......
240: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Copy protection and DRM are not the same thing (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-06, 07:22:22 (207.66.194.226)
>A lot of companies are now selling direct or on the internet. There have been companies that sell direct as long as I been working in audio magazine publishing. >How are they handling that scenario f .......
241: Hi-Rez Highway, Funnily enough (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-05, 15:36:55 (173.52.247.157)
>Guessing it will be a cold day in you-know-where before JA reviews a >Chinese DAC made up of eight obsolete PCM1704U-Ks We review a Naim CD player in our November issue that uses the PCM1704 :-) ::: .......
242: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-03, 12:43:08 (173.52.247.157)
>In the system at the Ayre factory the USB input using a Melco server sounds >better than the Ethernet input - but in that case the modem is at least >200' away and the network has about 20 computers .......
243: Critic's Corner, RE: TAS Legacy: Vendetta Research SCP-2 Phonostage (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-02, 04:17:41 (173.52.247.157)
>Take a bow John Curl - You've earned it. He has indeed. You can find the complete Stereophile coverage of the Vendetta SCP-2, including Robert Harley's comments, at the link below. .......
244: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-09-02, 04:13:53 (173.52.247.157)
>According to the review, the QX-5 was connected to an ethernet router >and to an Aurender N10 via UBS, but the sound had more authority via >the network than USB. Does that imply the Aurender N10 was .......
245: Critic's Corner, RE: How is that link evidence for pay for play? n.t. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-30, 07:45:28 (207.66.194.226)
>There are lots of strategies used for choosing the cover photo. Probably >the most common is whatever will sell the most magazines on the newsstand... Exactly the case. The cover is an engine to sell .......
246: Critic's Corner, RE: Interesting post from another forum (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-29, 16:02:52 (173.52.246.95)
>One of the great things that JA has done for Stereophile is to fight off >their corporate overlords, ever since Larry Archibald sold it. Thanks Charley. See my response to RickW later in this thread. .......
247: Critic's Corner, RE: "Just because they print it doesn't mean that it is true." Ditto for S'phile and every other hifi mag. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-29, 15:58:43 (173.52.246.95)
>Have my doubts if there've been many big battles where JA has successfully >fought off his corporate owners. If the owners wanted something bad enough >they'd get their way... I am sorry you are so c .......
248: Critic's Corner, RE: Unlike in the old days of Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-27, 15:34:25 (173.52.244.223)
>When JGH ran Stereophile, there were only a handful of products in each >category. If something better came along, the previous product would either >be demoted or displaced altogether. That was a si .......
249: Critic's Corner, RE: Reasonable conjecture ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-25, 13:19:24 (207.66.194.226)
>I find that people who don't build speakers make much better speakers than >people who do. Quote of the day, Michael! .......
250: Critic's Corner, RE: Interesting post from another forum (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-25, 13:07:38 (207.66.194.226)
>If you fail to mention a problem because you are worried about the >repercussions to the company then you are a PR agent, not a reviewer. Agreed. You can note that reviews in Stereophile routinely me .......
251: Critic's Corner, RE: "MQA is presented as an improvement in sound quality" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-24, 09:52:59 (173.52.244.223)
>If you have up to 700,000 unique visitors a month you should tell the folks >in El Segundo. That is a one third increase over the number they use in >Stereophile's media kit. There is a strong season .......
252: Critic's Corner, RE: "MQA is presented as an improvement in sound quality" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-22, 11:07:41 (207.66.194.226)
>John, I've looked at your web traffic the last six months and subscription >data. I don't see how what you have published about MQA has had any impact >on Stereophile. Stereophile typically gets 3.5- .......
253: Critic's Corner, RE: Tidal (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-21, 10:59:50 (173.52.247.45)
>MQA's value proposition is streaming. I've been saying this for years. As >we all know, downloads are dying, streaming is rising so it just makes >sense. Those who argue that the need to reduce file .......
254: Critic's Corner, RE: Should reviews state if circuitry is discrete or if opamps or ICs are present? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-21, 04:19:24 (173.52.247.45)
>Reading Brian Damkroger's well written and nicely thought out review of the >Sutherland Duo in Stereophile it was not mentioned if the phono preamp uses >opamps, as so many of Mr. Sutherland's design .......
255: Critic's Corner, RE: I'm with you, Doug (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-20, 09:45:16 (173.52.247.45)
>My apologies for not referencing my comment about no comparisons. Thanks Sue. >I am aware Stereophile has done comparisons. I was referring to the >statement below made by Doug in a previous post... .......
256: Critic's Corner, RE: I'm with you, Doug (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-20, 06:03:52 (173.52.247.45)
>To hear the press raving about MQA with NO COMPARISON AT ALL is absurd. Obviously I can't speak for The Absolute Sound, but there have been multiple comparisons reported on in Stereophile and on Audi .......
257: Critic's Corner, RE: "MQA is presented as an improvement in sound quality" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-19, 04:09:54 (173.52.247.45)
>Is the article online? If so, could you provide a link? You can find these comparisons, and others, at the link below. .......
258: Critic's Corner, RE: "MQA is presented as an improvement in sound quality" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-18, 16:13:22 (173.52.247.45)
>Doug Schneider's point is that it's very difficult to find references that >unequivocally say: I compared x res PCM files with MQA files for these >recordings with an MQA supported dac, I also listen .......
259: Critic's Corner, RE: 'shills' ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-17, 04:12:13 (173.52.248.158)
>"manufacturers trying to get their ads in the same issue as the review" >Seems they still manage to. I don't understand your point. If you are saying that the manufacturers of products being reviewed .......
260: Critic's Corner, RE: JA seemed to be in a good mood today... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-16, 11:45:56 (207.66.194.226)
>...so I started wondering if Garvey had been banned for life lol Nothing to do with me. Given my druthers, I would not have sent him on vacation. .......
261: Critic's Corner, RE: Speaking of shock ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-15, 15:47:01 (173.52.248.158)
>what are those amateurish marks on the cover to the left of the display? Those are the inset control buttons. .......
262: Critic's Corner, RE: A conspiracy...I knew it! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-15, 06:11:11 (173.52.248.158)
>Why would [Isaak Garvey] be in shock. I guess you missed the smiley emoticon. I was being humorous. .......
263: Critic's Corner, RE: A conspiracy...I knew it! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-14, 03:56:45 (173.52.248.158)
>Just wondering when Isaac Garvey is gonna jump in claiming MQA is the wrong >color... He is probably in shock after seeing what we chose to appear on the display of the Mytek Manhattan DAC on the cov .......
264: Critic's Corner, RE: Question for JA: Why no colored vinyl LP advocate at Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-13, 03:54:54 (173.52.248.158)
>My problem is that I find my main listening format, vinyl LPs with colored >vinyl or picture representations, frequently being dissed by the likes of >Michael Fremer or Art Dudley. I feel your pain .......
265: Critic's Corner, RE: Question for JA - BADA Reviewer? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-12, 04:25:48 (173.52.248.158)
>I am very curious who will be doing the upcoming review of the Berkeley >Audio Design Alpha Reference DAC. We had been arranging with BAD for Jason Serinus to review the Alpha Reference DAC but they .......
266: Critic's Corner, RE: Question for JA Why no digital advocate at Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-08-11, 03:32:47 (173.52.248.158)
>how about a kind word for cds once in a while? An actual advocate for >digital on staff would be even better. Art Dudley is working through a series of reviews of what he refers to as the last CD pla .......
267: Critic's Corner, RE: Fremer Brinkmann DAC/MQA Shill (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-26, 15:26:44 (173.52.248.158)
>"MQA has been convincingly demonstrated at Consumer Electronics Shows.." > >Really???? Convinced WHOM? See link below, Dick. .......
268: Critic's Corner, RE: That Naxos disc (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-26, 08:09:45 (173.52.248.158)
>Can you provide a bit more identifying information so I can order it when >it's available? The release info is linked below. .......
269: Critic's Corner, RE: Stephen Mejias Again? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-26, 04:13:04 (173.52.244.38)
>Interesting that he works for a major advertiser, whose products get >reviewed by Stereophile, yet is brought back on a contributor. Stephen Mejias resigned from AudioQuest at the end of March. Ther .......
270: Critic's Corner, RE: Erich Lichte (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-25, 15:27:32 (173.52.244.38)
>JA . . . why has Erich Lichte disappeared? I miss Erick's writings but his full-time gig as music director of Canada's Chor Leoni choir, which has him commuting from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver ev .......
271: Whiner's Woad, RE: AudioStream Public Service Announcement (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-07, 07:44:19 (207.66.194.226)
>Who complained about my use of the term "douchebag"? >Let me guess ......... >........could he go by the (pompous) Stereophile moniker "ML"? No-one from Stereophile complained to The Bored about your .......
272: Critic's Corner, RE: He wrote my favorite non-technical audio article of all time. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-07-03, 04:23:02 (173.52.246.223)
>The article is titled The 91st Audio Engineering Society Convention; or, >The Invasion of the Credibility Snatchers, and it's from issue 17 of The >Audio Critic (PDF). For another report on what we c .......
273: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile eulogy for Aczel?? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-29, 12:04:59 (207.66.194.226)
>Shall we expect a Stereophile eulogy? No, other than what I posted on Stereophile's Facebook page on June 25. >did JGH ever comment on the Aczel phenomenon - publicly or privately - or >Larry Archiba .......
274: Critic's Corner, RE: What does any of this have to do with Peter Aczel? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-29, 07:36:33 (207.66.194.226)
I was responding to a post in a sub-thread about J. Peter Moncrieff, an audio reviewer who, like Peter Aczel, was/is a superb writer but who also shared some behavioral patterns with him. .......
275: Critic's Corner, RE: This thread *should* be a memorial to his life... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-29, 07:32:37 (207.66.194.226)
>Please don't be disrespectful to us who had unfortunate dealings with him. Agreed. This is a man who, after he attacked me groundlessly in the pages of his magazine, reported me to the INS as possibl .......
276: Critic's Corner, RE: An even bigger influence... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-28, 10:39:54 (207.66.194.226)
>Do you remember when Moncrieff came up with the idea that he could >thoroughly test phono cartridges by dropping the stylus on a sheet of glass >and then doing an FFT of the output? It's not a bad id .......
277: Critic's Corner, RE: RIP Peter Aczel (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-25, 12:37:59 (173.52.246.223)
Peter was always exceptionally unpleasant to me in person, yet the irony is that along with Gordon Holt and Harry Pearson, it was Peter's writings in the early issues of The Audio Critic that set me o .......
278: Critic's Corner, RE: JA: Online recordings of JGH's "Why HiFi Experts Disagree"? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-23, 04:15:31 (173.52.246.223)
>Was there a 3 and a 4, currently i have 1&2 and would like to aquire the >others if that's possible. Yes, Test CD 3, released in 1995, and Editor's Choice (2003) are still available from the link bel .......
279: Critic's Corner, RE: JA: Online recordings of JGH's "Why HiFi Experts Disagree"? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-21, 04:28:37 (173.52.247.46)
>I've searched for an online recording of this remarkable track, but haven't >been able to find one. Do you know if there is one--or would it be possible >to post it somewhere (i.e. YouTube or somethi .......
280: Critic's Corner, RE: More than once... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-20, 14:53:55 (173.52.247.46)
>I remember--particularly since I worked at Garland at the time--JGH >in Stereophile wasn't quite sure what to make of the D-100. You can find Gordon's review at the link below. .......
281: Critic's Corner, RE: Before and after speaker measurements. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-19, 11:18:17 (207.66.194.226)
>In Speaker Asylum a poster asked about break-in and measurements before >and after. I've never seen them. Anyone else? John Atkinson? By the time speakers come to me for measurement, they almost alwa .......
282: Critic's Corner, RE: Can the Audio Research VTM150 story finally be told? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-18, 05:35:45 (173.52.247.46)
Just to dot the Ts and cross the Is, I have added the Manufacturer's Comment to the Web reprint of our Audio Research VTM200 review. .......
283: Critic's Corner, RE: Can the Audio Research VTM150 story finally be told? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-18, 05:18:21 (173.52.247.46)
>Yes I meant the VTM200. With respect, it seems you are remaining a tad mum. I thought responding to you promptly on a weekend revealed my willingness not to remain "mum." Looking at the list of Audio .......
284: Critic's Corner, RE: Can the Audio Research VTM150 story finally be told? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-17, 16:20:53 (173.52.247.46)
>I have tried to find some backstory on the ARC-Stereophile fracas-for lack >of a better term-that lasted, what-almost ten years?-following Mike >Fremer's review of the then-$14,000/pair ARC VTM150's. .......
285: Critic's Corner, RE: I don't think Isaac is trolling (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-13, 14:34:11 (173.52.245.71)
>Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that the pieces are advertorials... I understand. >I understand that Stereophile doesn't accept sponsored content. We don't usually. But we have done infrequently .......
286: Critic's Corner, RE: I don't think Isaac is trolling (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-12, 16:58:01 (173.52.245.71)
>for what reason is Stereophile writing about MQA in a way that, to a fair >reader, seems indistinguishable from an advertorial? We report what we hear and measure in specific comparisons. No problem .......
287: Critic's Corner, RE: Pinging Isaac Garvey (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-10, 05:21:47 (173.52.245.71)
>John Atkinson casually mentions MQA in the latest issue of Stereophile. Please don't feed the troll :-) .......
288: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: on another note Charles... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-06, 04:29:46 (173.52.245.71)
>when JA recently reviewed the Meridian Ultra DAC (link below), he found it >virtually impossible to hear any differences between minimum-phase filters, >the shortest with about 6-7 cycles of post-rin .......
289: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Charles, Please tell me if this makes sense. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-02, 20:07:59 (107.77.228.189)
>that JAES conference proceeding that outlines the MQA approach (without ever mentioning >those three letters) is completely clear about the two families of MQA files, 44.1 and 48. >One is not convert .......
290: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Also... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-06-01, 05:47:54 (107.77.225.208)
Thanks for the detailed responses,Charley. I did use dBpoweramp's Accurate Rip so am not sure why I was getting anomalous results. This was with a. DAC that indicated bit depth on its display, BTW. :: .......
291: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: To be precise... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-31, 09:04:50 (207.66.194.226)
>The end result is that I am confident that Ayre's implementation is >bit-accurate with the original, while the other versions I've seen are not. Thanks very much for the explanation, Charley. I asked .......
292: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: To be precise... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-30, 16:38:00 (173.52.249.109)
>Now the patents have expired so the Ayre QX-5 DAC includes HDCD decoding as >well. Any thoughts on how the QX-5's decoding of HDCD compares with dbpoweramp's rips of HDCD CDs, Charley? .......
293: Speaker Asylum, RE: Zu Soul Supreme sensitivity (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-26, 13:57:46 (173.52.249.109)
>it would be good to hear JA's views on this especially in regard to your .final paragraph. Voltage sensitivity is formally specified as the sound pressure level produced at 1m when a single loudspea .......
294: Critic's Corner, RE: But what about...? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-25, 04:24:34 (173.52.249.109)
>Doug, did you now that around the end of last year/beginning of this year, >Meridian/MQA fired their US based PR firm? Meridian's PR is indeed now handled from the UK. MQA's US PR is still handled b .......
295: Critic's Corner, RE: A CHORD DAC Review, or more MQA PR? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-23, 04:29:27 (173.52.249.109)
>John Atkinson reviews the Chord DAVE (it's already online) and faults it >for not offering MQA. I think you missed the word "if" in what I wrote: "There are two unanswered questions, however...The ot .......
296: Critic's Corner, RE: A Question For John Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-20, 04:50:09 (173.52.244.169)
>Needless to say, I am quite annoyed a 30+ year subscriber is treated this >way. Apologies for the poor customer service. >If possible, can you kindly work your magic to get me the May issue asap? If .......
297: Critic's Corner, RE: Distilled......you don't wanna pay the fee. nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-19, 07:46:06 (207.66.194.226)
That's correct. Our ability to offer free website content, including videos, is critically dependent on that content generating revenue. Less revenue means less content. Where we have permission from .......
298: Critic's Corner, RE: Consensus seems to be (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-16, 09:53:52 (173.52.244.169)
>Begs the question of why wouldn't this show be "relevant to a US-based >readership"? I was thinking that the significant product launches would be repeated at the LA Show 2 weeks later. .......
299: Critic's Corner, RE: Munich 2017: No Stereophile Boots On the Ground? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-16, 05:49:41 (173.52.244.169)
Meant to say in yesterday's posting that we are sending Michael Lavorgna, editor of our AudioStream site, and Michael Fremer, editor of our AnalogPlanet site, to Munich. Their coverage will appear on .......
300: Critic's Corner, RE: Munich 2017: No Stereophile Boots On the Ground? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-15, 12:43:48 (207.66.194.226)
>Rumor has it that management has not approved a budget for anyone from >Stereophile to travel to Munich to cover the show. With so many audio shows to cover this year, we are concentrating our resour .......
301: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Whatever happened to MQA? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-05, 15:35:51 (173.52.246.221)
You can find a video survey on MQA at the link below. First 2 people interviewed are Rob Darling of Roon - very much in favor - and Jason Stoddard of Schiit - very much against. .......
302: Critic's Corner, RE: Joke's on Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-05-02, 15:56:19 (173.52.247.150)
>Was this a coincidence? Industry collusion? Or ultimately a joke on >Stereophile? You want jokes on Stereophile? Click on the linked article. :-) .......
303: Critic's Corner, RE: Isn't it simply a matter of paying a small fee? nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-26, 07:15:21 (207.66.194.226)
As I understand it, when a video is flagged as copyright violation, until an appeal is submitted and judged upon, the revenue generated by that video goes to the copyright owner, not the creator of th .......
304: Critic's Corner, RE: I would say ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-21, 17:08:15 (173.52.247.150)
>... that he has an excellent sense of humor. Thanks Jim, but my children would disagree. When I attempt to be humorous around the dinner table, they give me a withering look and say "What have we tol .......
305: Critic's Corner, RE: Jana Dagdagan (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-21, 08:37:50 (207.66.194.226)
>A bit disappointed the speakers were not played for couple of minutes at >least. I hear you. The problem is that YouTube rigorously polices videos for copyrighted music. If we include music for whic .......
306: Critic's Corner, Jana Dagdagan (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-20, 07:51:54 (207.66.194.226)
>Who is Jana Dagdagan? Jana - a millennial woman, for all those who accuse Stereophile as being the preserve of old men - joined us a year ago as our editorial assistant and has developed into a talen .......
307: Critic's Corner, RE: JA:Any other Stereophile writers besides Fremer attending AXPONA? Thanks! NT (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-19, 03:40:54 (173.52.247.150)
Jason Victor Serinus and Jana Dagdagan. .......
308: Critic's Corner, RE: I was being sarcastic. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-18, 09:24:38 (207.66.194.226)
>Even mics that roll off below 20kHz have output above 20kHz it's just down >in amplitude. Indeed. It's just that sarcasm doesn't do well in forum postings! .......
309: Critic's Corner, RE: Beware of false information (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-17, 13:16:38 (173.52.248.141)
>>No music microphone records above 20kHz... > >So there is no output from professional microphones above 20kHz? There are microphones that extend higher in frequency 20kHz. I have a pair of Earthwork .......
310: Critic's Corner, RE: Although the article itself contains at least one patently absurd statement ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-06, 08:59:02 (207.66.194.226)
>Another childish attempt to sabotage a thread. No, I am just teasing you, Dick. I am find it immensely amusing that you object to me making fun of you like this when in prior threads you have writte .......
311: Critic's Corner, RE: Too many assumptions... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-06, 08:44:29 (207.66.194.226)
>That said, "To my personal knowledge" and stuff like that doesn't >guarantee they were. I am not saying anything other than the poster's statement that that I was the only one who had been given auth .......
312: Critic's Corner, RE: Although the article itself contains at least one patently absurd statement ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-06, 08:39:38 (207.66.194.226)
>No wonder Meridian fired their PR Agency. Why do they need one..they have >you and your little MQA Brigade. Thanks for your comment, Dick. .......
313: Critic's Corner, RE: Although the article itself contains at least one patently absurd statement ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-04-06, 04:22:26 (173.52.245.198)
>Apparently you missed the part where John Atkinson is the only outside >person who has been supplied MQA versions of reference material submitted >with good provenance. This isn't correct. Yes, I was .......
314: Critic's Corner, RE: Responding (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-31, 10:42:12 (207.66.194.226)
>JA, I don't know why you even respond to this BS. As the original poster is/was a Stereophile reader, in some small way he pays my salary. I try always to respond in such situations. I am just puzzl .......
315: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio critics should publish their hearing tests (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-23, 11:22:05 (207.66.194.226)
>>I sent the folowing to the editors of STEREOPHILE- and received no reply. >>Via Email: STletters@entusiastnetwork.com > >I didn't receive your email because there is a typo in the address you >used .......
316: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio critics should publish their hearing tests (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-22, 04:17:51 (173.52.251.196)
>I sent the folowing to the editors of STEREOPHILE- and received no reply. The STletters address is an alias for a folder in my inbox. >Via Email: STletters@entusiastnetwork.com I didn't receive your .......
317: Critic's Corner, RE: Future-proof = bullshit (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-21, 04:13:25 (173.52.251.196)
>With all due respect -- give me a break. This is a public forum and I'm a >registered user. Besides, I don't see you haven't trouble posting wherever >you like. Of course. But if you examine my post .......
318: Critic's Corner, RE: Future-proof = bullshit (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-20, 16:34:49 (173.52.251.196)
>I saw no reason to jump into this conversation until now -- to back up what >you say about it having no place in reviews. Hi Doug, as one of the reviewers quoted in the postings to which you are res .......
319: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed. And yet ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-19, 11:05:55 (173.52.251.196)
>JA: "The Rossini Player and Clock are ... future-proof" Nov 2016 As the Rossini uses an FPGA for its DSP and is constructed with a mother/daughter board topology, it should be capable of being upgra .......
320: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed. And yet ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-19, 07:35:29 (173.52.251.196)
>Provide links? Disingenuous. Provide links to threads you sabotaged that >have been taken down? Right. There are no threads that I forced to be taken down, Dick. .......
321: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed. And yet ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-19, 05:20:08 (173.52.251.196)
>Again, I remind you, of fair use: >#Uses That Are Generally Fair Uses# #Criticism and comment -- for example, quoting or excerpting a work in a >review or criticism for purposes of illustration or co .......
322: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed. And yet ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-18, 18:05:08 (173.52.251.196)
>How rude of you! Certainly an embarrassing set of responses from you. In >your position you should be far more civil. First, the original poster wrote comments that had he done the slightest amount .......
323: Critic's Corner, RE: Andreas Koch Slams MQA as A Money Grab and a Fraud (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-18, 08:35:09 (173.52.245.46)
>You reported it on your "facebook page"? Is this a joke? No. Why should it be a joke? .......
324: Critic's Corner, RE: Andreas Koch Slams MQA as A Money Grab and a Fraud (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-18, 07:57:41 (173.52.245.46)
>I will take the word of Mr. Koch over the likes of you anyday of the week. I don't have a problem that, Dick. .......
325: Critic's Corner, RE: Andreas Koch Slams MQA as A Money Grab and a Fraud (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-18, 05:12:14 (173.52.245.46)
>Stereophile, the ultimate MQA cheerleader has lost all credibility in that >it has not reported how HighResAudio.com of Germany, Jriver, and other >players in the industry have rejected it, and point .......
326: Critic's Corner, RE: I don't get it. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-13, 08:02:35 (207.66.194.226)
>How could that be the case for a sealed speaker enclosure? A sealed speaker is still a tuned resonance system. Note the difference when you try to move your speaker's cone with the terminals floating .......
327: Critic's Corner, RE: If that's the case.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-12, 16:31:52 (173.52.245.60)
>Then the 'high end listening rooms' in most if not all stereo stores on >this earth are 'Helmholtz Hell Spaces'. :-) It was a high-end dealer who first told me about the shorting the speaker terminal .......
328: Critic's Corner, RE: Absolute Sound/ Bonsai (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-03-12, 10:16:09 (173.52.245.60)
>One pair of speakers in a room is part of Ivor's BS rules. It isn't based >upon reality. Actually it is. An undriven speaker will act as a Helmholtz resonator. If having just the one pair of speakers .......
329: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson/ High Prices (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-02-13, 11:20:38 (207.66.194.226)
>I did listen to the Wharfedales. Meant to add that I took the speakers round to Ken Micallef for him to write a follow-up review. .......
330: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson/ High Prices (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-02-12, 12:57:42 (173.52.244.199)
>I say a real interesting next article might be a (Sound-Off) between the 2 >speaker systems... I did listen to the Wharfedales. They are superb for $450/pair. The Aerials are superb, period. ::: TOPI .......
331: Critic's Corner, RE: Wasn't Gordon Holt the first to try it? (NT) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-02-07, 04:16:21 (173.52.244.199)
The first 10 years of Stereophile were ad-free. But in the 1972 essay linked to below, Gordon wrote: "After much searching of soul and of bank account, we have reached an earth-shattering decision. Th .......
332: Critic's Corner, RE: Exemplary Review Standard (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-26, 04:41:13 (173.52.250.124)
>That latest Magico S5 MKII review by Martin Colloms in HiFi Critic is how >all reviews should be written. Martin does indeed set the gold standard for reviewers. I was fortunate enough to learn my cr .......
333: Critic's Corner, RE: JA, I hope you plan on reviewing Schiit Freya, and Vidar very soon. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-14, 11:14:24 (173.52.244.185)
>I am seriously considering buying both the Freya and the Vidar. I would >like to see a review from Stereophile, a magazine I respect very much. As we have just reviewed the Schiit Ragnarok, we were g .......
334: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile / Do Your Homework (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-13, 09:40:28 (207.66.194.226)
>what could another reviewer, even a sloppy one, do the unit that would >raise the output voltage by 2V, which if I am not mistaken raised flags >for Dan Meinwald. It does seem unlikely that a previou .......
335: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile / Do Your Homework (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-12, 16:18:03 (173.52.244.185)
>it seems the player was faulty. We received another sample in time to include a follow-up review in our March issue. Yes, that first sample was faulty - it had apparently been sent to other reviewers .......
336: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile's follow up review to the Bel Canto Blacks (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-09, 07:27:36 (199.36.244.14)
>A DAC that can drive speakers ... something tells me you meant something >else? Nope. The Black takes a digital data input and drives loudspeakers. .......
337: Critic's Corner, RE: Avior mispriced in Lyra article (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-07, 07:10:31 (24.120.53.77)
>I just received my digital Stereophile February issue which starts talking >about the Rockport Lyra at $149,500 but then ascribes that price >to the Avior, which is $37,500. All the references should .......
338: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Subscription Offer (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-05, 10:47:50 (24.120.53.77)
>JA and his crew do a splendid job in today's market. Thank you. >Only if TAS returned to its roots that HP set long ago... There only was one HP just as there was only one JGH :-( .......
339: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Subscription Offer (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2017-01-05, 10:43:52 (166.137.143.56)
>For $.58 an issue, I went for 2 years, not a bad deal at all. Thankf you for subscribing. Good to have you back with us. .......
340: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile request (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-12-31, 16:31:12 (173.52.248.199)
>Is it possible to add web content to include a list of each recording >reviewed each month... A good idea. >and each recording mentioned in an equipment review, blog post or monthly >column? We have .......
341: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile's follow up review to the Bel Canto Blacks (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-12-27, 07:41:37 (207.66.194.226)
>My Error, John did do a followup ... Beat me to an answer, Mr. Wayne. :-) When the Black system was returned to Bel Canto, BYTW, they did find that my misuse had damaged some components. .......
342: Critic's Corner, RE: Sorry Kloss but there is no review in Stereophile of the Line Magnetic Horn per se (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-12-15, 04:41:30 (173.52.248.27)
>Excellent technical review, John. I'm not an audio magazine reader >usually, but that was worth reading (the technical measurement work, >that is). Thank you. >Horn Design Spreadsheet:--> http://libi .......
343: Critic's Corner, RE: Sorry Kloss but there is no review in Stereophile of the Line Magnetic Horn per se (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-12-13, 16:25:40 (173.52.248.27)
>The review (follow up) is of the Auditorium 23 Hommage Cinema Loudspeaker. My review (follow up) is now posted on-line at the link below. .......
344: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: New HiRez file from Patricia Barber (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-30, 15:30:21 (173.52.249.43)
>I downloaded it the day it was released. I just bought it but haven't listened to it yet. I have been a fan of Patricia Barber since she performed at our 1999 show in Chicago. .......
345: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Anyone here hear/have Mytek Brooklyn Dac? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-29, 17:12:03 (173.52.251.135)
Jim Austin reviewed the Brooklyn in the November 2016 issue of Stereophile. (See link below.) Herb Reichert compares the Brooklyn with the Schiit Yggdrasil in our February 2017 issue. .......
346: Speaker Asylum, RE: Dali Rubicon 8 Opinions (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-28, 08:29:25 (207.66.194.226)
>Has anyone out there heard these? If so what were your impressions? I reviewed the Rubicon 8 for Stereophile in March 2015. .......
347: Critic's Corner, RE: So, DBT audio judgement is more reliable than sighted? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-26, 15:21:57 (173.52.251.135)
>I would say that well designed comparisons done under blind conditions >are more reliable than the same comparisons under sighted conditions IF >all else is equal and the blind protocols are implemen .......
348: General Asylum, RE: Are audio reviews biased? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-25, 09:01:01 (173.52.251.135)
>I'm seriously thinking of purchasing the Schiit Yggdrasil DAC... Herb Reichert reviews the Yggdrasil in the February 2017 issue of Stereophile. To respond to your question,as reviews are based on sub .......
349: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: John, I couldn't find a tab to your recordings on SP's site. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-21, 15:53:05 (173.52.251.135)
There seems to be a bug that prevents people opening links to specific products other than those on the opening page. I have opened a ticket with our ecommerce provider and will let you know things ar .......
350: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Download site caught in a fib !?!?!?!?!? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-19, 16:12:59 (173.52.251.135)
>As another poster has noted, 24/96 has been around for quite a while. I made my first 24/96 recording in 1997, although the commercial release was on CD (see link below). No reason why a major-label .......
351: Critic's Corner, RE: Sound On Sound... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-03, 04:35:34 (173.52.245.236)
>...covered MQA in August. Like the comparisons at CES, if Doug hasn't experienced something personally, it never happened :-) .......
352: Critic's Corner, Not paying attention (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-03, 04:31:39 (173.52.245.236)
>[Isaak J. Harvey is] confusing John Atkinson with Robert Harley. Again :-( .......
353: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile: Get your story straight on MQA Please (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-02, 08:22:58 (4.30.66.254)
>>MQA needs to be applied at the mastering stage. > >We know this to be totally untrue... I thought it was clear that I was referring to new recording projects, like the one linked to below, not to p .......
354: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile: Get your story straight on MQA Please (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-02, 04:32:33 (173.52.245.236)
>Does anyone one know of a single mastering engineer who has "mastered >with MQA"? I asked Bob Stuart which engineers have used MQA in their mastering and he mentioned Bob Ludwig, Alan Silverman, and .......
355: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA Enabled ADCs (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-11-01, 09:29:45 (207.66.194.226)
>An ADC is still an ADC. The answer in the linked interview does not state >there is anything special about the ADC function for MQA except 'low >modulation noise', i.e. it should be a good ADC. There .......
356: Critic's Corner, RE: Dreaming in Technicolor... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-31, 09:04:15 (207.66.194.226)
>as I've said now too many times, one of the files we compared was from >Peter McGrath who was present in the room. I spoke to Peter, both at CES >and after in a follow-up phone call, to understand hi .......
357: Critic's Corner, RE: Why would you eliminate those two? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-28, 09:58:01 (207.66.194.226)
I didn't eliminate them for the result that was published in the magazine. But I am conjecturing that perhaps I should have because I was keying my blind identification off of an audible difference bu .......
358: Critic's Corner, RE: Which is the reason MQA only works for files and not CD-type discs (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-28, 08:28:10 (207.66.194.226)
>Do you agree with how I'm thinking they mean that MQA is lossless? No. .......
359: Critic's Corner, RE: Which is the reason MQA only works for files and not CD-type discs (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-28, 07:45:40 (207.66.194.226)
>I have wondered whether one could... >1) Take an early digital recording such as Glenn Gould's early-1980s >Goldberg Variations remake >2) Process it with the front end of the MQA system, that is, co .......
360: Critic's Corner, RE: Blind Testing (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-28, 04:33:32 (173.52.245.236)
Just to address another statement made in the MQA thread,: Doug Schneider wrote that: >There was a lot of misinformation about MQA files being the same size as >CD-resolution files. They're not. CD re .......
361: Critic's Corner, Blind Testing (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-28, 04:13:08 (173.52.245.236)
In an archived thread, Doug Schneider wrote: >As I wrote to John [Atkinson] on a thread that's presumably way, way >down...I also noted that in his pseudo-blind test he said he identified >MQA 5 out o .......
362: Critic's Corner, RE: Audiostream backtracking on MQA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-26, 04:05:13 (173.52.245.236)
>Let me say good for you for hiring a 20 something female at Sphile. Thank you. That's not the reason we hired Jana Dagdagan, but turned out to be a bonus, judging how she was received at the recent R .......
363: Critic's Corner, RE: Audiostream backtracking on MQA (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-25, 16:07:03 (173.52.245.236)
From the article: "'But I read on a forum you said...' The thing about forums is the people who spend the most time participating on forums, spend the least time participating in real life." :-) ::: T .......
364: Critic's Corner, RE: TAVES (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-23, 16:43:28 (173.52.245.142)
>thanks for your prompt reply and please accept my apology You're welcome and no problem. .......
365: Critic's Corner, RE: TAVES (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-22, 12:53:29 (173.52.248.167)
>Stereophile....why no coverage/notice on the Toronto TAVES show? Because it hasn't happened yet. We will be posting a preview on Monday. .......
366: Critic's Corner, RE: I have attended every RMAF since the first one (2003?)... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-13, 08:00:45 (207.66.194.226)
>Before Stereophile paid in any mind at all. The first RMAF took place in 2004. >Recall it was a big deal the first year Stereophile bothered to send >someone low on the masthead to cover it. It wasn .......
367: Critic's Corner, RE: Didn;t notice any free Absolute Sound Mags at RMAF.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-09, 08:13:55 (65.158.198.4)
>Did get a free Stereophile, so I should be happy, right? Yes indeed. >RMAF itself is SAD. >Remodel of the MARRIOTT Hotel is not complete, the only rooms available >for use are the ones in the tower w .......
368: Speaker Asylum, Tannoy (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-08, 06:47:55 (50.233.27.176)
Bill Way asked me via email: >Do you know anything about the status of Tannoy? However, he doesn't accept emails via the asylum, so I am responding here. Sorry Bill, I don't know anything more about T .......
369: Critic's Corner, RE: Glad to see Stereophile Recommended Components Back Up to 500!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-06, 17:36:22 (50.233.27.175)
>Why do you submit yourself to this crap? I do feel I should respond to legitimate questions. .......
370: Critic's Corner, RE: Glad to see Stereophile Recommended Components Back Up to 500!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-05, 12:59:35 (173.52.248.167)
>it seems that the the positive review was premised on use of an upgraded >Goldring Elite, at roughly 500.00 more to the cost. The rating was predicated on what we felt was the player's intrinsic qual .......
371: Critic's Corner, RE: Glad to see Stereophile Recommended Components Back Up to 500!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-10-02, 07:55:05 (173.52.248.167)
698 components recommended in the current listing, available at the link below. .......
372: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile October 2016 Issue (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-09-19, 03:48:21 (173.52.248.221)
>These guys are complaining about a few missing pages in their copies of >the October 2016 issue of Stereophile and I haven't even received my copy >yet. What gives? As I said in my email yesterday, t .......
373: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile October 2016 Issue (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-09-16, 04:15:48 (173.52.249.99)
>Is anyone else's October 2016 Stereophile missing pages 62-86? If you email me your street address, I;ll put a replacement in the mail. JAtkinson (at) enthusiastnetwork.com .......
374: General Asylum, RE: Koss Headphones (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-09-02, 13:57:58 (173.52.252.198)
>The ESP-950 are supposedly really really good headphones. Herb Reichert has written a follow-up review of the ESP-950 for the November issue of Stereophile. You can find Tom Norton's original review .......
375: Critic's Corner, Thank you (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-08-02, 18:02:02 (173.52.247.42)
>John's reviews also are telling. Because he measures, some folks might put him in the "all >science, no subjective" kind of box, but his opinions on the sound of equipment are some of >the best in th .......
376: Critic's Corner, RE: www.stereophile.com (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-24, 10:23:24 (173.52.244.177)
>>why are articles posted so devoid of pics...? > >Could you give an example, please. Perhaps I am just feeling grumpy today, but I do get weary of answering questions about Stereophile on forums onl .......
377: Critic's Corner, More Info (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-20, 08:31:09 (173.52.252.238)
Packing up the speakers today to be returned to PSB, I found in small print on the outer carton: "Designed and engineered in Canada. Manufactured in China." .......
378: Critic's Corner, RE: JA, what the country of manufacture for the PSB Imagine T3? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-10, 14:54:01 (173.52.246.12)
>I recall the previous PSB flagship was built in China (that's a >deal-breaker for me). There is nothing about country of manufacture on the packing boxes and all there is on the speakers themselves i .......
379: Critic's Corner, RE: www.stereophile.com (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-09, 04:19:23 (173.52.253.173)
>why are articles posted so devoid of pics...? Could you give an example, please. Articles that were posted prior to 2005 sometimes didn't have accompanying images, due to the need back then to keep .......
380: Critic's Corner, RE: Why do you hate cleanliness? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-08, 15:11:05 (173.52.253.173)
>You probably didn't get too many days in the tub while growing up in Jolly >Olde. The poster to whom I was responding called himself "Spotcheck Billy," who was a character in the Little Feat song "Fa .......
381: Critic's Corner, RE: Follow the money? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-02, 13:24:47 (173.52.245.87)
>Just watch for the demise of Audio print media (TAS, Stereophile, etc.). You're just a fat man in the bathtub, with the blues, Spotcheck Billy. :-) .......
382: Critic's Corner, RE: 3 More Years! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-02, 13:21:02 (173.52.245.87)
>Just renewed online. Beer shall be drunk in your honor, Jeff. .......
383: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Worth (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-07-02, 09:05:57 (173.52.245.87)
>Luckily I asked, channel 23 Grateful Dead 24/7 is no longer part of the >Select package. So that money is going to Stereophile, I have been a >subscriber since 1993 Thank you. .......
384: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Worth (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-06-30, 09:35:40 (207.66.194.226)
>I'm on the verge or subscribing (after an approximately 20 year hiatus) >to your magazine. Convince me that I should do so. Just one more new subscription and I can afford to take the staff out to th .......
385: Critic's Corner, RE: What is the role of LS3/5As in your evaluation? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-06-20, 08:43:51 (207.66.194.226)
They are the speakers I have owned the longest and whose sonic character I know the best. .......
386: Critic's Corner, RE: John Atkinson - Studio Monitors vs Audiophile Speakers (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-06-16, 06:25:42 (173.52.251.118)
>I'm asking for your opinion on this subject as you record and produce >music. And as a reviewer who has tested many speakers. This is an enormous subject, too big to discuss in this space, perhaps. S .......
387: Critic's Corner, RE: LOL! Mr. Atkinson seems to be stumbling about a bit in an attempt to defend Sam here... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-06-11, 05:33:14 (173.52.248.192)
I guess I should be glad I don't have to pay rent for the space I occupy in your consciousness. :-) .......
388: Critic's Corner, RE: I saw that ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-26, 13:48:20 (24.103.119.140)
>...and wondered if a mention = a review. If there is enough useful information on a product's sound quality included, I classify it as a follow-up review. Doing so also enables me to keep track of su .......
389: Critic's Corner, RE: Where is it ? ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-26, 13:45:58 (24.103.119.140)
>The cover of the latest issue of Stereophile boasts a review of a >Parasound phono preamp ...but its not there. p.43. Herb Reichert used it as the reference for his review of the Dynavector p75 Mk.3. .......
390: Critic's Corner, RE: "would we be better off if this article was not published?" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-24, 10:27:31 (24.103.119.140)
>Well, just about every reviewer not working for Stereophile would be! Perhaps I am too hard-nosed, but I don't feel any responsibility for publications other than my own and for the writers for those .......
391: Critic's Corner, RE: Art Dudley: The Goodness of Your Heart: A Tragedy in One Act (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-23, 07:44:16 (24.103.119.140)
>We are left to guess. Could be ANYONE (but Stereophile, of course). >And as a result, the piece taints EVERYONE (but Stereophile, of course). >Is it wrong to suggest that MIGHT not be an accident? De .......
392: Critic's Corner, RE: Pay for Play (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-22, 15:28:40 (173.52.248.192)
> Perhaps you should read John Atkinson's comments more carefully because >he was crystal clear. I quote: "Personally I am sickened by the >'pay-to-play' ethos that is becoming endemic in the publishi .......
393: Critic's Corner, RE: A tad on the holier than thou side IMO. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-22, 12:34:21 (173.52.248.192)
>Are you insinuating that companies that agree to buy an ad on 6 Moons >under Srajan's conditions for a review are all complicit in corrupting >the review process? I am not insinuating anything. What .......
394: Critic's Corner, RE: It's not a moot point.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-22, 08:37:31 (173.52.247.92)
>Art states that the dialog was taken from REAL communications with REAL >print and web publications with a 'wink, wink' and a 'nudge, nudge' as to >who he might be quoting. PS Audio's Bill Leebens re .......
395: Critic's Corner, RE: It's not a moot point.... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-21, 15:00:35 (173.52.247.92)
>Why PSAudio agreed to participate is beyond me (if indeed they agreed). We published the piece with PS Audio's knowledge and their permission to use the passages quoted verbatim. >One wonders if we .......
396: Music Lane, Who knew! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-18, 07:44:38 (131.252.61.86)
>anyone who knows anything knows that Billy Strayhorn stole that tune from >the old Shaker Christian Hymn "Take Thee a Train." Who knew! - Obviously, writing for me was one of the few things keeping J .......
397: Critic's Corner, RE: Keep up the good work! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-15, 21:11:22 (131.252.200.144)
>The other reason is purely greed. If they engaged in dialog here, there >would be less traffic on their own websites - hence less advertising >revenue. Many people believe that this is all a zero-sum .......
398: Critic's Corner, RE: Freedom of speech (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-10, 08:08:59 (24.103.119.140)
>the only real negative I found in this thread was JA saying and proving >they stole a graphic and modded it slightly in 2008. If you read the complete thread, you will see that StereoMojo also used i .......
399: Critic's Corner, RE:Was it the Apple or Zinio version? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-10, 08:04:17 (24.103.119.140)
>My digital access was via the Zinio version. Thanks. I guess the third-party distributor must have done a deal with Zinio. .......
400: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you must be, as subscriptions to the the print and digital magazines are mutually exclusive. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-05, 15:00:02 (173.52.247.92)
>My prior subscription provider for Stereophile was excellent about sending >my physical copies. . . at some point, they apparently lost their rights >to offer Stereophile, and my subscription was cut .......
401: Critic's Corner, RE: "Act Now: Convert To Digital!" (Stereophile) (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-05, 10:42:06 (173.52.247.92)
>If you have a "print edition" subscription to Stereophile, you always had >access to the digital version. Maybe I'm wrong... I think you must be, as subscriptions to the the print and digital magazin .......
402: Critic's Corner, RE: Interesting comment from stereomojo on advertising (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-04, 08:06:05 (24.103.119.140)
>Almost all people at the top of major publications and many reviewers, >audio or not,rely on income from them to put food on their table. I think it fairer to say that major publications rely on _rea .......
403: General Asylum, RE: Audio Show in NY (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-03, 15:36:49 (173.52.247.92)
>Why can't there be more smaller shows! Because the organizers can't run a smaller show and make a profit, unless it is sponsored and organized by a local dealer. Stereophile's 1994 Miami show at the .......
404: Critic's Corner, RE: Charley offered constructive criticism as a friend. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-05-02, 12:58:31 (24.103.119.140)
>Queen Elizabeth's message to President Buchanan, 92 words IIRC, took all >day to send. Victoria, surely. .......
405: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile - don't appreciate this (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-24, 05:46:03 (173.52.245.203)
>My subscription expires in August, I'm getting emails saying 'My >subscription is about to expire'. This is standard practice in magazine publishing. >This is dishonest and annoying. Annoying, I'll g .......
406: Critic's Corner, RE: "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False." (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-16, 13:32:58 (173.52.251.48)
>My problem with managing these exceptions in addition to simply >remembering these exceptions and ensuring that all the mods are aware >of every exception, is the simple fact that it does invite lega .......
407: Computer Audio Asylum, No Problem (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-10, 09:13:34 (173.52.251.48)
>I'm wondering if MQA applies to DSD Files. No, MQA's encode/decode process requires a 24-bit PCM container, so is not compatible with DSD. But the claimed time-domain correction of MQA is not dissimi .......
408: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Who's first to trash the MQA Review in Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-10, 05:38:11 (173.52.251.48)
Stereophile? Our coverage of MQA starts in our June issue, which won't be available for another 5 weeks. .......
409: Speaker Asylum, re: Shocking how small the room was for the IRS speakers back in 1980 (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-06, 10:44:49 (24.103.119.140)
>Can't find my copy where he detailed the actual room dimensions, but I >seem to recall something like 13 feet side to side? I visited Harry in 1984 or '85 and spent a pleasant afternoon listening to .......
410: Critic's Corner, RE: JA or others: Is Halide Design still around? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-04-06, 09:41:09 (173.52.251.48)
>I was a bit surprised when I saw the Halide Design DAC HD still listed in >Recommended Components in the April issue. I'd been trying to find the >company's website or information on retailers for qu .......
411: General Asylum, RE: Wellfed... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-03-29, 07:38:58 (173.52.251.48)
And you can find Art Dudley's comments by scrolling down the page linked below to the section headlined "The Amazing Artie." .......
412: General Asylum, RE: Wellfed... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-03-29, 07:20:35 (173.52.251.48)
>I suspect Randi might have gotten cold feet and suspected there was >actually a good chance Wellfed would pass the Intelligent Chip test. My >understanding is the same sort of thing happened in the F .......
413: General Asylum, RE: Congrats to John Curl (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-03-24, 16:13:30 (173.52.245.129)
>JC's designs were in a league of their own - completely above and beyond >what anybody else had done. JC invented the complementary-differential >input stage way back in 1968 while working at Ampex. .......
414: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile follow up review request. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-03-21, 16:16:24 (173.52.245.129)
>My request is for Herb to do a follow up by adding one of the matching >Elac subwoofers. Can't find a single review of the sub/sat combo. That's probably because of how new the subwoofer is. But we d .......
415: Critic's Corner, RE: How long has this been going on? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-03-18, 07:19:42 (24.103.119.140)
>I noticed in the April recommended components issue that "Due to space >limitations", that 10 sections are missing. It says they are on-line at >Stereophile.com My apologies for the remaining section .......
416: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile's review of the Melco N1A lacks a price (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-26, 12:15:10 (24.103.119.140)
>I can't seem to find the price of the Melco N1A in Michael Lavorgna's >review. It's mentioned - $1999 - at the beginning of the review, on p.37. .......
417: Critic's Corner, RE: Thanks, JA for the March SF opinion piece (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-20, 05:27:53 (173.52.253.165)
>I found "When Caruso Was King" quite enjoyable. . . Thank you. I wrote it in one session, triggered by reading in IEEE Spectrum that classical music on record was facing extinction. >To quote Samuel .......
418: Critic's Corner, RE: To John Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-19, 04:41:09 (173.52.253.165)
>I have not read Stereophile since 2002. Have I missed anything? Everything :-) .......
419: Critic's Corner, RE: Been over a week since anyone has started... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-17, 06:28:47 (173.52.250.214)
>Then the mail came. Mostly junk mail including Stereophile. I'll just address a couple of points in your posting. >the table of contents listed only four reviews! 4 full reviews, with measurements, y .......
420: Critic's Corner, RE: To John Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-16, 10:48:21 (24.103.119.140)
>You wrote in 2005 that the median age of subscribers had risen from 38 to >48 between 1986 and 2005. Any current data on aging within the hobby or >possibility of a forthcoming survey? The publisher .......
421: Critic's Corner, RE: Sterophile: flawed audio mag and . . . (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-15, 05:05:33 (173.52.250.214)
>by far and away the best audio mag in the US (maybe the best anywhere in >English?). Thanks JA and crew. You're welcome, Beetlemania. I have always believed that a magazine is only as good as its mo .......
422: Whiner's Woad, RE: Been over a week since anyone has started... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-14, 08:13:03 (173.52.250.214)
>I have only 1 issue left so I probably wont be bitching much longer. Just don't let us catch you reading Stereophile on the newsstand :-) .......
423: Critic's Corner, RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-11, 05:19:23 (173.52.250.214)
>In the video, it seems obvious to me that Atkinson is questioning what >exactly the audience meant when using the word "bigness." In other words, >what exactly were they describing? Thank you for tak .......
424: Critic's Corner, RE: I used to be able to speak (somewhat) both Esperanto and Afrikaans... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-08, 17:14:18 (173.52.250.214)
I learned to speak Esperanto as an early teenager, but as there was no-one to speak it with, I quickly forgot it. I also learned Latin up to the point where I could read and write it - don't ask me wh .......
425: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 15:37:33 (173.52.250.214)
>Michael also refers to the "non-vacuum" further down the page. I misread. Michael says "near-vacuum." The "non-vacuum" was in connection with a different cable. My apologies. But the 12,000 feet - an .......
426: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 09:30:19 (173.52.250.214)
>Are you seeing what you want to see? I suspect you are, Mr. Garvey. Perhaps it is time you gave up obsessing about Stereophile and took up another hobby. .......
427: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 08:56:22 (173.52.250.214)
>What am I missing here? Where does Fremer point out the incorrect claim? It is mentioned in the text of the review, in the second paragraph on the page to which I linked. Michael also refers to the " .......
428: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 08:37:20 (173.52.250.214)
>Yes, after a scientifically qualified reader alerted you to this fact >about the vacuum. Fremer could not be bothered to check these claims. Please put your "gotchas" back in your pocket, Mr. Garvey. .......
429: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 07:58:59 (173.52.250.214)
>I still get a laugh at the fact that one of your senior writers Mr. >Fremer, regurgitated the absurd notion that a Tara Labs cable was a sealed >vacuum. You apparently didn't notice that Stereophile .......
430: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-07, 06:46:56 (173.52.250.214)
>Always wondered how the Tara Labs things played out. Tara has repeatedly requested that this news item be deleted on the grounds that it is ancient history. But as you point out, it is still there. : .......
431: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-03, 11:01:55 (24.103.119.140)
>>You lecture me me on how I should do my job...yet you have yet to >>answer the question put to you by other posters what your background >>in publishing is to be so sure of what you write. > >I was .......
432: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-03, 05:14:24 (173.52.250.214)
>Also good know you are yet again a majority of one. You keep saying this or a variant as if it were some kind of issue with my role as Stereophile's editor. You also lecture me me on how I should do .......
433: Critic's Corner, RE: The larger issue, IMNSHO... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-02, 12:48:19 (24.103.119.140)
>I DO feel that Audioquest would have been better served had JA refused >their request for a platform. For the record, AudioQuest did not request me to reprint Bill Low's open letter. I was on the ori .......
434: Critic's Corner, RE: Will some of you guys PLEASE "yIn Suq"??? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-02, 10:28:59 (24.103.119.140)
>Sorry, but your attempt a "what is the big deal, get a life folks" slough >off is a fail. Good to see that I am still living rent-free in your consciousness, Mr. Garvey. :-) .......
435: Critic's Corner, RE: Why was Audioquest given Stereophile.com as an "Open Letter" venue? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-02-01, 07:31:19 (24.103.119.140)
>You seem to operate in a bubble professionally. That is your prerogative. Indeed it is. The definitive job description for a magazine editor was written by Henry Luce, founder of Time and Life magazi .......
436: Critic's Corner, RE: Thanks for the link, John (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-31, 08:53:10 (173.52.247.252)
You're welcome, Rod. I would have liked to include Mark Waldrep's spectra of the doctored audio on the Stereophile website, but that would have infringed his copyright. Instead, I included a link to M .......
437: Critic's Corner, RE: Why was Audioquest given Stereophile.com as an "Open Letter" venue? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-31, 08:35:57 (173.52.247.252)
>The PROPER way, and I think deep down, Atkinson knows this... Please do not project your own opinions and motivations on to me. .......
438: Critic's Corner, RE: Why was Audioquest given Stereophile.com as an "Open Letter" venue? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-31, 08:31:01 (173.52.247.252)
Thank you for your advice on how I should do my job. I believe you have thoroughly beaten this horse to death. .......
439: Critic's Corner, RE: Why was Audioquest given Stereophile.com as an "Open Letter" venue? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-31, 07:41:55 (173.52.247.252)
>I thought it sufficiently newsworthy to be worth reprinting on the >Stereophile website... This assumption of mine has been questioned, so I thought it worth pointing out that Stereophile's publicati .......
440: Critic's Corner, RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-30, 12:57:05 (173.52.247.252)
>I know of no speaker/audio system /recording capable of matching the true >sound and power of a grand piano Exactly the point I made in my article and video interview. I have never said they sound in .......
441: Critic's Corner, RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-30, 11:51:18 (173.52.247.252)
>JA's inability to understand, let alone hear for himself and identify the >difference between the sound of a Steinway grand piano and the sound from >Vivid speakers even though his audience could and .......
442: Critic's Corner, RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-30, 09:03:21 (173.52.247.252)
>>>I thank John Atkinson _even if his hearing is in question_ [my >>>underlining] for the old school way of speaker evaluation. >> >>I don't believe anyone said my hearing was in question? > >I did no .......
443: Critic's Corner, RE: Hmm. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-29, 12:25:00 (24.103.119.140)
>Just today, I am hooking up a pair of EnigmaAcoustics tweeters, and guess >what? I got the same subjective response as was gotten by you guys, >without previously knowing that you had reviewed this p .......
444: Critic's Corner, RE: Why was Audioquest given Stereophile.com as an "Open Letter" venue? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-29, 12:20:16 (24.103.119.140)
>Why was Audioquest given a venue to write a "letter to the community" on >Stereophile's website? AudioQuest sent this open letter to pretty much every audio editor and writer yesterday evening and a .......
445: Critic's Corner, RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-29, 03:58:42 (173.52.247.252)
>I thank John Atkinson even if his hearing is in question for the old >school way of speaker evaluation. You're welcome, but I don't believe anyone said my hearing was in question? .......
446: Critic's Corner, RE: Hey John (Atkinson) - why do you bother "hanging around" this website? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-28, 11:33:11 (24.103.119.140)
>I find it very funny when critics can't take being criticized. No-one is objecting to criticism. What I am pointing out is that Stereophile comes in for many more negative comments than any other pub .......
447: Critic's Corner, RE: Hmm. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-28, 08:13:51 (24.103.119.140)
>when was the last time each of the reviewers had a hearing test and what >were the outcomes? I published the state of my hearing in my review of the Enigma Sopranino supertweeter. (See link below.) .......
448: Critic's Corner, RE: Hey John (Atkinson) - why do you bother "hanging around" this website? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-28, 04:28:27 (173.52.247.252)
I believe in being responsive to the magazine's readers. However, it is beginning to look as if being responsive leads to a lot more criticism and abuse than occurs with magazines where the editor rem .......
449: Critic's Corner, RE: There you have it... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-27, 12:04:57 (24.103.119.140)
>To even mention the Late Glen Frey in an article that had NO COVER? >Poor form. Perhaps it's time for the mob to lay down their pitchforks and torches? .......
450: Critic's Corner, RE: "we will get more pub if we write something shocking" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-26, 16:15:52 (173.52.247.252)
>I guess the third failure was the cover... What cover? The Eagles piece that has gotten everyone's panties in a wad was published on the Stereophile website. .......
451: Critic's Corner, RE: Face it, the publishing was your first failure, your second is not say "yeah, we screwed up" (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-26, 13:54:40 (24.103.119.140)
>One of a growing number of items that will make the closing of >Stereophile's doors less sad for many of us when that day comes. Thank you for your comment. .......
452: Critic's Corner, RE: Sorry buddy... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-25, 13:34:51 (173.52.247.252)
>I guess the Eagle's [sic] didn't pay for enough advertising in your fast >becoming rag. Please give this tired old canard a rest. .......
453: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: RRE: "the sound of the hall before the first note was played"? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-24, 11:23:46 (173.52.247.252)
>I believe that when very low level sounds (which exist in all rooms apart >from very specialised anechoic chambers) are reproduced accurately on a >recording, the illusion of realism is enhanced beca .......
454: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Absolute Sound on MQA..jaws drop (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-24, 09:17:23 (173.52.247.252)
>Wow! SECONDS into the music he determined MQA's "dramatic superiority"!!!!!! >And it gets better...BEFORE the music even began, the hall sounded "larger"!!!! Robert Harley can defend himself, but fo .......
455: Critic's Corner, RE: Good Form? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-24, 07:30:59 (173.52.247.252)
>it is NOT censorship to reject this piece. You are not running a news >publication. You are under no obligation to publish every piece >submitted. Thank you for explaining to me what my job entails. .......
456: Critic's Corner, RE: Good Form? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-24, 05:27:01 (173.52.247.252)
>Editors are supposed to be a buffer between writer and reader. That system >broke down and the editor failed. A buffer, yes, but not a censor. This confusion between these roles has been expressed b .......
457: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Can you pl (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-24, 04:57:17 (173.52.247.252)
>Stop the continuous nonsence about MQA being a separate company. That is >done so if MQA tanks it won't take Meridian with it. Whatever the reason, it is a _fact_ that MQA is now a separate company f .......
458: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Can you pl (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-23, 12:54:36 (173.52.247.252)
>>MQA corrects for errors at the A/D and D/A stages. In theory, therefore, >>the analog signal submitted to the speakers is an exact analog of the >>signal coming from the microphones at the original .......
459: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Can you pl (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-23, 07:20:19 (173.52.247.252)
>explain why this is needed in an age of true hires digital audio? MQA corrects for errors at the A/D and D/A stages. In theory, therefore, the analog signal submitted to the speakers is an exact anal .......
460: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Yes (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-22, 13:58:48 (24.103.119.140)
>Do you have plans to hear it in your home system with a MQA enabled DAC? An MQA-enabled DAC will arrive next week and Bob Stuart has prepared MQA versions of some of my own hi-rez recordings for me .......
461: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Yes (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-22, 10:57:51 (24.103.119.140)
>Those reviewers who spew praise for these "carefully controlled >demonstrations" are not doing "their" readers a service. However, they >are doing their job of serving the industry. Such is the natur .......
462: Critic's Corner, RE: Good Form? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-22, 07:51:34 (24.103.119.140)
>I enjoy Stereophile and appreciate John Atkinson's presence here, but is >this piece appropriate? It's an opinion piece, not hagiography. .......
463: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-20, 12:26:04 (24.103.119.140)
>>Tell me what you do for a living and try to explain why you shouldn't do >>it for free. > >In case you didn't know it, there are lots of people who have done well >developing open source software. h .......
464: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-20, 11:02:12 (24.103.119.140)
>This booklet makes the case for why intellectual property is bad. Tell me what you do for a living and try to explain why you shouldn't do it for free. .......
465: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-20, 04:02:59 (173.52.250.184)
>>It should, as long as the writer of the code has paid the appropriate >>license fee to MQA. > >There you have it. A tax on an in invention that will cost far more than >the savings from sending a sm .......
466: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-19, 07:30:14 (24.103.119.140)
>Will MQA work with DSP, either a software or a hardware DSP solution. It should, as long as the writer of the code has paid the appropriate license fee to MQA. .......
467: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-18, 11:33:19 (173.52.247.30)
>The 24-bit data being sent can be required of seeding the DSP decoding >side to achieve an accurate 16-bit outcome that is reader for a DAC. Even if the 16-bit version could include enough of the MQ .......
468: General Asylum, RE: Here is the original AES paper (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-18, 05:23:45 (173.52.247.30)
>I was thinking that they can create MQA encoded CD's as ready for normal >players and still license MQA players to function with high rez DAC's and >profiling the manufactures hardware. CDs are limit .......
469: Critic's Corner, RE: John any word on the BHK amplifier reviewed .... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-16, 08:25:48 (173.52.247.30)
When the amplifier was returned to PS Audio, I was told that they found that an internal fuse had blown. Replacing it brought the amplifier back to life. Putting amplifiers on the test bench is like d .......
470: Critic's Corner, RE: Removal from stereophile website newsletters (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-14, 04:35:23 (173.52.247.30)
>Can anyone tell me how to stop this massive spam from stereophile? If you send me the email address at which you are receiving the Stereophile enewsletter, I will make sure that that address is remo .......
471: Critic's Corner, RE: Vacant and fake review-Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-13, 16:20:25 (173.52.247.30)
>Wow Mr. Atkinson, that changes everything! Not really. It means that we didn't signpost the complete coverage as well as we should have done, hence your complaint. Apologies. .......
472: Critic's Corner, RE: Vacant and fake review-Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-13, 15:51:16 (173.52.247.30)
>I immediately flip to page 136 which is near the end of the mag in the >follow-up section pertaining to an Acoustic Signature tonearm follow-up >but worse, there is a small box from Herb Reichert abo .......
473: Critic's Corner, RE: Who ever's idea it was to bring Graham Nash to CES, ... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-01-10, 13:18:03 (107.77.68.30)
Graham's CES visit for Stereophile was due to our webmaster Jon Iverson, who knows Graham through a mutual friend. .......
474: General Asylum, RE: Years ago, Bob Carver proved to Stereophile's satisfaction that he could make a ss amp sound like a tube unit. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-30, 08:52:15 (24.103.119.140)
>I'm not sure it proves anything except in that space, in that moment the >guys at Stereophile couldn't hear any differences. Remember also that Gordon Holt and Larry Archibald were not listening to t .......
475: Critic's Corner, RE: ... to persuade someone in a newsstand to buy it (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-27, 05:56:47 (173.52.247.30)
>I was almost persuaded, to buy the January 2016 issue, when I saw "Chord >Electronics New $16,000 DAVE DAC" on the cover, but it turned out to be >one or two sentences from a press release... Yes, th .......
476: Critic's Corner, RE: I recognized the table as B&O (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-24, 15:03:09 (173.52.247.30)
>I'm curious about the speaker on the viewer's upper right, with the orb on >top. Was that a real speaker? IIRC, it was a Magnat. .......
477: Critic's Corner, RE: Guess art on an uncluttered cover doesn't induce enough mag purchases nowadays. Too bad. nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-24, 11:00:49 (173.52.247.30)
>Guess art on an uncluttered cover doesn't induce enough mag purchases >nowadays. It never did. The primary reason to have something on the front cover of a magazine is to persuade someone in a newsst .......
478: Critic's Corner, RE: Happy Christmas from Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-24, 08:37:44 (24.103.119.140)
>Anybody know what year this was? It was dated October 1982 on the contents page, which meant it was sent to subscribers in time for Christmas. But we still wish everyone all the best for the holiday .......
479: Critic's Corner, RE: You mean The Great Molasses Flood? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-19, 09:26:28 (173.52.246.134)
>I also must say that it was very gentlemanly of John Atkinson to print a >mention of it in the LTE section of the most recent issue. I thought it had been established on the Asylum that I _wasn't_ a .......
480: Critic's Corner, RE: Review of AudioNote CD system in S'Phile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-17, 09:33:08 (24.103.119.140)
> Clarification would be appreciated. See my response to an earlier posting of yours. .......
481: Critic's Corner, RE: Review of AudioNote CD system in S'Phile (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-16, 15:37:49 (173.52.246.134)
>measurements are a surrogate endpoint. the real endpoint is the auditory >experience. Don't disagree. But the measurements do show if the designers have the appropriate engineering chops. If they don .......
482: Critic's Corner, RE: Clarification (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-14, 07:23:17 (24.103.119.140)
>Don't take this personally but frankly you are clueless. Then I don't see any point in responding further. Particularly as you refuse to acknowledge that your initial statement was incorrect. ::: TOP .......
483: Critic's Corner, Clarification (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-14, 04:00:58 (173.52.246.134)
>how could I trust someone who can't hear the difference between a Steinway >D concert grand piano and what comes out of a pair of Vivid speakers when >everyone else in the room can... Never happened .......
484: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you are totally off base in at least two respects. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-13, 10:34:46 (173.52.246.134)
>>No-one at Stereophile is paid by the word. They receive a flat fee per >>review or per column. > >A standard fee for both or lengthier the contribution the higher the fee? A standard fee, regardless .......
485: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile . . . "Made in . . ." (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-13, 04:51:09 (173.52.246.134)
>Kudos, JA, for the including the country of manufacture for the Technics >monitor. Thank you. >Is it too much to ask for this detail to be included for every DUT? We do try to do so. If it is not men .......
486: Critic's Corner, RE: Move It! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-12, 06:08:45 (173.52.246.134)
>I was going thru a new issue of Absolute Sound and saw a page on one of >the giant speaker monolith's, the Magico M Project. Each speaker weighs >450 pounds! John Atkinson, how do they go about getti .......
487: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you are totally off base in at least two respects. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-10, 13:08:17 (173.52.246.134)
>Let's not forget he gets paid by the word. No-one at Stereophile is paid by the word. They receive a flat fee per review or per column. .......
488: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you are totally off base in at least two respects. (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-10, 04:23:20 (173.52.246.134)
>when I wrote for Stereophile, and before that, TAS, and before that, >Digital Audio, and in among that, half a dozen national magazines, I >was anything but "self-appointed." The adjective "self-appo .......
489: Critic's Corner, RE: Strolling down memory lane with Stereophile... (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-09, 15:37:44 (173.52.246.134)
>Thanks for posting those vintage remarks from JGH. You're welcome. I am just 15 issues away from having every "As We See It" going back to Vol.1 No.1 posted on our website. >It would appear readers' .......
490: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio/Musician Terminology (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-08, 04:14:35 (173.52.246.134)
>A couple of my friends play bluegrass. That reminds me of the definition of a gentleman: Someone who can play the banjo but chooses not to. :-) .......
491: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio/Musician Terminology (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-07, 10:30:07 (24.103.119.140)
I used to play violin, so here's 2 string-related jokes: What's the definition of perfect pitch? Tossing a violin into the dumpster from 20 feet. What's the difference between a violin and a viola? Vi .......
492: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio/Musician Terminology (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-06, 16:45:11 (173.52.246.134)
>I thought the answer to that question was "A drummer" :-) That too. And as I am a bass player, here's a bassist joke: Q: How many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb? A: None. The synth p .......
493: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio/Musician Terminology (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-12-05, 17:39:30 (173.52.246.134)
>I'm a singer, not a musician--unless your definition of "musician" incledes "singer" :-) Hey Bob, what do you call someone who likes to hang out with musicians? A singer! :-) .......
494: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you localize sound vertically? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-25, 15:42:04 (173.52.246.134)
>there is no height information deliberately captured or encoded in a >conventional stereo recording. One exception: with a pure-Blumlein, amplitude-stereo recording, the directions of the reflections .......
495: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you localize sound vertically? (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-25, 11:05:05 (24.103.119.140)
>I find "listening down" to a small box speaker like hearing miniature >musicians playing from their doll house sized hall. That's a fair comment. But there is no height information deliberately captu .......
496: Critic's Corner, RE: Curious (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-24, 08:02:28 (24.103.119.140)
>I would agree that like imaging with electronics, there is no metric to >quantify image height and depth capability. This is because these concepts are the listener's internal constructs based on the .......
497: Critic's Corner, RE: You may find this hard to believe (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-24, 04:06:57 (24.103.119.140)
>>JA himself admitted in an interview on Home Theater Geeks that he could >>not distinguish the sound of a recording he made of a Steinway piano and >>the piano itself when much of his audience could. .......
498: Critic's Corner, RE: I seriously doubt anybody here is unaware of this. nt (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-23, 08:34:54 (24.103.119.140)
>I'm also surprised the discount could go as high as 70%. Not what I wrote, which was that the accommodation price for reviewers is generally the same as the price a retailer pays, ie, 40%-70% _of_ th .......
499: Critic's Corner, RE: Accomodation Pricing (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-22, 08:27:57 (173.52.246.134)
>I always wish they'd tell you what the insider price is... Accommodation price for reviewers depends on the manufacturer, but it is generally the same as the price a retailer pays, ie, 40%-70% of th .......
500: Critic's Corner, RE: Here comes number 2! (0.00)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-11-18, 15:17:43 (173.52.246.134)
>I've always wished the prices of equipment under review in regular columns >would be put in a prominent place, perhaps at the top of the first page, >rather than buried in the text. Good point. ::: .......
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