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Atkinson Pandering to Objectivists?

Posted by bjh (A) on May 20, 2006 at 09:03:57

The June issue of ST looks to be good one! While I've only read a few equipment related articles they have been good and a quick skim of the Andrew Hill and Belle & Sebastian articles suggest much good stuff ahead. A few thing before getting to the subject however.

One highlight for me was reading Wes Phillips' take on the Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg's preparatory instructions for using the original Moscode amplifier. It literally made me roar in laughter. I only wish a little of Gizmo's DNA could be recovered for cloning, the idea being to assign a dedicated Gizmo to each anti-hobby retard to bring them around; I'm no sadistic however, and thus recognizing that were talking mission impossible in most cases, each Gizmo would be relieved of duties after 6 months to do whatever he pleased (which, I'll admit it, is actually a selfish motive ... if you know what I mean).

Dudley's enthusiasm for the Rega Apollo CDP was nice to see, especially given the price of the player and the fact that I'm inclined to trust his impressions. However, to be totally honest, to be convinced that the player was something special I would require his view on a Jolida JD100; with a good power cord and some cheap isolation devices the price should be about spot on with the Apollo. If after an audition, even a brief and informal one, of the JD100 he came back and said the Apollo was as good, let alone better, then I'd get excited. I'm sure there are others that have discovered inexpensive (mostly Far East or US designed/Far East manufactured) CD Players that they'd like to see enter the fray.

Now moving onto the subject. Well actually first let me say that that JA's review of the Snell LCR7 was pretty good, or perhaps I should say he's getting better at *not* sounding like the "Man As Extension of Test Apparatus" reviewer. This is mostly, IME, because he included a good bit of material about his own recording activities, relating those to the evaluation of the speakers - great stuff! This is theme he should exploit to a significantly greater degree IMHO. In fact this would lend a uniqueness to his reviews, giving him a leg-up on the competition, on just about anyone actually.

But his comments at the end of the EICO HF-81 measurement section irked me to no end. I haven't read the full specs. section, nor the full review. However, his puzzlement, given the measurements, over " ... why so many audiophiles regard it as one of the best-sounding amplifiers of the 'Golden-Age'" is very nearly incredulous to my mind, or at least I would think that the course of action to investigate the mystery should be completely obvious to any SF reviewer, let alone the Editor! I won't insult anyone here by stating the obvious.

This sort of thing only reinforces my impression that SF seems to be bending to demands of objectivists and anti-hobby retards more and more these days. I recall another recent review in which the reviewer, while listing associated gear he thought would work well with the DUT, said something like "and dear I say" (or something similar) when touching on the topic of cables. I couldn't believe it! A SF reviewer of all people dancing around the cable issue!

My 2 cents.
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

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