In Reply to: Re: Chinese Whispers? posted by John Atkinson on March 8, 2007 at 06:44:49:
JA, I did not want it to come to this: I am not trying to make a problem with 'Stereophile', you, or anyone else. What I wanted was that stuff like this occurs, and you tend to demand proof, before you will accept the facts.
Now, JV is accused of a 'malfeasance', and he works for a competing magazine. That magazine has corrected the problem, but we will all remember what happened.
I claimed that someone formally associated with your magazine, once did something similar. Or was he working at TAS when it happened? I don't know, and it really doesn't matter, because it was the PRINCIPLE of the thing that is important. I don't expect anything out of this, I just felt that JV needed a fair shake, since real manufacturers know that this sort of thing has gone on, at least sporadically, since the beginning of audio publication.
For example, I was there when an editor of a now defuct audio publication demanded that we GIVE him a Dennesen JC-80. He did not want to pay an accomodation price, he demanded it for free. It was too much for me at the time and I told him off. Here I was in his multimillion dollar house with his fancy car in the driveway, and he was demanding a free unit from some struggling audio people. He and I still remained friends after this incident, but he didn't get a free unit. He continued to remind me, however, that he 'could' have helped us further, if we had given him a free unit. That's the price of business, folks! (sometimes)
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Follow Ups
- Re: Chinese Whispers? - john curl 03/8/0712:47:55 03/8/07 (18)
- Re: Chinese Whispers? - Jonathan Scull 14:07:55 03/8/07 (0)
- The End of the Affair? - John Atkinson 14:05:23 03/8/07 (16)
- Re: The End of the Affair? - john curl 14:43:18 03/8/07 (15)
- Re: The End of the Affair? - John Atkinson 16:46:19 03/8/07 (14)
- Re: The End of the Affair? - jamesgarvin 14:19:48 03/9/07 (1)
- I admit it - nightdoggy 17:11:52 03/9/07 (0)
- Re: The End of the Affair? - john curl 02:03:58 03/9/07 (11)
- Re: The End of the Affair? - John Atkinson 08:49:15 03/9/07 (7)
- John, a somewhat whimsical suggestion - Brian Walsh 19:23:28 03/9/07 (6)
- It's a deal - John Atkinson 05:57:41 03/10/07 (4)
- Re: It's a deal - Brian Walsh 17:49:55 03/10/07 (3)
- Re: It's a deal - Charles Hansen 19:09:23 03/10/07 (2)
- Re: It's a deal - Brian Walsh 19:29:01 03/10/07 (1)
- Re: It's a deal - biased 22:27:00 03/13/07 (0)
- Re: John, a somewhat whimsical suggestion - john curl 01:06:06 03/10/07 (0)
- Best leave it... - bjh 05:08:12 03/9/07 (2)
- Maybe listen to your own advice... - robert young 13:28:49 03/10/07 (0)
- Re: Best leave it... - John Atkinson 14:15:21 03/9/07 (0)