In Reply to: HP RIP posted by paulb on November 5, 2014 at 07:27:01:
It was the late 70s and I had shopped for my first modest stereo. Along the way, I had heard the Dahlquist DQ10 speakers in a shop where I saw the little magazine. The exotic items under review immediately became my vision quest.
I did not subscribe after that for a while. I decided that it was pointless to read about such ridiculous items as preamps costing $1000. But I got back and I have most of the issues since the early 80s (along with the first 4 I got by subscription).
The language may have been over the top and often I was not sure if what I imagined as "continuousness" had any relation to what the reviewer was trying to impart. Despite the vagaries of trying to accurately describe sensory impressions, I learned over time that when HP gave a good review to a product, it was worth investigating. I always looked forward to his reviews and turned to those first.
I somehow always thought that HP would be out there, at least online, telling me about some brand new piece of ridiculously expensive audio equipment that gets it right in ways that he never knew was possible. He just seemed like an Olympian presence out in the audio reviewing ether. I did not imagine he would ever be gone.
I am very very sad to read this news.
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Follow Ups
- I first subscribed from issues 6 to 9 - tunenut 11/10/1421:05:36 11/10/14 (1)
- RE: I first subscribed from issues 6 to 9 - fantja 08:27:42 11/11/14 (0)