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The problem with Stereophile, in a nutshell
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TonyP
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jeffc wrote:
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Given that SP subscriptions are cheap, I may subscribe again
eventually.
It's a catch 22. Magazines that charge very low prices for subscriptions do
so for one reason - to get higher circulation. Do you really think they can
hire a staff of expert, objective reviewers, print a glossy magazine, and
mail it to your house for $1 each month? Ha! Of course not. All their
money comes from ads. Higher circulation = more ad money. More ad money
means less objective reviews. Less objective reviews means less
circulation, unless they lower the cost. etc., until they pay you to take
the magazine, at which point it becomes beyond worthless.
IMO, Stereophile crossed the "beyond worthless" threshold quite some
time ago. It is now simply an advertising vehicle for the
manufacturers. Period.
That's fine you feel that way about the magazine.
The simple solution to all of this is, don't read it.
Oh, I do subscribe and read it for the most part. Makes for some good
bathroom reading materal. The price is dirt cheap and I do get to read
about products that I would not even knew existed, whether I think they
are great or not.
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