"robert casey" wrote in message
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IMO, Stereophile crossed the "beyond worthless" threshold quite some
time ago. It is now simply an advertising vehicle for the
manufacturers. Period.


I'd want a magazine somewhat similar to Consumer Reports,
one that has no ads. One that will tell you that there
is no significant difference between "Ultra Essense" speaker
wire and 14 gauge power cord bought from Ace Hardware. But
costs about 1/50th as much (thus freeing up money you
could spend towards something that *will* improve your system).

Yeah, but the problem with that approach is they can't tell what will
because they can't tell the difference between any 2 CD players or amps.
They can barely tell between 2 speakers, and then not between any speakers
that cost more than $600.