On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:51:06 +0000, Steven Sullivan wrote:

Is Issue 29 the most recent one? Saw it on the stands a few days ago
after not seeing it for awhile), bought it, and
halfway through, realized I'd read it before. Sure enough,
it said '2003' on the cover. Yikes. Anyone know when the
next issue is due?

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Ref: Audio Critic..

I subscribed to this publication a some years ago and it was
irratic to say the least. Some issues would never materialize,
etc.

Also, Aczel seemed to view himself a kind of "critic of the critics",
...and consistently tended to "spit into the wind". He seemed to
relish the role of fighting the "booger" of the mainstream. Much
bitterness abounded there. He would state the obvious and
wait for the masses to acknowledge his deep insights. The
problem was taking a steady diet of this kind of flow...it all
gets a bit tiresome after awhile and the shock has worn off!
Personal attacks were rampant. I suspect that he has challenged
the technical qualifications of every member on the staff
of Stereophile. All the while Stereophile moved from a rather
"scruffy" underground publication to a full "mainstream"
slick publication under the current Editor. Audio critic
still remains a "hit or miss" underground publication.

As his targets would ebb and flow..so did the publication status.
After reading a few of the publications you begin to realize you're
involved with a rather bitter mindset with an axe to grind.

Leonard...