"Rusty Boudreaux" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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I think that there is plenty of evidence that Stereophile's magazine sales
are shrinking at a rate that should and probably does greatly concern
Atkinson. I've heard that Atkinson admits it privately.

I have no idea where or how Arny Krueger hears either of these things, Mr.
Boudreaux.

I had noticed the drop on their gov't filing page for circulation.

Here are the relevant figures from Stereophile's "Publisher's Statements,"
published in the December 2002 and 2003 issues: 82,932 paid circulation
in 2002, 81,668 paid circulation in 2003. (Both figures are 12-month averages.)
Yes, I would have liked to see a rise, but hardly a major drop, IMO.

Is Stereophile Guide to HT also edited by John?

The Guide is edited by Tom Norton, who was Stereophile's technical editor
for many years.

The 2-channel world needs to drop the unnecessary high bit/high
frequency space hog and at least convert to multichannel
16bit/44kHz.

Your opinion, Mr. Boudreaux, not mine. The reality is that the
overwhelming majority of music sold in stores and played back in the
home is still 2-channel. Stereophile does cover multichannel music
reproduction, BTW, but it is still very much a minority interest for
resadres in general.

Video is definitely a plus.

It makes it a different experience, "cold" rather than "hot," in Marshall
McLuhan's terminology, which very much changes the relationship
between medium and consumer.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile