Gang,
Last night I wrote an email to one of the major Audio Industry
magazines. For the purposes of this post it doesn't matter which one,
nor what my complaints were. I was surprised to get a personal reply
from the editor about an hour later. As a reason for dismissing my
point of view, he said that mine was the first comment of its kind he'd
received.

Say what?

I assumed (oops) that magazines with tens of thousands of readers would
get lots of mail - especially as convenient as it is these days to zip
off an email. Apparently not. (This particular magazine prints very
few "letters to the editor," but it may be that they run every one they
get!). Now this is a real shame if you ask me.

Surely I'm not alone in the impression that the overall quality of our
industry rags has declined quite precipitously in recent months. Some
have gone into political hackery and relegated audio to whatever space
is left over; some have become faux counter-culture tracts; and none
seems to care about preserving English as a means of communication..

Like government and wives, we may ultimately get the industry magazines
we deserve. Especially if we don't speak up. Next time you read
something that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end,
consider telling the editor your thoughts. After all, these good folks
work for us.

Yours,
Dan Popp
Colors Audio
USA