[bob]

On Aug 16, 9:21*pm, "Mr. Finsky" wrote:

First of all, we all a debt to JGH for emphasizing the concept that
equipment should be listened to instead of reading a series of
potentially meaningless specifications. Whether or not the differences
between every piece of equipment are perfectly detectable by pure
listening or testing is not as important as the concept of listening
versus reading numbers.

Pity he couldn't have devoted more time to the interpretation of
*meaningful* measurements. Might have done more for audiophiles than
leading them down the subjective rabbit hole.

Secondly, I think we can agree that JGH was not meant to manage a
magazine or a publishing empire. His strength was in advocating
concepts, not in getting out a professionally produced magazine. Had
not Stereophile been sold, it would have been a distant memory on the
trash heap of semi-forgotten magazines published by amateurs about
subjects they loved. Other magazines have come and gone; sometimes you
need pros with money to keep them going.\

True. Sadly, as he got wiser, his former magazine did not.

Finally, as much as JGH is beloved, much of his recent writing
descended to the crackpot level. For example. he recently ranted about
how multi-channel audio was so obviously superior and that people were
crazy not to see this.

Crackpot? That's been accepted in the field since the 1930s.

He never even mentioned that listeners would
have to time travel to the 50's or 60's to get many fabulous
recordings redone in 5.1 tapings.

Yes, thank goodness we still have those wonderful 2-channel releases
of all the great 3-channel recordings made in those days. And I
imagine somebody with access even to good stereo masters could put
together a quite convincing MC recording today.

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Finally, I
was personally insulted when JGH stated that Baby Boomers were
responsible for all the evil in the world (or words to that effect).
If we are all so evil, how can Baby Boomers make up most of the high-
end world? If you want to criticize people, dump on those who advocate
fast food and MP3's so that convenience outweighs quality.

And just which generation do you think is running the McDonalds
Corporation today?

bob