I don't know what the first one was, but more recently in HFN, almost
anything by David Allcock gets me going. It's almost as if he's deliberately
trying to live up to his name......

His latest, page 56 of the January 2006 HFN, when reviewing a passive (note,
passive) preamp (that, in itself, is a misnomer..its a switch and a variable
resistor....) he goes on about how "Stage depth was slightly
foreshortened" Give me a break, it's a resistor! how can it "foreshorten"
anything?

Give me Percy Wilson and Gordon J King anytime.

S.



"andy" wrote in message
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Holidays coming and spending too much time chatting. One topic that
came up I thought might make an interesting thread (but what do I know
my last one got no responses) and exercise the memory a bit. What was
the first article or review you read that metaphorically punched you on
the nose and made you realise that the mainstream audio press might be
foresaking the path of light and truth and going over to the dark side?

In my case it was a review of a Linn turntable. I cannot remember which
magazine but the reviewer stated being able to hear instruments that
were inaudible on other turntables (i.e. going a bit further than
equivalent reviews today but this would have been one of the first of
this type and I presume it would take a few to get the balance right).
I think he may even have made the mistake of the naming the instrument
(?) and the record (Roberta Flack?). I also recall something about
leaving records on the carpet. Again if I recall correctly, this
perfectly decent turntable had been around for a few years prior to the
review but after it the price rose dramatically and, I assume, so did
demand. Does anyone else remember the review and did a story behind the
review ever come out?