Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Advertisers want their product to reach the largest audience. So if a more
objective assessment of the products on test produced a bigger readership
most would be happy.

If the magazine switched from reviews promoting audible differences
between cables to valid reviews of cables would the manufacturers of
such really view the magazine as a positive vehicle for promoting their
products compared to others?

And the manufacturers of digital electronics and amplifiers?

How many audiophiles would regularly purchase such a magazine? Surely
most audiophiles want to believe in significant audible differences
between components and are not going to purchase such magazines when
there are alternatives sustaining their beliefs.

If such audio magazines were commercially viable I strongly suspect
that one or two would have survived when they switched content to what
we now have a few decades ago.