Hi,

Please could you suggest which hi-fi magazines are most useful to help short-list kit?
Opinions so far,

1) What Hi-Fi - ubiquitous, easy to read but a bit happy-chappie. Reviews all subjective.
2) Hi-Fi News. I haven't seen much of this but the Hot 100 section seems much too brief.
Refers to articles by author. Does that matter when looking for a consistent view?

I haven't had opportunity to try much of their recommended kit but have found that my
tastes differ markedly with reviews in both magazines. What other magazines etc do you use
to short-list kit if you have limited access to demo kit?

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TIA,
James

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:37:47 +0100, "James Harris" no.email.please
wrote:

2) Hi-Fi News. I haven't seen much of this but the Hot 100 section seems much too brief.
Refers to articles by author. Does that matter when looking for a consistent view?

I think you are looking for the wrong thing. HFN reviews are the
opinions of the individual writers/reviewers. For a consistent view,
you need to find magazines dominated by a single person's opinion.
Unfortunately, I've found more to disagree with in such pages.

Kal (a long term fan of HFN)

1) What Hi-Fi - ubiquitous, easy to read but a bit happy-chappie. Reviews
all subjective.

All reviews are subjective. Any opinion is subjective. There is no such
thing as an "unbiased" review.
The only reliable opinion is your own - no matter how wrong you might be ;o)

"James Harris" no.email.please wrote in message ...
Hi,

Please could you suggest which hi-fi magazines are most useful to help short-list kit?

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.

Regards

David

David Houpt wrote:
I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.


One man, one dog. And LJK Setright.

In message , Triffid
writes
David Houpt wrote:
I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.


One man, one dog. And LJK Setright.



LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English motoring
journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)
--
Chris Morriss

"Keiron" wrote in message
om...
"James Harris" no.email.please wrote in message
...
Hi,

Please could you suggest which hi-fi magazines are most useful to help
short-list kit?

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

I always used to in the old "Geoffrey Horn" days. Unfortunately I find the
current contributors trip out the same sort of hyperbole you get in "hi-fi"
mags.

Roy.




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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:30:02 +0100, Chris Morriss
wrote:

LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English motoring
journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)

He is, and still writing (excellently) for Car magazine.

--
Anthony Edwards

On 14 Apr 2004 10:38:53 -0700, Keiron wrote:

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Indeed, although I have found the content to be less useful lately.
Gramophone's reviews of AVI equipment assisted me a great deal in
years gone by.

--
Anthony Edwards