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!)
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Chris Morriss

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.

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Anthony Edwards

Hifi mags don't rank componants anymore - they depend too much on advertising.
therefore you can't expect them to even give you a straight answer to "Rank A,
B and C for sound quality". HiFi plus avoids it completely. HiFi News used to
use Collums rankings which were better than nothing. What HiFi ranks stuff on
'value for money plus looks plus sound plus the price of cheese times k' No
better. There are annual awards but, well, what did they ever tell you. Most
reviewers don't even list the valves and type of circuit used. Of course they
do inform us of helpful things like gold plated phono sockets. When did you
last see any that weren't? And of course three or four paragraphs about
favourite bits of their favourite artists on their favourite CDs.

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
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On 14 Apr 2004 23:27:57 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

And of course three or four paragraphs about
favourite bits of their favourite artists on their favourite CDs.

I find that amusing.