Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!!

+1teo_audio! The new religion is the same as the old religion - to paraphrase a song by The Who (thank you Pete Townsend!).

Like Absolute Sound much better however i do like Stereophile. I will have to get buy never really make my buying decisions based on these mags.

I support my hobby so I will support the mags.  I don’t care what others think.

Thst us a tragedy. John A was the best I know at listening,  measuring and separating the truth from the B.S.. times 
Are a changing.  I guess they too now need every ad they can get 
Online services are crippling everyone .  The consumer needs even
More so to be in step of what s going on .  R.I.P  Audio Gods of old .

Both mags are influenced by the industry. Nary a bad review. If you want a system that works for you, then go and demo gear until you find what brings you pleasure. For those of you who do not have this option, I'm not addressing my comments to you and I'm only sorry you can't do that in your region. Specs can be nice for those who don't have the option of dealers. But for me, I'll let my ears tell me what works together and then go in that direction.