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

I buy based completely on specs and really miss Dick Heyser’s brilliant, and comprehensive, work while at Audio. 

It is is a shame that Stereophile will no longer be proffering lab tests, but it is going to save me a lot of money as without this info I am going to stand pat and just keep the technically correct gear that I have.

Audio Magazine was great, having both objective and subjective elements. Their technical articles were written by professional designers, and subjective reviews by guys with both ears and brains, Bascom King (now designing at PS Audio) being one.

This place I use does even more measurements than Stereophile does, but doesn't talk about them as much, and you need to get a password to get into it. and there's not as many either.
http://www.milleraudioresearch.com/avtech/index.html

Cheers George

@jmcgrogan2 I read the digital version of Stereophile on Zinio. Many magazines has a digital version that cost much less than the print version. 

I think it's in all our benefit if theese kind of magazines survives and can afford to pay reviewers to spend weeks or months listening to equipment and report their findings.

@almarg great summary of the usefulness of measurements!

I decided a Long time Ago that I would choose stereo items based on how they sound, or based on other people's descriptions of the sound, not in measurements. Unfortunately I haven't been able to afford many upgrades but the ones I have made has made me happy.