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

All is good JA's still kicking, we've still got the bench tests and measurements.

Sorry voodoo'ist for getting your hopes up, you'll just have to stick another pin in the doll.

Re: Missing MeasurementsSubmitted by John Atkinson on May 3, 2018 - 9:27pm

It wasn't possible for Larry Greenhill, who now lives in California, to ship this amplifier to New York in time for me to measure it.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

Cheers George

Yes, I still read them cover to cover every month.

I remember reading HP's TAS and JGH's stereophile cover to cover as well, sometimes 2 or 3 times over trying to read between the lines. This was before the bigger glossier versions, full of ads.

 These days it takes me at most 5 minutes to go through most TAS.

@almarg 

If you read Al's post at  05-02-2018 5:39pm, you'll see what I so crudely was trying to point out. Specs indeed are useful, but let your ears do the final check if you have this option in your area. 

Al, thanks as always for your cogent and insightful comments.

Lucky for you George!
You can continue to let test equipment judge how audio gear sounds for you.

Yes, that in conjunction with listening, repeated and measured over and over if necessary is the only way to get the best.

"snake oil" voodoo should be kept out of it, as most of it is only praying on the technically challenged, hoping they’re gullible enough to spend the big bucks on cheap fancy lable’d rubbish that does nothing.

Cheers George