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

@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

Someone  wondered if "people still read these glossy rags?"  As TAS printed recently, due to someone 'writing in' and asking if TAS was doing okay, TAS responded that their PRINTED subscribership is actually UP, and that TAS was doing well with print.

I read EVERY month, the printed copies of TAS, Stereophile, Hifi Choice Hifi+ and HiFi News.  There is nothing like sitting in bed with a "glossy rag" (or 3 or 4 of them) and NOT having scroll through electronic pages that light up the night.  (And yes, my wife is beside me with her tablet (I have one too) viewing Facebook).

I suspect JGH is rolling in his grave, the rag will become just another piece of useless fodder .........