Opinions - The Absolute Sound

Tvad

Come on Tvad give Mceljo a break. The Absolute Sound....... I mean if the reviewers were to accidentally see this thread they would?

1. Break down in tears?
2. Write for a different magazine?
3. OD on Lady GaGa turned up loud?
4. Divorce their wives? Ops! Already divorced...
5. All of the above?

Not to mention the advertisers. They would?

1. Place more ads?
2. Go to full color on the back page?
3. Bribe the reviewers?
4. Bribe the owners?
6. None of the above.
7. You choose your own answer.

Tvad - Thanks for the good wishes. Obviously, the cost isn't an issue, but there' no point in having another useless thing show up in the mailbox once a month.

I was interested to know if it was a respected magazine overall.

$14.95 would get me another CD so is it worth more than getting one, or more, new CDs?

Heaven forbid someone should spend a wallet busting $15 and determine for one's self the value of the product.

Hey, I've got $1, and I've been thinking about buying something on the McDonald's Value Meal menu. Should I spend my dollar at McDonald's tomorrow? Will it be tasty? Will it satisfy my appetite? Will it be nourishing?

What has happened to us?

LOL

I got that offer too and I am going to re-up, also got an offer for Stereophile for $7 and it comes with a IPOD USB car adaptor it............not bad for a year of reading.

IF YOU DREAM OF-
1. driving a porsche, buy a car magazine.
2. taking pictures with a leica, buy a photography magazine.
3. fiddling around with big chunks of audio components, buy an audio
magazine.
NOTICE i did not mention anything about music appreciation which is a function of your education on the subject and your exposure to one or many forms of music. still further is the separate dream of fusing what you perceive good sound is with what you believe is possible in electronically reproducing it.
so reading the magazine might push your buttons or repel you, or both at the same time (my experience). in the end i like to get stereophile and the absolute sound, look at the pictures, and read one or two of the articles.
sometimes this serves as a launch pad for further research. BUT IN ADDITION I can also HIGHLY recommend the audio show reviews that audiogon and other on-line web sites are offering. better yet try to attend one of the shows in person.