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Stereophile review of Escalante Fremont

Has anyone read Stereophile review (Feb '08) of Escalante Design Fremont spkrs ?
Reviewed by Larry Greenhill & measured by Jon Atkinson .

How come they make a review of the spkrs without proper setup :
- LG didn't attached the stand spikes because of his new wood floor & put some bad comments (nasal / coloured tonal).
- JA measured the spkrs with above condition .
- No information if the spkrs burned-in

In my experience , result could be very sensitive for full range spkrs setup ( freq. resp : 18 hz - 50 khz ) .

How can such a great magazine editor allow to publish review with above condition ?

Really different with Positive-Feedback (by Greg Weaver) & Stereo Times (by Dave Thomas & Greg Petan) reviews .
This three reviewers has bought Fremont after made the review .

Seems our international respectable Stereophile magazine has a lot of degradation in their quality .
Is there politics inside this magazine ?
What a waste review ... i think ...
riwin_h
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
Would agree with Dgarretson. Not really high on the price/performance list. You can get a pair of Harbeth 40.1s for similar $ and take a giant leap in performance. You can get the Gershman Sonograms for about 40% of the cost of the Fremonts and get better sound.Great cabinetry though.
drubin
3,240 posts
 
Nice post, Raquel.
jkalman
298 posts
 
Here is what Hoffman said about the mids (and the rest of his comments), which largely tracks with what I hear:

OMG, now I understand why some of his masterings sound so terribly overripe in the bass... I complained about it a few months ago to someone working at one of the online record retailers.
raquel
841 posts
 
JKalman: The overripe bass would be your WattPuppies (unless, of course, you've EQ'd that 7 db. hump out, which of course makes your sound perfect).
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I heard them at The Show last year in two rooms. I was prepared to be wowed after reading the Positive Feedback and StereoTimes reviews, but was underwhelmed.

Not long ago, I read an article on 6Moons by Jeff Day in which he wrote about the spectacular combination of Harbeth Super HL5 and Leben CS600. I owned a CS600 at the time, so I shlepped it to a Harbeth dealer to hear this combo for myself. It was dull as melba toast, and I believe the dealer would tell you the same.

I now view reviews primarily as product introductions.
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