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19.0 The Press
19.1 Which magazine should I read?
Which ever one you like. None are absolutely objective.
Here's a list of some common ones:
audioXpress ($30/yr 12 issues) (Do-it-yourself)
Note: This is the successor of Audio Amateur,
Glass Audio, and Speaker Builder Magazines
Audio Amateur Publications
Box 576
Peterborough NH 03458 USA
603-924-9464
http://www.audioxpress.com
Audio Critic (US $24/yr 4 issues) (High-end)
PO Box 978
Quakertown PA 18951 USA
215-538-9555 or 215-536-8884
audio Musings (US $24/year 6 issues)
25500 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 1250
Torrence CA 90505 USA
Editorial Office 562-424-7911
Business Office 310-378-6011
Audio Observatory (US $15/year 12 issues)
22029 Parthenia Street
West Hills, California 91304
Audiophile Voice ($18/year 4 issues)
Subscriptions: Michael Tantillo
132 Beach Avenue
Staten Island 10306 USA
Phone 718-351-9365
Editorial Office: 2001 Palmer Ave Suite 201
Larchmont, NY 10538-2420 USA
Phone 914-833-1417
FAX 914-834-4070
Bound For Sound (US $18/yr 12 issues) (High-end)
220 North Main St
Kewanee IL 61443 USA
309-852-3022
Car Audio and Electronics ($19.95/year 12 issues)
Avcom Publishing Ltd
21700 Oxnard Street
Suite 1600
Woodland Hills CA 91367 USA
818-593-3900
CD Review (Music Reviews; all tastes, only CDs.)
$19.97 per year 12 issues
PO Box 588
Mount Morris IL 61054 USA
Hi-Fi Choice (Mid-fi. Comparative reviews with graphs,
tables, and subjective commentary;
'Buying Guide' section)
Dennis Publishing Ltd.
14 Rathbone Place
London, W1P 1DE, UK
+44 71 631 1433
Hi-Fi News and Record Review (Broad. Good new record
reviews. Good equipment measurements)
Subscriptions Department
Link House Magazines Ltd
1st Floor
Stephenson House, Brunel Centre
Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2EW, UK
Hi-fi+ (Mid and high end with reviews and tweak tips)
Available in US/Canada thru Disticor outlets
Unit 12, Albany Business Park
Cabot Lane, Poole, Dorset. BH17 7BX, UK
http://www.hifiplus.com
Hi-Fi World (Friendly, lower-to-mid-fi magazine)
(reviews and "how things work" articles)
Audio Publishing Ltd
64 Castellain Rd
Maida Vale
London W9 1EX, UK
+44 71 266 0461
In Terms Of Music (Emphasizes music reviews, new)
PO Box 268590
Chicago, IL 60626 USA
312-262-5918
International Audio Review (US $38/yr, 12 issues?)
2449 Dwight Way; Box 4271
Berkeley CA 94704 USA
Positive Feedback Mag. (US $30/yr 6 issues) (high-end)
Positive Feedback
2939 N.E. 155th Avenue
Portland, OR 97230 USA
503-256-1300
Primyl Vinyl Exchange (Equipment for LP users)
(US $15/yr 6 issues, $20 International)
PO Box 67109
Chestnut Hill MA 02167
617-739-3856
[email protected]
Sound Practices (US $20/yr 4 issues) (Do-it-yourself)
Box 180562
Austin, TX 78718
(512) 339-6229 Voice/Fax
[email protected]
Stereophile (US $20/yr 12 issues) (High-end)
110 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10011 USA
800-666-3746 or 212-229-4896
Stereo Review (US $6.97/yr 12 issues. Lower end/mass
market)
Subscription Office: PO Box 52033
Boulder CO 80323-2033 USA
Editorial Office: 1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-767-6000
The Absolute Sound (US $46/yr 8 issues) (High-end)
Subscription Center: Box 6547
Syracuse NY 13217 USA
800-825-0061
Editorial Office: 2 Glen Avenue
Sea Cliff, NY 11579
516-676-2830
The $ensible Sound (US $29/yr 6 issues) (Mid/High-end)
403 Darwin Drive
Snyder NY 14226 USA
800-695-8439
e-mail
[email protected]
http://www.sensiblesound.com
Ultra High Fidelity (UHF) (High end, no advertising)
Box 65085, Place Longueil
Montreal PQ J4K 5J4 Canada
514-651-5720
What Hi-Fi (Mid-to-high End; comparative, subjective
reviews. Contains it's own buyer's guide
with recommendations)
Haymarket Trade & Leisure Publications Ltd
60 Waldegrave Road
Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8LG, UK
e-mail
[email protected]
+44 181 943 5000
US Enquiries should go to:
Eric Walter Associates
Box 188
Berkeley Heights NJ 07922 USA
201-665-7811
You can find e-mail addresses for many magazines at
www.audioweb.com
19.2 Which reviews are better?
Some reviews are so colorful and exciting, that they
make great journalism and fun reading. Lets ignore
these for now, even though they have their place.
Beware of reviews from magazines that advertise the same
product. The likelihood of bias is too high. Unfortunately,
that rules out 99% of the reviews in magazines.
Stereo Review has a bad reputation for loving everything
made by every advertiser. Even high-end journals such
as Stereophile and The Absolute Sound can be influenced.
A classic example of misleading reviews occurs with equipment
submitted to a magazine for review. The manufacturer may send
the editors a carefully built, adjusted piece for review. The
magazine will honestly rave about it. The manufacturer will then
send the design off-shore for more economical manufacture and
assembly, and the quality will suffer. Lower quality components
will be substituted for prime parts. Adjustments will be made
to wider tolerances or will not be made at all. The design may
be completely changed to make it more manufacturable. You will
unknowingly get a completely different piece than reviewed.
Home auditions with one or two candidates from each of a few
dealers are your best guide to be sure that you get what you
want and pay for.
19.3 Is Consumer Reports right?
Consumer Reports is the most objective testing lab we have ever
found. Unfortunately, they are also the world's least
specialized testing lab. They market their testing to the
average consumer. The average consumer will not hear some of
the subtle differences which audiophiles hear. For that reason,
Consumer Reports ignores issues that others feel vital.
Consumer Reports also insists on basing their audio testing
predominantly on lab measurements. Although lab measurements do
tell many differences between devices, interpreting lab
measurements for best sound is difficult or impossible. For
example, it is very hard to compare two speaker frequency
response curves and tell which will sound better. Some $3000
speaker frequency response curves look worse than some $600
speaker curves, even when tested in the same setup. On the
other side of the issue, Consumer Reports has improved its test
methods, and will continue to improve. Expect the accuracy of
their reviews to improve with time.
The Consumer Reports frequency-of-repair data base
is larger than any similar data base published and
can be trusted as well as any statistic.
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