Wonderful magazine, though in the 80s and 90s it took a turn toward the subjective, and to very expensive high end stuff, which made it less useful for most of us. But exciting and aspirational, I suppose. It took me a long time to figure out that not everything written there was true, meaningful, or relevant. I don't say this as a condemnation -- I loved the idea that there actually was something like the absolute sound that was somehow virtuous to pursue (I use the term absolute sound recognizing that it suggests the magazine The Absolute Sound, which when it started seemed to really be focused on something that mattered, but very soon became so petty and personal that I couldn't stand it. HFN&RR may have become as divorced from the reality that people who work for a paycheck recognize, but they were a lot suaver about it).