What Do You Read?

[TerryO]

Honestly, I find it surprising that he hasn't. Everyone knows that Bob Carver loves himself some Bob Carver. I'd pick that book up in a heartbeat, BTW.

Bob's an interesting guy to listen to. I know that his Demo's were just a whole lot of fun and he's a great talker. He certainly doesn't do a lot of self promotion, at least in person, but he does come across as a very sharp individual when discussing the technical aspects of Audio.

Another fascinating person is Bill Firebaugh of Well Tempered. He's a warm, very nice elderly guy, much like a favorite Uncle. Nothing especially spectacular about him, until you start noticing that he's actually explaining some very difficult technical matters and somehow making it seem completely understandable.

Best Regards,
Terry

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

I used to read Listener, Sound Practices and Stereophile. Only one of those is still in print, but I still subscribe.
Other than that, I subscribe to New Mexico for the pictures of SW scenery and travel guide information.

 

[Bigerik]

Honestly, I find it surprising that he hasn't. Everyone knows that Bob Carver loves himself some Bob Carver. I'd pick that book up in a heartbeat, BTW.

Nicest guy in audio I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Just a true gem of a gent, he is. With a million great stories.

 

[harley90]

Stereophile and anything I can find on line..........Big Carver fan too BTW.

 

[nitrous]

I read old issues of Audio, audiocraft, High Fidelity, Glass Audio, Vacuum Tube Valley, Listener, and pamphlet sized issues of stereophile & TAS. Also old books on radio and hifi gear theory & repair. The only "current" mags I read are audioXpress. Let my subs to Stereophile & TAS expire; too much nonsense in those rags today!

 

[chicks]

Douglas Self, Rod Elliot, the publications of other trained, no-nonsense audio design engineers who actually know what they're talking about.

 

[airdronian]

I used to subscribe to Stereophile back in the days when it was digest sized.

These days I rely on Internet content such as 6 Moons, Stereomojo, ToneAudio, and whatever else I find.

 

[Peter Walker]

I once read just about all of them I could get my hands on until I calculated what I'd spent on audioporn over the years would have bought me a high-end system if I'd saved it. Now I have the advantage of hearing a lot of equipment lent to me by a friend who's an audio/HT reviewer .(don't ask!) Being retired I now have time to travel interstate & OS to hear new gear and attend concerts. Attending live concerts of un-amplified music I've found is the best was to ' re-calibrate' your ears but that's another topic.Having an Audio Tech for a partner also helps me avoid making expensive mistakes. Ask yourself this, how often do audio retailers allow you to discuss the reliability of what they're selling with the guys they use to repair the broken ones? Sorry if I'm wandering way off topic in an attempt to explain why I don't need audioporn magazines these days.
When I did read all the audioporn magazine I preferred Absolute Sound and UK Hi-Fi News & Record Review. Now all I buy are music magazines such as "Listener".

 

[Dr Tinear]

The only publications I read today are online -- Audiophile Audition and Audiophilia, mostly -- and I'm not a frequent visitor to either site.

In the past I subscribed to Stereo Review, Sound and Vision, High Fidelity, Audio, Audio Amateur, Fi, The Audiophile Voice and Stereophile. In some cases such as Fi and Audio, the magazines stopped publishing while I was still a subscriber. I stopped renewing the others, including Stereophile and S&V, when I realized that the information I was getting from them was no longer worth the time I spent reading them or the money I spent to keep them coming to my mailbox. I still miss the magazine that Stereophile was during its digest days; IMO the current version of this magazine doesn't compare to what it was in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

[VinylRob]

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Rags:
TAS, sometimes, if the cover grabs me.
HiFi+, sometimes at the book store. $$$$
Stereophile, home subscription. as long as Art is there.

On line:
Positive Feedback, some times.
Enjoy the Music, some times.
Dagogo, some times.
6moons, all the time, great tours.
Stereophile, all the time.

Happy Listening!

 

[Sandy G]

The Economist. Its what Time & Newsweek OUGHTA be....

 

[Mr. Lin]

I sent a thing in a couple months ago to re-subscribe to TAS, finally. Haven't gotten a new issue yet, so hopefully they'll start coming very soon. Can't wait!

 

[JohnVF]

I need to do that as well. I've never subscribed to stereophile but they got my name from somebody stereo related and offered me a really low subscription that I really should take advantage of. Regardless of what anybody thinks about that magazine, there is something to learn in each issue, that's worth the subscription price.

 

[Dee Mento]

I've subscribed to Stereophile for 22 years. I just started a digital subscription to Hi Fi News and I'm really enjoying it, I may even spring for the print edition next time around.

Audio magazines are no different than talking to the folks in hi-fi stores, or other audiophiles, there's always a certain amount of BS to filter.

 

[JohnVF]

I've subscribed to Stereophile for 22 years. I just started a digital subscription to Hi Fi News and I'm really enjoying it, I may even spring for the print edition next time around.

Audio magazines are no different than talking to the folks in hi-fi stores, or other audiophiles, there's always a certain amount of BS to filter.

That really is the trick and that's a good analogy. Even among my very good friends in the business, I have to have my filter on. Its not that they don't believe what they're saying (my friends) but they have their own thing they're chasing which isn't necessarily in agreement with mine. But I'm of the opinion that more information is always better than less information. Even exposure to a bunch of stuff that isn't what you want, can give perspective to what you have or what you want to get. The magazines fill that void for me.

Hi Fi News is my favorite current magazine. I really need to just get a tablet of some sort and get a digital subscription.

 

[Art K.]

I had a digital subscription to Stereophile for 1 1/2 yrs and let it lapse last fall. To be honest I simply do not like reading mags that way. Since I can't get HiFi News any other way and I like itl, I would consider going digital for it. I just renewed my subscription with Stereophile..the print version. Some mags are only available digitally so I read 'em when I can.

 

[Dee Mento]

Art and John, check out the HFN website. There's a free digital issue to look at. A much better format than Stereophile uses. I'm usually not too wild about digital magazines, but the HFN format is one I can live with.

http://www.hifinews.co.uk/extra/

 

[JohnVF]

Art and John, check out the HFN website. There's a free digital issue to look at. A much better format than Stereophile uses. I'm usually not too wild about digital magazines, but the HFN format is one I can live with.

http://www.hifinews.co.uk/extra/

Thanks for the link. Honestly I find it really tough to read like that on a laptop, but I imagine the tablet interface would be more like a book (which is what I want). I want the page to fill the screen and to be able to swipe the page to turn it. Is this like that on a tablet?

 

[Dee Mento]

I don't know, John. No tablet here.

 

[JohnVF]

I don't know, John. No tablet here.

I only ask because my computer is very small (11" MacBook Air) and when the whole page is fit to screen, I simply can't read it. And having to magnify individual sections as I read would just drive me to never read any of it. But I plan on getting an iPad at some point in the near future for work and would love to use it for digital magazines. Specifically Hi Fi News, as its not readily available around me now that Borders is gone.