[BC] NO HD RADIO FOR CHRISTMAS

[Rich Wood]

------ At 04:01 PM 12/2/2005, Robert Orban wrote: -------

>Stereophile is addicted to the cash flow from four-color full-page 
>ads for snake oil like $1000 cables and hence has no interest in 
>exposing the rampant, ongoing consumer fraud in "high-end" audio. I 
>consider Stereophile the one of the least credible of the consumer 
>audio magazines, although I trust their instrument measurements.

Nobody's perfect. I'm glad we don't have anything like that in radio.

>IMO, David Ranada has the most integrity of any of the current 
>writers in consumer audio; I still remember the S&V article where he 
>set up double-blind codec tests and, after compiling the results, 
>called Microsoft on its lies about Windows Media codec performance.

He also exposed the lack of bass response in early DVD-A players. 
David is very good at what he does.

>Considering that David is listed on the Sound and Vision masthead as 
>"Technical Editor," I doubt if he would deny working for the magazine.

Perhaps embarrassed would have been more appropriate. I can't imagine 
David writing anything like the "HD is better than sex" article I read.

Rich


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