A Closer Look At Fremer's SHAMEFUL Brinkmann Nyquist DAC "Review"

[Richard Dale]

On 9/24/2018 at 2:23 AM, Brinkman Ship said:

Here is another earthly miracle..convincing moronic readers a horribly measuring $18,000 piece of junk would look good in the hifi rack, because along with it;s noisy tubes, you get distorted MQA...?

I currently read Stereophile reviews online, and I also used to buy the magazine every month when I lived near newsagents that stocked it. Stereophile readers are not 'morons', and Stereophile reviewers such as Michael Fremer and John Atkinson are experienced and reliable IMHO.

 

You just sound like a loony. I don't think this kind of hysterical posting reflects very well on this website either. I find especially annoying the tendency of certain posters to refer to HiFi reviewers by their surname only, like 'Fremer', as though they are some kind of criminal. You don't have to buy Stereophile and you don't have to buy MQA recordings or kit either. I've no personal interest in MQA as it happens, but journalists should be allowed to post their honest views without these personal attacks.

 

 

[Richard Dale]

2 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

Richard have you met Stereophile writers and John Atkinson face to face I have?  And the burden of proof is on you to show these are honest opinions about MQA. Everything they write resembles product placement which is generally compensated some way.

I've never met John Atkinson face to face, but I was reading what he wrote in HiFi News a long time ago even before he joined Stereophile.  As far as I'm concerned John Atkinson and Michael Fremer will write about what they hear, without any influence from 'product placement' because they don't know any other way, and they both have no need for any sort of financial kick-back from the MQA backers either.

 

I don't personally care about DSC, SACD or MQA and all the other failed audiophile formats. MQA in particular seems to be an answer to a problem I don't have.

 

I posted a reply to a post on this thread because it described readers of Stereophile reviews as 'morons'. Funnily enough I took exception to that.

[Richard Dale]

3 minutes ago, KingRex said:

Read this.

 

https://www.audionirvana.org/forum/the-audio-vault/general-audio/97134-stereophile-recommended-components-list

A bit of tooing and froing on an audio forum - so what?

[Richard Dale]

Just now, Rt66indierock said:

 

I consider audiophiles normally distributed so half are on the wrong side of the bell curve, another third are on the upper half of mediocre leaving one in six worth listening to. The Stereophile readers I meet at shows are not an impressive group. And it would be unfair to expect the knowledge and experience of "The Fraternity" in the vast majority of Stereophile or The Absolute Sound readers but if you stopped fawning over the writers you might learn more. 

 

Audio journalists

An insult with pictures - thank you!