Jim Austin is the new editor of Stereophile

[Ishmael Slapowitz]

1 hour ago, Sal1950 said:

Just got in the May issue of Stereophile.

John Atkinson still listed at the top of the mast as Editor?

Austin still only as a contributing editor?

 

He takes over with the July issue is what I understand. 

[Kal Rubinson]

3 hours ago, Sal1950 said:

Just got in the May issue of Stereophile.

John Atkinson still listed at the top of the mast as Editor?

Austin still only as a contributing editor?

Jim took over at the end of March but, given the latency of print publishing, the first issue of his tenure will be the July issue.

[John_Atkinson]

14 hours ago, Kal Rubinson said:

Jim took over at the end of March but, given the latency of print publishing, the first issue of his tenure will be the July issue.

 

That's correct. The June 2019 issue of Stereophile is my last as editor in chief and you will be able to read my farewell on p.3.

 

John Atkinson

Technical Editor, Stereophile

 

[asdf1000]

29 minutes ago, John_Atkinson said:

 

That's correct. The June 2019 issue of Stereophile is my last as editor in chief and you will be able to read my farewell on p.3.

 

John Atkinson

Technical Editor, Stereophile

 

 

Would be really nice if you could be Technical Editor of Innerfidelity also... measurements have sadly stopped since Tyll retired..

 

[crenca]

6 hours ago, Em2016 said:

 

Would be really nice if you could be Technical Editor of Innerfidelity also... measurements have sadly stopped since Tyll retired..

 

 

Measurements are not the only thing that has stopped since Tyll retired...Hi Fi stopped and Audiophiledom stepped in.  Innerfidelity RIP 🙏🥀  

[Sal1950]

On 4/17/2019 at 7:26 AM, John_Atkinson said:

 

That's correct. The June 2019 issue of Stereophile is my last as editor in chief and you will be able to read my farewell on p.3.

 

John Atkinson

Technical Editor, Stereophile

 

Hoping you will continue doing equipment measurement there.

They are the only thing that keeps me subscribing for many a year.

 

[Superdad]

 

3 hours ago, Sal1950 said:

Hoping you will continue doing equipment measurement there.

They are the only thing that keeps me subscribing for many a year.

 

Sure, and you subscribed to Playboy for the articles...  

 

John did say:

 

On 3/1/2019 at 3:18 PM, John_Atkinson said:

I will still be doing all the measurements to accompany Stereophile's reviews but now will have some time to do more in-depth investigation. ....

John Atkinson

(Soon to be Technical) Editor, Stereophile

[Sal1950]

2 hours ago, Superdad said:

Sure, and you subscribed to Playboy for the articles...

Everyone enjoys a bit of fiction now and then

 

On 3/1/2019 at 6:18 PM, John_Atkinson said:

I will still be doing all the measurements to accompany Stereophile's reviews but now will have some time to do more in-depth investigation.

That's good to hear John. keep up the good work. 

[firedog]

17 hours ago, Sal1950 said:

20 hours ago, Superdad said:

Sure, and you subscribed to Playboy for the articles...

Everyone enjoys a bit of fiction now and then

 

Fiction?... Sal are you referring to "stories" in Playboy or the "anatomy" of some of the women? 

[Sal1950]

2 hours ago, firedog said:

Fiction?... Sal are you referring to "stories" in Playboy or the "anatomy" of some of the women? 

Nope FD, now you know the reference was to some of the subjective reviews in Stereophile.

Here's a good example of high fiction,

https://www.stereophile.com/content/uptone-audio-usb-regen

You have to dig all the way down into John Atkinson's measurements to find the reality,

"Using this long cable and my MacBook Pro running on battery power, I tested the Regen with a PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC and a Meridian Prime D/A headphone amplifier, using my Audio Precision SYS2722 analyzer and the same test signals I'd used for the JitterBug review. Sad to report, I found that the Regen made absolutely no difference in the D/A processors' analog output signals."
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/uptone-audio-usb-regen-measurements#DZVzOquGP2LkRw8y.99

[christopher3393]

2 hours ago, Sal1950 said:

Nope FD, now you know the reference was to some of the subjective reviews in Stereophile.

Here's a good example of high fiction,

https://www.stereophile.com/content/uptone-audio-usb-regen

You have to dig all the way down into John Atkinson's measurements to find the reality,

"Using this long cable and my MacBook Pro running on battery power, I tested the Regen with a PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC and a Meridian Prime D/A headphone amplifier, using my Audio Precision SYS2722 analyzer and the same test signals I'd used for the JitterBug review. Sad to report, I found that the Regen made absolutely no difference in the D/A processors' analog output signals."
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/uptone-audio-usb-regen-measurements#DZVzOquGP2LkRw8y.99

 

Hi Sal. Do you consider Kal Rubinson's part of this review to be "high fiction"? If so, can you explain why?

[Sal1950]

39 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

 

Hi Sal. Do you consider Kal Rubinson's part of this review to be "high fiction"? If so, can you explain why?

I consider it quite probably in error.. Whether do to expectation bias or something else I have no idea and don't wish to speculate on what they might be. I'll only comment that Kal said this,

"It was as if the Regen weren't there  (after its inclusion)—until I began listening closely."

So he wasn't listening closely before it's insertion, but later did?  This hints at the improvements often heard when some new piece is added and the listener then starts listening more closely and hears more detail and the other things he's tuning into.

Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/uptone-audio-usb-regen#433U56qVUTosa2GH.99

 

Atkinson's measurements weren't the only ones to find the regen mostly valueless.  There's a 27 page long investigation at ASR if you want to learn more.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/uptone-iso-regen-review-and-measurements.1829/

[Ralf11]

or it could be that really well-designed gear does not need a Regen...

 

 

[crenca]

2 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

or it could be that really well-designed gear does not need a Regen...

 

 

 

Probably this.  Well designed gear, properly implemented, without any "unusual" circumstances (such as living 10 feet from an AM broadcast station) can not benefit from USB decrapifier and similar gear because the digital signal is already reliable to a very significant degree.  

 

But that's High Fidelity, and not Audiophiledom.  In Audiophiledom the radical subjective listening session where anything and everything makes a subtle difference and is "reviewed" is what Stereophile is really about.  

[Albrecht]

On 4/19/2019 at 3:43 PM, crenca said:

 

Probably this.  Well designed gear, properly implemented, without any "unusual" circumstances (such as living 10 feet from an AM broadcast station) can not benefit from USB decrapifier and similar gear because the digital signal is already reliable to a very significant degree.  

 

But that's High Fidelity, and not Audiophiledom.  In Audiophiledom the radical subjective listening session where anything and everything makes a subtle difference and is "reviewed" is what Stereophile is really about.  

"" In Audiophiledom the radical subjective listening session ""

So funny, - sounds like the orange Trumpet. As if that was somehow "a thing."

[Sal1950]

On 4/25/2019 at 12:48 PM, Albrecht said:

"" In Audiophiledom the radical subjective listening session ""

So funny, - sounds like the orange Trumpet. As if that was somehow "a thing."

At Disney World they call it "Fantasy Land".