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Interesting news, thanks for sharing.What he will do at Audioquest?
I'm glad. Don't want to seem harsh but I could not stand his 'reviews'. They read like what an older person thinks younger people would be into, which in a sense is perfect for Stereophile based on their target demographic. He tried to create a sense of a 'lifestyle' around the equipment but it always felt overdone and contrived, especially with the 'Natalies' and 'Ms. Littles' with very little substance regarding the item at hand. The articles read with a patronizing undercurrent including the title itself 'The Entry level'. Like talking down to a child: this is a speaker. it was nice. my friends liked it. my friends are nice. we were at a party. people listen to speakers at parties. this is a good speaker to listen to with friends at parties.For all Stereophile's faults they have some very good writers with distinctive voices. Mejias tried too hard to match that and he is just not that good a writer, at least as far audio reviews are concerned.If they were really interested in appealing to budding audiophiles then they should have focused on educating the reader as well. Feeling like you know something about a hobby that most people don't is part of the appeal to any enthusiast. Not telling them hey get this cause it sounds good and this girl you know heard it and was like 'cool!' (what a waste to have these women be token mentions instead of making them a more active part of the audiophile experience - women are a major force economically now. You'd think Stereophile would be a little more forward thinking - wait who am I kidding).
I'm glad. Don't want to seem harsh but I could not stand his 'reviews'. They read like what an older person thinks younger people would be into, which in a sense is perfect for Stereophile based on their target demographic. He tried to create a sense of a 'lifestyle' around the equipment but it always felt overdone and contrived, especially with the 'Natalies' and 'Ms. Littles' with very little substance regarding the item at hand. The articles read with a patronizing undercurrent including the title itself 'The Entry level'. Like talking down to a child: this is a speaker. it was nice. my friends liked it. my friends are nice. we were at a party. people listen to speakers at parties. this is a good speaker to listen to with friends at parties.
How are they to relate, without having someone on the inside saying "Hey! Here's a very good and relatively inexpensive place to start a nice, modern era, hifi system if you're a younger adult and live a modest lifestyle as I do."?
I agree. I just think he wasn't very convincing.I would say Darko at digitalaudioreview.net has similar aims but does a better job of it.
I won't miss him. He is a thin skinned, arrogant English major who had no clue as to whom buttered his bread. I personally didn't care for his attacks on old audiophiles, you know, the ones who actually subscribe and have the money to buy 10K and up stereo systems. His musical tastes never bothered me. Hell I love ST, but don't care much for the music he listens to.Doc
I reserve the right to be inconsistent.Doc
Also agree that I'm not a big fan of Mejias, though as time went by and he matured and gained more experience his articles started to have a bit more substance about the actual sound quality of things he was reviewing. It still pains me to see "skullkandy" and "beats" headphones on the recommended components list based on his reviews. Yeah - "beats" headphones is a very important story in the overall story of audio gear trends, but "solo" model headphones don't deserve a mention on any recommended list.Lately I'm having almost more of a problem with Sam Telling than Mejias & think the guy should maybe be put out to pasture, which is sad because 10+ years ago he & Corey Greenberg were always some of my favorites. But now Telling seems to really be out of touch with developments in this industry and his "good enough" arguments about bluetooth audio make his judgements about sound quality suspect, particularly in a "high end" audio magazine. E.g. his most recent raves over Musical Fidelity gear in his last article seem to show he's either not keeping up or worse yet seem almost like shilling. The $299 Musical Fidelity V90-DAC in the "A+" list with the like of MSB / DCS / Ayre / Auralic? I seriously doubt it.