In the March 2023 issue of The Absolute Sound Robert Harley, Editor-in-Chief, defends broadly and unashamedly the arrangement of long-term loans of high-end components by manufacturers to reviewers.
1) Robert writes that "[l]ong-term equipment loans are essential to writing the most accurate...
“. . . the best loudspeakers I’ve heard in my home — or anyplace else, for that matter.”
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mbl-101-x-treme-omnidirectional-loudspeaker/
Congratulations to Jürgen Reis and Jeremy Bryan!
My disenchantment with the reviews by professional reviewers in The Absolute Sound has increased over time. I am tired of reviews which are full of hyperbole and which lack introspection; reviews in which a new breakthrough is discovered each month; and reviews which conclude virtually every...