Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!whuxl!whuxj!wjm From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.music,net.music.classical Subject: Audio/Music Magazines Message-ID: <275@whuxj.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 16:56:11 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxj.275 Posted: Tue Jun 12 16:56:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 02:07:53 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc. Lines: 20 ----- News saved at Tue, 12-Jun-84 16:54:39 EDTI am not too happy with the latest trend in audio magazines, specifically "High Fidelity" and "Stereo Review" to move toward very slick, glossy, paper editions of MTV. It started last year when HF decided to cut the size of the magazine, add more video information, cut back on the record reviews (all types of music, but especially classical), and adopt a very hard to read type face. (Not that I have anything against video magazines in themselves, but leave the video in a separate magazine that this videophobe can leave on the newsstand). So I dropped my subscription to HF when it expired this past May. Now I notice that "Stereo Review" is going down the same road. To the editors of said magazines (if you are on Usenet) - Don't forget your traditional audiophile, music-loving audience in your search for new readers. Needless to say, my SR subscription won't be renewed if they continue down this road. To fellow Usenet readers: What do you think??? Comments, please but send flames to a) the editors or b) /dev/null Regards, Bill Mitchell