Quote Originally Posted by Ajani View Post
I think a good question is how many persons who actually buy Stereophile were offended by the comment... John Atkinson has said for several years that the average Stereophile reader has around $15,000 invested in his system.

BTW, I raised the issue on the Stereophile forums. You can see JA's response here (the 8th post):

On stands, not on Zinio | Stereophile.com
So if your system isn't in the $15k range you're not of much interest to Stereophile -- no real surprise.

For my part, I never disagreed that $4 isn't expensive in absolute terms, but I reserve the right (1) consider it expensive in personal terms, and (2) at the same time, participate in the audiophile hobby.