Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby
Hey, if that's how you feel. His credibility comes through his experience. His opinions regarding magazines I take with a grain of salt. He was an integral part of the Toronto scene for years, and is certainly entitled to an opinion.

Perhaps disregard those negatives and look at things like his component list, or general opinions regarding high fidelity.

The problem with the magazine guys is they are generally shy to be too negative against any particular brand. Who knows where next months meal money might come from. not from a company that he has smeared that's for sure.
I take all opinions on audio (other than my own ) with a grain of salt... Even assuming all reviewers are honest (let's just pretend for a second) then we'd still see just as much disagreement about which products are the best value for money, etc...

Arthur has some interesting points on his site, but it's very hard for me to trust the opinion of someone so intent on discrediting other audio mags...

As for the issue of advertisers; I probably don't see it as a major hindrance to writing honest reviews, because of the years I spent as an Auditor... I know the difference between how the public perceives all auditors/accountants as being pawns of the companies they audit and reality... Since audit revenue is very similar to advertising revenue in HiFi mags, I can easily see how you can provide honest service despite the money issue...