December issue feedback thread

[Deleted member 2457]

My copy of WhatApple, Tele and Soundbar arrived this morning.

Page 32 exclusive subscriber-only offers and discounts. When will we ever get one??? or even a subscriber-only competition to win a Burmeister.

Spot the difference competition between, say, the Cyrus all-in-one hi-fi and a Lexmark all-in-one printer. Month two could be an Epson projector versus the front grill of a BMW. month three a Nad 7050 amplifier v a 1970s projector. Prize would be a day out at specsavers.

More serious suggestions. a reliability survey of products and customer service. Or lack there of.

A ''those were the days'' article featuring classic hi-fi from yesteryear. Quad's radiators, Naim Olive series, Linn Sondek, Nakamishi cassteet deck etc.

Factory visits.For example. A day at the KEF factory showing the processes for making speakers. Same for amps, turntables etc.

Supertest for high end MP3 players. Will the Astell & Kern win? Probably.

Best recorders, Edirol R09-HR v Zoom H2 etc. the bootleggers best friends.

Subscriber only discounts is great suggestion! HCC have just done a lot of discounts in their latest mag for subscription including good gifts. They are offering 3 for a pound and then every 3 months after £10, so that is £33 for a year subscription - good going!

More for subscribers and discounts on the mag are definitely are a good step. :cheers:

 

[professorhat]

In that case, no. No shops in my village AFAIA have the December copy.

In the shops from Tuesday.

December issue is indeed the new one, with subscribers now/any day. On sale Tuesday 19th November.

 

[plastic penguin]

In that case, no. No shops in my village AFAIA have the December copy.

In the shops from Tuesday.

December issue is indeed the new one, with subscribers now/any day. On sale Tuesday 19th November.

Cheers prof - that explains a lot. Assumed because Joe had asked for feedback it was already there.

 

[chebby]

In that case, no. No shops in my village AFAIA have the December copy.

 

[The_Lhc]

I'd like MORE in the Temptations section, it's usually the most interesting part of the magazine,

Usually... I have to say I was disappointed in this month's Temptations, the first review was ok (although I've forgotten what it was) but I thought the inclusion of the ARCAM AVR-750 at £4000 and the NAIM SuperNait 2 at less than 3 grand were mis-placed, those are items I'd expect to see in the standard review sections of the magazine, I personally wouldn't consider either of them hi-end enough to feature in the Tempations section, not least because at least two people on here have already been asking about the ARCAM, so clearly £4k isn't that far out of reach of many people. I could actually buy both of these myself if I put them on a credit card. I wouldn't but I could.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Not sure Lhc what your point is? Whilst already declaring a lack of interest in 'temptations' it remains personal opinion at what level high end or exotic is set. I would imagine 95%+ of regulars (forum or magasine) would consider a full hifi system costing in excess of £10k to be quite exotic. A full AV cinema maybe £20k. That is not to say some will be interested in expensive kit nor to say some could not afford it.

 

[The_Lhc]

My point, which I though was pretty obvious, is that the two items I mentioned aren't expensive enough to go in the Temptations section. The previous ARCAM top-level AV amp wasn't shown in Temptations, it just got a standard review, I wouldn't have thought the original SuperNait was a Temptations piece either.

The ARCAM, for example, is a grand less than two of the AV Amps featured in recent mags (including the Awards IIRC). They're mainstream items, albeit the upper end, therefore not Temptations fodder.

 

[BenLaw]

Why do you keep capitalising 'Arcam'?

 

[The_Lhc]

Why do you keep capitalising 'Arcam'?

FUCTIFINO!

 

[The_Lhc]

I think historically ARCam would be more correct?

Anyway, I'm just copying their logo, same as I do for Sonos...

 

[chebby]

Why do you keep capitalising 'Arcam'?

Because they do?

 

[John Duncan]

I wonder if It's pronounced AYE ARE SEE AYE EMM...

 

[The_Lhc]

Why do you keep capitalising 'Arcam'?

Because they do?

Only in their logo though, on their website it's "Arcam" everywhere.

 

[The_Lhc]

I wonder if It's pronounced AYE ARE SEE AYE EMM...

Let it go now Jud.

 

[BenLaw]

Why do you keep capitalising 'Arcam'?

Because they do?

They capitalise it for their logo but, if you go on their homepage, not when they write it in a sentence.

 

[chebby]

I think historically ARCam would be more correct?

Anyway, I'm just copying their logo, same as I do for Sonos...

From John Dawson...

"I founded Amplification & Recording (A & R, then A & R Cambridge) in a college room in Trinity in 1972. Chris Evans and I designed the A60 amplifier in 1976 and A & R became a limited Company in early 1977. The brand name ARCAM was coined around 1980 to avoid confusion with AR (Acoustic Research) of Cambridge, USA - it also helped avoid some confusion with Cambridge Audio which was still going under various different owners after CCL and CE Hammond."

He used the capitalised form of ARCAM.

I think either form is valid.

 

[spiny norman]

I wonder if It's pronounced AYE ARE SEE AYE EMM...

Eneff Double-You

 

[plastic penguin]

Well just come back from the the local shops and haven't received December's edition....