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Old 8th Apr 2020, 11:35 pm   #1358
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Default Re: The Audiophoolery Thread.

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Originally Posted by Ted Kendall View Post
A well known author of crime fiction paid the rent before success came knocking by reviewing in one of the more "serious" hi fi magazines (it started around 1980, I think). He has admitted in print that his review findings were as ficticious as his novels.
I have found this article by Ian Rankin and he doesn't say this at all

https://digital.nls.uk/1980s/science-technology/hi-fi/

If people are going to accuse people of "audiophoolery" I think they should give chapter and verse for their assertions.
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