This my first forum thread started, so palms are sweating, but seems a safe non-controversial subject, maybe of interest to the old guys on the forum…so…here goes…
I found maybe one mention of “The Sensible Sound” (T$S) magazine in the forum, probably because it was well before 90% of members’ audio adventure started. It was a little different than other audio publications of that era (and a stark contrast to say “The Assolute Sound”) in that while not being as measurements based, more subjective, but with the same common sense approach and focus on value. Had there been Monoprice or Amazon Basics cables back then, they surely would have been reviewed in T$S and received the highest recommendation. Printed publications were the only source of equipment reviews back in the day, and T$S was my guidepost, never letting me down that I recall. They would recommend some more expensive gear only if it offered more than a less expensive option, just like ASR. You would not see any $1000 cables or $10,000 amps getting a thumbs up. As a budget audiophile, it was a godsend. I still have and use at least some speakers from reviews on T$S, and even a few other types of gear until they became obsolete when deploying a Roon based server about 5 years ago. I had every issue and used them for years after the publication ceased, basically because gear they recommended was so long ago, became riskier to buy used if you could even find it.
Anybody else out there who used T$S as their “bible” for finding gear back in the day? They had a real knack for finding things they punched well above their weight. It as a different game in pre-internet days…
I found maybe one mention of “The Sensible Sound” (T$S) magazine in the forum, probably because it was well before 90% of members’ audio adventure started. It was a little different than other audio publications of that era (and a stark contrast to say “The Assolute Sound”) in that while not being as measurements based, more subjective, but with the same common sense approach and focus on value. Had there been Monoprice or Amazon Basics cables back then, they surely would have been reviewed in T$S and received the highest recommendation. Printed publications were the only source of equipment reviews back in the day, and T$S was my guidepost, never letting me down that I recall. They would recommend some more expensive gear only if it offered more than a less expensive option, just like ASR. You would not see any $1000 cables or $10,000 amps getting a thumbs up. As a budget audiophile, it was a godsend. I still have and use at least some speakers from reviews on T$S, and even a few other types of gear until they became obsolete when deploying a Roon based server about 5 years ago. I had every issue and used them for years after the publication ceased, basically because gear they recommended was so long ago, became riskier to buy used if you could even find it.
Anybody else out there who used T$S as their “bible” for finding gear back in the day? They had a real knack for finding things they punched well above their weight. It as a different game in pre-internet days…
