Tape Op contributor Allen Farmelo sent us this thoughtful piece on why the mag doesn't feature many "negative" reviews. Makes sense to me. I imagine anyone out there wanting us to write reviews ripping apart gear all the time still might come up...
 
This looks to be an interesting event. I'd go if I was in the area that week! -Larry ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS    45th Annual Conference - May 11-14, 2011 Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles  One hundred and thirty...
 
Larry Crane · April 8, 2011
Craig Schumacher, one of the country's best engineer/producers and our intrepid gear reviewer and former head of TapeOpCon has been dealing with head and neck cancer recently. He's doing better after treatment but needs help catching up on bills...