ramesh said:

On an unrelated note, I recall an Amir Kessner writing to Grannyphone about the inadequacies of their reviews, and Mr Kessner getting a rather testy reply back from Roger Nichols, a specialist in French music. Nichols made the interesting comment that it was impossible to fulfill the demands in a 300 word review. The Grannyphone reviews are so dwarfish now, it does seem to be the case that the current editor hews to the dictum that the iPod generation, or is it the post 9/11 world, has a 300 word attention span.

I don't know whether he's the same Amir Kessner.
Maybe someone should do a whip around and donate an old SACD player to those impecunious Grannyphone reviewers. Or an Australian stingray in full working order.