The Buyer's Guide is always a trip. From inititation to data collection to compilation, its always interesting to see who will respond and submit. If you pay close attention to the different Buyer's Guide's through the years, they all tell a story of each company and where they sit in the industry.

Did you get the print or digitial edition?

This is a freebie!

Well technically, there is no monetary cost to submitting to the Stereophile Buyer's Guide. I have a giant spreadsheet rolodex of all the different audio manufacturers with distribution in the US (and some not, though these are NOT included in the guide -- US distribution is a must as we are US publication). I contact all of these people (AT LEAST 3 TIMES)

Submitting to the Buyer's Guide does have the cost of time, especially for new submissions. But thats about the only cost.

Also some companies just do not want to be listed, as they do not want to list their prices. Some companies feel that listing their products with only specs does a disservice to their product.

For an example of a handful of companies that were not included in the guide and why, check out this recent post on our facebook wall:

http://www.facebook.com/stereophilemag

The post is started by Aldevio Leao posted today (11/29) at approx 8am EST.

Also, if anyone purchased the digital edition, I'd be very interested in hearing about your experiences browsing with it.

Thanks!