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If Stereophile had to buy the components they review, you can bet your bottom dollar that old rhetorical warhorse would be put out to pasture in short order.
Well, if I had to buy the components I review, I would probably review far fewer or, perhaps, none.
OTOH, I have tried, for a while, to limit the components I review to those I could buy or would buy if I liked them enough. Although I really enjoyed playing with very large and/or expensive stuff (as defined by my personal criteria), they inspire less enthusiasm than those that challenge me to decide if I would buy them or return them.
Kal