[Cliff]

They are both good reads BUT technically they are sometimes weak and misleading. Of course the reviews are written by journo's who spout on about all sorts of nonsense - HDMI cables that enhance image clarity and dynamics, mains leads with better timing, etc etc.

I prefer HCC because they do get their Tech labs to check things. But even then the result can be puzzling.

For instance in the Nov HCC receiver Megatest they looked at Denon Onkyo Sony, Panasonic and Yamaha midprice receivers. Nearly all gave good results with a fidelity firewall of 0.06% distortion

The Panasonic results were the exception -they were dreadful. It was rated at 130w but in fact could only manage a measly 40w at 0.5% distortion. (It was the only class D design which is not the best for HiFi anyway )

Guess what- it won!!!!