 Holt occasionally wrote reviews for both "Stereophile" and "Absolute Sound" in the 1990s, and was a frequent visitor to the annual Consumer Electronic Shows throughout the decade.Holt frequently expressed bitterness that the high-end audio business refused to embrace double blind testing, which he was convinced would legitimize the scientific process of evaluating sound quality.Holt resigned from Stereophile in 1999 to pursue freelance writing, but remained an active participant in the Audio Engineering Society and other industry organizations.