marflao wrote: > Yep...will second this. > > Although I must admit that I like some writers I cannot recall that any > of them had torn down a reviewed device in pieces. Hmmm....and the > answer should be clear because he might review another one from the same > company in the future and will get paid again. Or because the company > has ads on his web page ;-) > > And you´re second point is one which amazes me every time again. > Don´t get it if people buy powercords for 12500 (see > http://www.audiophile-musik.de/equipment.php). > But hey....at least you have a cord with a cable jacket made in Japan, > hand weaved and silky. THAT makes the real difference :-) > > Cheers
In the case of the audiophile reviewer it may not matter whether or not the manufacturer of the equipment under review is an advertiser but it does matter for the reviewer to be firmly in the role of unquestioning enabler and to present a willingness to not probe too deeply into whether or not the product under actually does sound different. I would venture a guess that should one want to publish a magazine or web site that conducts double blind tests along with extensive measurements of audio equipment then one would have to buy just about every piece of equipment under review since very few, if any, high end audio manufacturers are going to "loan" your publication any of their equipment. So if I win a multimillion dollar lottery then maybe I can "loan" Archimago lots fancy equipment to test, which he can then "buy" at a greatly reduced price. A similar thing happens all the time with technology reviews - no one dares badmouth Apple products for fear of getting thrown off the gravy train and then not getting the latest iPhone/iPad for review. Remember when Windows 8 was first released and ALL the big tech review sites were calling it the greatest thing since sliced bread only to have to eat their worthless words once the buying public voted with their pocket books and declared Windows 8 to be pretty much a complete disaster. I'm afraid that in the 21st century truth has become a thing of the far distant past. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101386
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