Mnyb wrote: > The real comedy is that Stereophile fails to draw the obvius conclusiong > from the measurments vs sigthed testing . The total lack of corelation > says something . > > Simpletons may conclude that "measurments are useless and dont say > anything" ;) > > Think a tiny bit further and you realize that they have proved for years > that thier subjective tests are bunk :D > > Reviewers failing to hear obvius problems or liking the product anyway > for some biased reason .
What I have found is that with respect to all the various high end publications and web sites it's much better to think of the writers and editors not as reviewers but rather as publicists for the advertisers. This holds true if the equipment under "review" does not function properly since the manufacturer (aka advertiser) is always allowed to make repairs or just send a new piece of equipment. By doing so I render all those nagging issues like bias, lack of critical reasoning, disregarding measurements, etc. completely irrelevant since a publicist would exhibit all the same traits. The key thing to remember is who these writers are working for, which is not the readers but the advertisers. As the saying goes if it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, looks like a duck and smells like a duck well it's a duck! 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: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 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=105222 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
