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RE: Why not keep bad personal experiences personal ?

Posted by rick_m (A) on July 13, 2014 at 07:33:33

In Reply to: Why not keep bad personal experiences personal ? posted by beppe61 on July 13, 2014 at 04:49:03:

"Then out of the blue they mention a particular product with extremely negative words without mentioning by the way the conditions of listening.
In some cases i know the product and i am sure it does not deserve the treatment."

To be of value reviews and reports of experiences need to be open and honest. We are not professionals writing papers in reviewed journals, we are hobbyists reporting our experiences for the benefit and interest of other's of our ilk.

Anyone with significant experience with home audio knows that there are few absolutes, that box A in system B may suck but in system C be heavenly. That's "System Synergy" for you. If you think about it that's also the main reason that sites like AA even exist.

I've got many technical notions re why this is so and many decades of experience with it. While I "don't approve", it's the case none the less and denial is bootless. So that means that my experience is a potentially useful data point for you, nothing more. Thanks to AA, Stereophile and all that you can get often get numerous reports of the same item in various systems listened to by various ears, now THAT's valuable data in my book. We are all at least the same species so there's a good chance that if most everyone seems to love an item that you will at least like it. Not a sure thing, but that lowers the risk.

On another cant, even if the gear was perfect and all of us heard the same, we don't live in the same environment. Shoot the gear I love to listen to in living room would be lousy in the study.

Sooo here's what I recommend...

1. Figure out a set of posters and reviewers that have similar reactions to various gear that you do. i.e. similar tastes.

2. Seek out reviews done in a similar environment to the one in which you intend to use the gear.

3. Never buy anything that you can't return.

Have fun! This is a hobby, an avocation, it doesn't really matter what others think, it's really all about your ears, tastes and conditions. Our experiences are just data points.

Rick

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