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Bad Products Generally Don't Make It To Me




The vast majority of products I review comes from my audio circle. If a product is bad (90% are), my audio circle gets rid of it. Said bad product thus does not make it to me.

What are the common reasons why these high-end audio products do not pass muster with my audio circle?

- Heat
- Noise
- Ugliness
- Lousy ergonomics
- Excessive gain
- Excessive speaker sensitivity
- Poor reliability
- Plain bad sound

In all honesty, if I were to review all of the available high-end audio products, and apply my usual standards, 70% would earn poor grades, 20% would garner a shrug, and 10% would earn conditional praise.

Okay, if we throw in cables, that ratio may need to be re-calibrated.

Recently, I have received cables which were made in the 1990s. My audio circle and I have had to re-review and re-evaluate these products. Why? Back in the 90s, we did not have cable burn-in devices, such as the audiodharma Cable Cooker.

Even though some of these cables have been in regular and constant use since the mid-90s, it turns out that they've only been operating at 10% of their true potential. The Cable Cooker is required to unlock that potential.

Okay, since there are dozens of cable models, for every electronic component, that negative:mediocre:positive ratio may change slightly.

But I'll say it again. My audio circle does a good job of weeding out audio products, so that all those bad ones don't make it to me. And if said bad product does not make it to me, it can't garner its deserved negative review :-)

-Lummy The Loch Monster



Edits: 11/25/15 11/25/15

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