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In Reply to: Reviews posted by Awe-d-o-file on November 25, 2015 at 17:09:18:
We all have our own standards which is why I have maintained that people should follow reviewers and not review magazines or just reading blanket reviews in general.
WHO is doing the review? This is what matters. Not that a product got a great review in Stereophile or TAS or dagogo or Hi-Fi Choice etc. Every outfit has reviewers who view certain approaches as best or better. The magazine itself will thus give the 8 watt SET a rave and the 1000 watt high negative feedback amp a rave and there is a pretty good chance that each of the two reviewers doesn't much care for the other. The magazine sits back and can rave about both.
Further, reviewers with a lot of experience and perhaps some money behind them who review something over 1-2 months or more - don't want to waste their time reviewing stuff they know they're not going to like. We choose stuff that holds some interest. When I choose to review something - I have to spend a bunch of time listening to it and so I am not going to go out and choose something that will torture me. And of course the stuff that holds interest holds interest because it sounded good. And if it sounds good under usually bad conditions then it's "probably" going to sound as good or better in better conditions (our listening rooms). There is no conspiracy about so many good reviews versus few bad reviews. It's not the same as movie critics or even car critics.
A movie critic would have a lot less bad reviews if he simply avoided what is likely to be obvious dredge. I can pre-screen my time by looking at rottentomatoes before I go to the movie. Or the guys at car magazines that are given the car to review.
But audio reviewing isn't like that. Stuff gets pre-screened by the reviewer.
Where reviews bother me is that some product will be raved about endlessly with seemingly no weaknesses and then and ONLY THEN when the new model is reviewed will the reviewer mention how the new model is an improvement and oh BY THE WAY - the old model was thin etchy bright or lacked dynamics etc.
Choose a reviewer who hears things the way you hear them - and subscribe to them. There is usually at least one at every magazine if you look close.
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