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In Reply to: A few facts to consider (long) posted by Charles Hansen on June 20, 2012 at 00:55:46:
Charles
Umm is this the same Greenberg who was taking $15,000 a pop to talk up products from Sony, HP, and Apple?
I like this post and it was interesting timing since I was looking at Zu Audio's policy which they put right on their website linked below.
The difficulty being a reviewer is that I personally have spent more money being a reviewer than I've gained. I do it because it's fun and I get exposed to better gear (or at least gear I would not likely have had at home). I purchased a preamp for example that i likely would not have purchased but I wanted something where I could review power amps and my OTO integrated doesn't have preaouts. Sure it was a nice preamp but if it were just for me I personally would have put the money to something else.
I purchased my main stereo before becoming a reviewer and I bought it all while going to University - I forwent owning a car to buy the stereo. So IMO there isn't an excuse for a reviewer not to buy his reference system (even if it is a "lesser" reference than some big pricey device.
I am now in Hong Kong and I've purchased a new budget system - at dealers. I paid $10 under retail for the CD player - so umm no discount. Speakers maybe $100 less but then most people could probably negotiate that and the amp is hard to say since Asia is a negotiating country and I paid what the guy typed into the calculator. Yeah I'm not very good at this. It was on par to other EL34 based amps on the market.
Worse I don't get paid to review either.
It doesn't matter what walk of life - people either have integrity or they don't. And you have to prove it in actions not words.
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- RE: A few facts to consider (long) - RGA 05:44:53 06/20/12 (0)
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