In Reply to: Attention Rectilinear III owners posted by Chef Henry on September 2, 2014 at 14:36:35:
My understanding was if a product violated his sensitivities and there were quite a few, the unit was simply returned and the review killed. I guess not a bad approach; save the inches for items that meet a certain bar of acceptability. Then, if looking for a unit, it reviewed it was at least looking at. OTOH, the fact that there was no review had to be interpreted as not reviewed or not meeting the bar.
I do not remember the contested review or comment but it would seem odd he made such a statement of fact as to electrostatic speakers. The measured distortion of the III would all but impossible as an e'stat driven correctly will measure in the range of 0.5%, a level of a good amp.
In his very early reviews he seemed less directed at keeping a positive twist on the reviews. As time progressed, if you lay reviews side by side, he was more selective as to where he focused each unit's characters to emphasize the positive and either de-emphasize or not comment on the negatives.
He was okay for an average layperson looking for something better than a low end console or entry level bargain. As you go up the knowledge or experience ladder not so much leaving others to fill that niche.
As for the III, I found them pleasing and something a noncritical listener would likely easily fall in love with as they are just so easy to listen to at various sound levels.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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