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Why audio reviews are meaningless, though maybe fun to read
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Posted on May 19, 2004 at 07:21:44 | ||
Hi Everyone, Here are some thoughts on why audio reviews today are meaningless: 1. AS anyone who has spent any time putting together very hifidelity systems knows, tuning a speaker to a room and an amp, and a source to an amp, for example can make HUGE differences. Subjectively, a component may sound great in one setup, and lousy in another. Especially when the reviewer is really trying to split hairs (the bass was dark in one versus rich in another). Some of us place great credence on measurements. Well, most audio equipment that makes it to a review measures pretty well, and in the range in which they all operate, knowing measurements is really not going to tell you: a) how it will sound overall, and b) how it will sound in your system and in your room. A compnent that measures even a thousand times worse (like an amp with 1% distortion) may sound MUCH better than a another (like an amp with 0.001 percent distortion). SO, why read audio publications...becuase they are cheap and fun! But for God's sake don;t buy stuff based on theur recommendations... -akhilesh |
Mind if I ask why you quit reviewing? (nt), posted on May 19, 2004 at 15:41:19 | |
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Re: Thiel and Manley are a great combination which I've been using for years...(nt), posted on May 21, 2004 at 11:59:54 | |
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