I would like to see the discussion of the listening results in the review divided into two parts: 1. A purely descriptive discussion of what the reviewer heard on various pieces of music, and 2. A subjective rating system, used by all reviewers, at the end to express how satisfied the reviewer was by the performance of the piece of equipment in their system.
I would also like to see a tighter relationship (dialogue) between the measurements and what the reviewer heard. There is often nothing like this, except for a sentence at the very end by JA.
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Topic - Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - Frihed89 03:23:08 02/26/12 (56)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - Alan Sircom 18:50:56 03/13/12 (1)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - navman 08:10:15 03/14/12 (0)
- Nope, it's what an individual reviewer thinks sounds good -t - Sordidman 12:38:50 03/06/12 (4)
- exactly ... which is an answer to an illusion ... - TBone 13:09:49 03/06/12 (3)
- yep, - it's a problem, - IMO - Sordidman 10:20:50 03/07/12 (2)
- Ironic... - jamesgarvin 23:16:09 03/09/12 (1)
- but not a contradiction - Sordidman 09:35:04 03/13/12 (0)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - byegolly 04:58:46 03/04/12 (0)
- if only stereophile could stop.... - mbnx01 15:15:45 03/01/12 (12)
- RE: if only stereophile could stop.... - John Atkinson 12:59:22 03/02/12 (6)
- Yes, it does. - Plinko 15:08:30 03/02/12 (5)
- Not fair. - Kal Rubinson 08:57:45 03/03/12 (3)
- Just curious - mt10425 12:10:29 03/03/12 (2)
- On which side? (NT) - Kal Rubinson 15:25:52 03/03/12 (1)
- Really Kal? - mt10425 15:36:27 03/03/12 (0)
- RE: Yes, it does. - John Atkinson 05:28:06 03/03/12 (0)
- Any comparison is useful... - mkuller 11:17:37 03/02/12 (0)
- Why? - Enophile 09:11:04 03/02/12 (0)
- Most - not all - reviewers us their own system as a reference - Frihed89 06:11:57 03/02/12 (0)
- disagree - Pjay 16:46:21 03/01/12 (0)
- Agreed... - tketcham 15:25:34 03/01/12 (0)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - Bill the K 07:48:11 02/28/12 (2)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - BubbaMike 18:56:31 02/28/12 (0)
- You bring up a good point... - mkuller 16:06:15 02/28/12 (0)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - Just Listening 16:50:01 02/27/12 (7)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - josh358 20:05:10 02/28/12 (6)
- Musical Emotion - Tony Lauck 11:12:04 02/29/12 (5)
- RE: Musical Emotion - josh358 15:09:15 02/29/12 (3)
- RE: Musical Emotion - Tony Lauck 15:33:40 02/29/12 (2)
- RE: Musical Emotion - josh358 15:55:36 02/29/12 (1)
- RE: Musical Emotion - Jive Turkey 10:26:45 03/01/12 (0)
- And that is realy what we are all looking for... - mkuller 11:54:44 02/29/12 (0)
- Maybe the care and feeding of audiophilia nervosa. nt - cjfrbw 13:10:46 02/27/12 (0)
- "A subjective ratings system..." so we can objectify the subjective? - Enophile 09:30:33 02/27/12 (4)
- Agree! 91=Nirvana; 89=Kiss of Death - John Marks 17:59:29 03/03/12 (2)
- I can see it now: Orders of magnitude better than the Sansuchi, the Ahamay rates a 95.1 to the Sansuchi's 95. - Enophile 12:39:23 03/05/12 (0)
- A rating of 90 seems perilous. - Tony Lauck 21:04:07 03/03/12 (0)
- RE: "A subjective ratings system..." so we can objectify the subjective? - RGA 03:06:24 02/28/12 (0)
- I can just imagine a Consumers Report of audio! - Norm 05:57:10 02/27/12 (5)
- I'd rather not - Frihed89 09:31:23 02/27/12 (3)
- RE: I'd rather not - josh358 19:57:09 02/28/12 (2)
- The problem isn't that the conclusions are different - Frihed89 22:31:06 02/28/12 (1)
- RE: The problem isn't that the conclusions are different - josh358 08:23:51 02/29/12 (0)
- RE: I can just imagine a Consumers Report of audio! - rick_m 09:17:18 02/27/12 (0)
- RE: Isn't the real question how magazines could make their reviews more helpful to potential buyers? - b.l.zeebub 12:03:16 02/26/12 (0)
- Something like that has been tried... - mkuller 11:48:47 02/26/12 (0)
- Something like... - tketcham 05:45:00 02/26/12 (9)
- RE: Something like... - josh358 20:13:08 02/28/12 (0)
- Actually, I was thinking about something like - Frihed89 09:40:26 02/26/12 (2)
- Have you seen the rating system... - mkuller 10:15:18 02/27/12 (0)
- RE: Actually, I was thinking about something like - RGA 18:29:06 02/26/12 (0)
- I have a spider graph for that. - Pjay 06:40:17 02/26/12 (4)
- I like the concept but... - tketcham 09:19:49 02/26/12 (3)
- agree. . . . - Pjay 10:42:28 02/26/12 (2)
- Or this one which only plot what the ears hear . . . - Pjay 10:51:12 02/26/12 (1)
- That does seem useful - Metralla 16:52:11 02/26/12 (0)