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In Reply to: The only thing I would make reviewers 'blind' to is - PRICE of the gear they are reviewing! posted by Eldragon@gmx.com on June 12, 2012 at 08:23:54:
With a few exceptions, reviewers at Stereophile and TAS essentially write as a hobby. The few hundred bucks they get paid for an article doesn't begin to compensate for the time invested in auditioning and writing. The real reward is getting to play with lots of gear. They review what interests them, subject to approval by the editor. Sometimes the editor suggests a component, sometimes the writer suggests it. Given that reality, how exactly do you propose that the writers be ignorant of the price of components when those writers frequently propose the subjects of their own reviews? Secondly, even if you could get the writers to agree to review whatever component the editor sends them without being told its price, any experienced audiophile can make a pretty good guess at the price of a component. If I see a folded metal chassis and plastic knobs I can be reasonably confident that I'm not looking at an MBL - level price tag. If the mystery component says "Audio Research" on the front panel then its not likely to have a 3 digit price tag. No one is going to look at a new Rega turntable and think "this must cost $25,000."
Please explain how you expect your idea can be implemented.
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Follow Ups
- Exactly how would you make this work? - Rob Doorack 12:18:43 06/13/12 (10)
- RE: Exactly how would you make this work? - the old school 06:48:25 06/14/12 (4)
- Can you cite some examples? - Rob Doorack 12:34:50 06/14/12 (1)
- RE: Can you cite some examples? - the old school 06:17:55 06/15/12 (0)
- "with help from my wife" Does she sneak stuff into the house, set up and conduct the blind test? LOL nt - bjh 11:19:08 06/14/12 (0)
- "BTW, many times, less expensive equipment wins these [double] blind tests." That settles it. :^) -nt - soulfood 07:10:46 06/14/12 (0)
- RE: don't know, but would be interesting to see if the price tag plays - Eldragon@gmx.com 19:07:42 06/13/12 (2)
- RE: don't know, but would be interesting to see if the price tag plays - bjh 10:19:25 06/14/12 (1)
- RE: and now you are just - speechless - Eldragon@gmx.com 21:08:44 06/14/12 (0)
- RE: Exactly how would you make this work? - lord addleford 12:28:56 06/13/12 (1)
- And those who work in the industry - E-Stat 15:21:12 06/13/12 (0)
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