In Reply to: Re: Speaker measurements vs Subjective Reviews... posted by mauimusicman on February 21, 2007 at 03:00:26:
...having been in that position, I can tell you there is absolutely no pressure - implied, unsaid, wink-wink or otherwise - for a reviewer to be less than completely honest because of advertising dollars.That is simply not an issue that ever crosses a reviewer's mind.
Every reviewer would love to be the one who is the first to slam the new product from a big manufacturer because it doesn't sound very good.
Reviewers view themselves as independent contractors (look how many have changed magazines) who have their own credibility to protect foremost.
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Follow Ups
- Fortunately, that's not the way it works... - mkuller 09:46:05 02/21/07 (27)
- That is a Matter of Opinion - Mel 19:24:46 02/21/07 (18)
- You know what they say about assumptions... - mkuller 11:21:08 02/22/07 (12)
- Re: There is Evidence-You Just Have to be Open to it! - Mel 13:02:16 02/22/07 (11)
- You say evidence... - mkuller 13:27:48 02/22/07 (10)
- Re: Try This one. - Mel 13:36:09 02/22/07 (9)
- Re: Hey Mike, This is Evidence. Where'd you go? nt - Mel 05:44:07 02/23/07 (8)
- Don't know the speaker... - mkuller 09:57:32 02/23/07 (7)
- Re: For your convenience here it is: - Mel 11:30:56 02/23/07 (6)
- Ok, I've read... - mkuller 15:11:07 02/23/07 (5)
- Re: My Take on These Speakers v. MF & JA - Mel 17:44:27 02/23/07 (4)
- Woof... - mkuller 10:26:28 02/24/07 (3)
- Re: Hey, I'll Keep Barking - Mel 18:08:52 02/24/07 (2)
- Re: Hey, I'll Keep Barking - Dan Banquer 05:01:12 02/26/07 (0)
- One final comment... - mkuller 21:51:59 02/24/07 (0)
- Re: That is a Matter of Opinion - mauimusicman 02:36:54 02/22/07 (4)
- To bad he didn't listen to them...(nt) - mkuller 11:22:00 02/22/07 (3)
- Re: He Says He Did Listen to Them. - Mel 11:40:45 02/22/07 (2)
- As a reviewer... - mkuller 11:54:23 02/22/07 (1)
- Re: When Fremer Pays Full Price or Promises . . . - Mel 13:24:03 02/22/07 (0)
- Re: Fortunately, that's not the way it works... - mauimusicman 13:43:51 02/21/07 (7)
- Different issues... - mkuller 13:56:02 02/21/07 (6)
- Re: Different issues... - mauimusicman 02:33:59 02/22/07 (5)
- Re: Different issues... - Dan Banquer 04:24:48 02/22/07 (4)
- Re: Different issues... - mauimusicman 13:06:19 02/22/07 (3)
- Re: Different issues... - Dan Banquer 17:15:29 02/22/07 (2)
- Honesty? - mkuller 10:00:22 02/23/07 (1)
- Grasping at straws? - Dan Banquer 11:18:17 02/23/07 (0)