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Re: Consumer Reports audio equipment reviews are for you...(nt)

Posted by TomLarson on March 8, 2007 at 11:42:06:
Say it with sarcasm if you will, but if consumer reports type policies were followed by an audio only mag (like stereophile) the audio world would be a better place. Buy the equipment anonymously, or at least BUY the equipment. Review it without sending preprints to mfgs. Directly compare units and make actual recommendations where not everything was recommended. Call crap crap when you see it. Don't allow reviewers to buy equipment they review at this special accomodation price. What would be so wrong with that?????????? IF you are a reader and NOT a publisher. IF you do not have as your primary interest making money for the mag (and from what it seems) the industry????? The audio products consumer reports reviews are of no interest to hobbiests. But their policies should be. You tell me what's wrong with that kind of neutrality. You tell me what's wrong with that kind of 'no ax to grind'. You tell me what's wrong with trying to avoid conflicts of interest instead of brushing aside every single one of these.