In Reply to: Re: I disagree, ... posted by rich121 on April 17, 2007 at 13:17:22:
Right...huge conflict of interest ...and even that's an understatement. Somebody is making pretty good money publishing mags that publish reviews...maybe it's just prime media that makes I profit, I don't know. But that the mags "can't afford" to buy equipment, especially the big one(s), is a sham. Cut the editor's salary... And if the reviewer is writing for a tiny mag or a ezine thing then it is so obvious to me that the only way they can get equipment to review is to write basically rave reviews. And so what good are the reviews (except to the reviewer, the company and the guilable)? Ive seen people here claim that reviews are supposed to be "entertainment". Insofar as that is their sole purpose, they shouldn't be called reviews. Compare the reviews of (non-audiophile) cds with the reviews of equipment. Few punches pulled in the cd reviews....
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- Re: I disagree, ... - TomLarson 20:25:03 04/17/07 (6)
- Re: I disagree, ... - rich121 20:54:46 04/17/07 (0)
- If that's the case... - mkuller 20:39:43 04/17/07 (4)
- Re: If that's the case... - TomLarson 12:34:30 04/18/07 (2)
- Nothing I can say will change the mind of a cynic,,,(nt) - mkuller 12:39:20 04/18/07 (1)
- Or, I suppose, of someone who thinks for himself... nt - TomLarson 15:26:56 04/18/07 (1)
- thats the point. - jdouglas51 10:02:41 04/18/07 (0)