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Obsession or...

...jealousy?

I have no clue about people in the audio review publications and whether they own or borrow equipment.

I never met Valin or chatted with him.

Back when I was reviewing, TAS had a bunch of equipment some manufacturers had loaned the magazines for reviewers to use and pass around.

For example, I borrowed a CJ second label solid state amp for about a year to compliment my tubed amps, which I owned, to use in speaker reviews.

I read AutoWeek magazine and they have a number of vehicles in a long-term test fleet for use of the staff. When they turn them back in after a a year, they publish cost per mile, long term gas mileage, maintenence costs, resale value, etc.

No Lamboroghinis, but they just turned in a BMW 550 XDrive.

So it happens in other industries, as well.

Get over it.


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