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In Reply to: RE: Arthur Salvatore posted by morricab on September 18, 2017 at 02:08:38:
In my opinion, Arthur Salvatore is one of those guys who would talk out of both sides of this mouth at the same time.
While he would make valid criticisms of the audio press, at the very same time he disguised his quid-pro-quo relationship with Israel Blume of Coincident Technologies.
When Israel purchased the then super hot Ayre C-5xe (all-format disc player that didn't need a monitor to navigate DVD-Audio and had the best sound quality at anything up to twice its price of $5950) on accommodation for a friend, Ayre found out about it and demanded he return it, as he violated a written contract by selling to a friend.
Blume was apparently so offended at being caught breaking a contract, he responded by having Salvatore write a damning review, claiming it was the worst sounding player out of a lot of a dozen or more he tested, and that it was so bad he couldn't believe anybody liked it. In the meantime it was in such high demand that used ones were fetching 88% of the new price ($5250) - if you could even find one.
It was one of those reviews that causes the reviewer to lose credibility - big time. It's one thing to say that one prefers another player, but to claim the C-5xe "had no redeeming qualities" was such a ludicrous thing that he lost a lot of readers with that one single "review".
Israel Blume and Arthur Salvatore are two guys I have zero respect for. YMMV.
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- RE: Arthur Salvatore - Charles Hansen 09:08:44 09/18/17 (0)
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