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In Reply to: A not so simple plan... posted by mkuller on March 8, 2007 at 16:55:47:
>Maybe you should start an audio magazine like you describe. The
>question is - would anyone want to read it.Why wouldn't anyone wish to read it?
>Or would anyone want to write for it.
Why wouldn't anyone want to write for it?
>If there is a big market for a publication like that, someone
>would have already done it.Really? Why do you say so? Are you saying that everything that could be attempted has been?
What hubris!
>First of all, no reviewer wants to spend their time reviewing bad
>sounding equipment.What has that got to do with the topic at hand? The poster said nothing about reviewers having to review stuff they didn't like!
>I don't really think audiophiles want to read reviews of bad
>sounding equipment anyway, as much as they protest.Same question as last.
>Every review is critical of the equipment, some more than others,
>since nothing is perfect.Man!, you're really on a tangent in a big way!
>Audio reviews are merely entertaining guides to help you chose
>equipment to audition. Unless you have exactly the same listening
>biases and priorities I do, my review won't help you purchase
>equipment you'll like.OK, that's you viewpoint, you're entitled to it of course but beyond that, so what?
>Most audio equipment reviewers do it part-time as a hobby and get
>paid a couple of hundred dollars for investing many hours over a
>few months to do a thorough review.It almost sounds as though you're describing exactly the situation the poster desired, why then all the talk about loaners, etc. etc. Did you just wish it all away?
>Without the ability to purchase at accomodation prices - like
>everyone else in the industry - few would be willing to do it.Ah, back on topic at last!... how do you know?
Personally I don't find it the least difficult to suppose that there would be any number of individuals willing to review equipment even were there no possibility of purchase at accomodation prices, part-time reviewers in particular.
>The vast majority of reviewers I know go out of their way to be
>thorough, impartial and protect their reputations.Sure that's to be expected, so tell that to the folks here that have been implying the worst about the TAS reviewer.
>The problems occur when people act unethically. That can happen no
>matter what kind of structure or safeguards you put in place.Well of course abuse is possible even with the strictest policy in place but it's also manifestly obvious that strict policy would reduce the possibility of unethical behavior; that of course assumes that the policy would have some teeth, would trigger automatic and unrelenting consequences to address abuse, etc. ... you know *strict* policy!
How about something simple for a start, not even strict, like sending cables back regardless of manufacturer reluctant? Surely such a simple policy would be effective at avoiding the scenario where reviewers end up with boxes of unwanted cables, e.g. cables that could potentially and inadverently go astray.
What do you thing?
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So how about a little substance to go along with your many claims?
Follow Ups:
> > If there is a big market for a publication like that, someone
> > would have already done it.> Really? Why do you say so? Are you saying that everything that could > be attempted has been?
No, but free market capitalism works. If there were a demand, someone would satisfy it.
> > First of all, no reviewer wants to spend their time reviewing bad
> > sounding equipment.> What has that got to do with the topic at hand? The poster said > nothing about reviewers having to review stuff they didn't like!
Perhaps you missed that I was repeating a post that was in response to a little different question down below. Try to keep up.
> Personally I don't find it the least difficult to suppose that there > would be any number of individuals willing to review equipment even > were there no possibility of purchase at accomodation prices, part-> time reviewers in particular.
I don't see any, but have at it. You could be the first.
> What do you thing?>
"Perhaps you missed that I was repeating a post that was in response to a little different question down below. Try to keep up"Excuse me?
You repeated a post you had created in response to "a little different question", and when informed that parts of your [repeated] post made no sense [in it's new context] you chastise the reader to "keep up"!!??
Well I'd say you easily qualify for the Top-10 in Tortured Logic, good job!
Wait, did I miss a memo or something?... Is this Funny Friday ?
LOL
bjh,You have gone beyond the humorous with your nipping at the ankles of Sterophile, TAS, and their respective writers. Why don't you take the advice that many have given and try to lead the way in your type of magazine and shut the f--k up.
BJH may be the world's greatest Hi Fi troll. He does a hell of a job winding people up, and he seems to be able to argue both sides of most issues with equal skill.
you seem to be learning well from your superiors at SF.Let's see how long it take before you can vacillate effortlessly between low brow thug and abused diva ... only then, Grasshopper, will you have truly arrived.
...being a troll? Really?Take a good, hard look at the posts you've made over the last few weeks. I respect you BJH. You clearly know some things, despite the obvious pleasure you take at tweaking people. But in this case the shoe fits.
it appears you've already arrived!ROTFL
If your heros look like zeros don't blame me sweetie.Hear that? oh it's your Moma coming with a bar of soap in her hand... run child, run!
LOL
No, you're wrong as usual. You haven't gotten your fangs into any of the writers I respect.God, you're tiresome.
remember them? at AR, i identified and labeled them as such becuase they were "nipping at the ankles" of anyone that thought there were diffs in the sound of cabling or amps or CDPs.thats what we have here in a different context.
...regards...tr
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