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In Reply to: Clement Perry of Stereo Times is abusing influence posted by Yoav on March 8, 2007 at 23:26:53:
I know Clement Perry well. He is very nice and warm-hearted guy, honest, responsive and considerate. I know he gets excited over new products easily, but that sometimes might be a good thing. In any case we all want to see variety and different angles when it comes to a product review so I think Clement is doing a great job.Have you ever seen negative comments for certain product on Stereotimes? I have not! Clement is, just like most reviewers, trying to be "politically correct" and not write about products he does not like. This brings another question; Since YG speakers were shown so many times at CES and other audio shows, how come we have not seen anything about "The World's most accurate speaker" in the Stereotimes show reports? Clement is very excited about new and impressive sounding gear just like a little boy is being impressed by a new toy.
Did Clement contact you, or you contacted him? Have you seen how many very respectable big companies are advertising with Clement? Do you truly believe Clement is dying to have your advertising money? Not that I think so!
One of Clement’s reviewers wrote review for my modded Philips SACD1000 digital player in 2004. Then Clement invited me to the 2004 Stereotimes award ceremony in NJ where I received award for most wanted digital player. I’ve never advertised with Clement nor was I ever asked to do so.
The way I see it, you're just trying to defend your self here in case of negative comments being made by Stereotimes in the upcoming show coverage. And this is by revealing personal and confidential information?
If your speakers are indeed that great, Clement will NEVER say the opposite. If they are not that great, Clement will NEVER give you a bad publicity. Problem is, at this point, Clement will be honest in both cases, and if he does not like your speakers he will report it. So let’s hope this is not the case.
One comment: the use of the Vifa dual-concentric tweeter instead of the Scan-Speak dual-concentric Revelator tweeter was a step in the right direction, IMO, so I am sure your speakers sound better than before.
Regards,
Alex
Follow Ups:
Dear Alex,Even though I do not agree with most of what you said, I do appreciate the honesty of your reply. All I wanted by publishing the original post was to expose something which is IMO terrible for the industry which I so love and admire.
Please note that my quotes of Clement Perry's e-mails were word-for-word accurate, as Clement Perry has himself admitted when he called me angrily following the post. Therefore, with all due respect to your knowledge of the man, I must stand by them. I can also say in reply to your questions that I was the one who originally contacted Mr. Perry, and indeed I was impressed by him as a nice person. This is why I was so shocked and surprised to receive the threats. However, after receiving several private e-mails from other manufacturers, I understand that I may not be the only one to be disappointed by inappropriate behavior on behalf of this individual.
As for your allegation that I am trying to defend myself in case of negative comments - you couldn't be more wrong: As you well-know, there are numerous audio publications out there. For every trade-show that we exhibit in, we get coverage from anywhere between 5 and 20 magazines worldwide. While I am proud to say that most are positive, there are always some negative ones (you can't please everyone). From my experience, both have roughly the same effect - they remind people that our products are available for them to audition. I have never sold a product based on positive coverage, just as I have never lost a deal based on negative coverage.
As for the tweeter - maybe you have us confused with another brand that once used Scan-Speak, as we have always used our own in-house-modified version of the Vifa ring-radiator.
Yoav,It really looks like you did not get my point.
Trying to defend yourself and your product by revealing private communication with the editor of respected online audio review magazine does not show much class, IMO. Attack is not always the best defense!
What we have seen so far is your “side of the medal” only, so no one here is in a position to judge the situation unless we all hear Clement's perspective as well.
I just spoke with Clement. He indicated that he has some VERY interesting information which he will post here later on. I hope this will shed some light on this issue.
Hi Alex,I understand your point, and you are right that usually communication should not be aired out in a public forum.
However, I am sure that you can also understand that unlike Clement Perry who has his own magazine, I have no such platform to expose situations of power abuse. I felt therefore that this forum is the right platform - it is the place where Clement and I have equal opportunity to tell our respective sides of the story.
By the way, I have invited Clement Perry to reply on this forum when he called me on Friday. He refused, however based on what you are saying he may have changed his mind since.
Lastly, I have also received a phone call from Clement Perry today (please see my separate post), in which he accused me of not conveying information accurately. All I can say is that I have tried to convey everything with precision, but if he thinks otherwise, he is welcome to post whatever he thinks on this forum, and the audience will decide whatever they wish.
You had an issue, you made it crystal clear, no cheap innuendo or elbow pointing... straight to the point, Kudos!
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