harmonic;254200 Wrote: > Manufactors and review magazins like stereophil always work together > dont ever beleive that the reviewers are purly none biased , its the > old if you scratch my back i scratch yours thing. > > Some independet internet sites review things with a open mind and > somthims its not very pretty. > Herer in demark the sb3 was reviewed in a independted hifi site , the > said it wassent better then a similar priced dvd player. > Not that i beleive them but the point is dont beleive in what you read > use , your ears . > > Have many bad reviews have sterophil ever done ? > Or the stereotimes reviewers that strangly always end up with > having the component the review in there system. > > On of the most expensiv learnings in this crazed hoppy was that never > ever buy somthing based apone the review. > > Somtime back i sold on of my Lyngdorf amps to a person that explained > to me that he ones read the stereotimes review of the the same amp, > and decided back then that based apone he fell in love with the > review he would someday try owening one. > Its was clear that he was buying the dream and review not the amp > becaue he had never heard it nor was interresting very much in have it > sounded. > > > > The reviews have huge impact on the marked, what would happen if > sterophil had said the transporte is a horrible analytical unbareble > sounding, neon sign ameerican piece of worthless junk ? > Slim would have sold 80 % less or worse closed down. > Not that its what the think, but the alwasy try finding what the > product have going for it and yes slim product measure very good by > some standard i personaly couldent care less about. > But many people will actually enjoy there system more and be more > entusiastik about it if the can justifi it with somthing like it had > amazing measurments in stereophil. > > The all sounds the same its all in your mind skeptics considder this a > shortsigted victory. > > Thats also proberly why it pisses people of in a slim forum where most > people allready are mass hypnoticed byt the Bit perfect, great review > in stereophil curse when it > got a bad review or somone says it sounds to analytical. > > When i started out i did the exact same thing i analysed the marked and > placed my money where the reviews sounded best. > What i ended up with was 4 shunyata anaconda cables, costing 2k each, a > shunyata hyndra 8 costing 2500, usd 2 lyngdorf 2200 amps one with > roomperfect a lyngsord cd.1, pair w210 corner subs gamut l3 > speakers and 10.000 worth of cables. > What i ended up with was a horrible analytical bright sound i > couldent stand listing to. > Ironicly what started this hoppy for was hearing sonus faber > speakers with a linn amp and linn source, stupendiously i dident buy > that , i bougt what had a review i loved most. > > Since then i dont ever pay atension to reviews enymore, i buy the > hifi that lights up my hart, and makes my feet tap.
So you are criticizing a magazine that provides OBJECTIVE measurements because you where foolish enough to rely on SUBJECTIVE reviews and bought into some snake oil? (no pun intended :) -- riffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41469 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
