TiredLegs;525398 Wrote: > Bear in mind that at the high end, near all the gear sounds very good. > So, by necessity, most audio reviewers have to exaggerate differences > between gear. (The better reviewers acknowledge they are doing so.) Very > few reviewers are capable of adequately conveying subtleties of > differences rather than magnifying them. One who is good at the > subtleties is Srajan Ebaen of SixMoons.com. Having owned several pieces > of gear that Srajan has reviewed, I don't always agree with his > opinions, but I do always respect his ability to communicate them.
There actually was a thread similar to this on the TAS (AvGuide.com) forum. I agree with the quote above. What I think high end reviews need to include are comparisons. For instance, say, "this $1200 DAC sounds as good as anything presently on the market under $2500". Or direct comparisons between similar products and how they sound, so we can differentiate what each one is good at (or not good at). -- firedog Tranquil PC fanless WHS server running SqueezeCenter; SB Duet through Empirical Audio Pace Car; TACT 2.2XP with MauiMods; MF X-150 amp, Devore Super 8 Speakers; Mirage MS-12 sub; Dual 506 + Ortofon 20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75908 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
