Yeah, I saw that disclaimer and made a note of it in my last blog post... Phrases like "true believer" should be reserved for -religion-, not engineered technology "created" by guys who went through technical training based on principles of applied physics.
Disturbingly, it is in the domain of "faith" and "testimony" (as per my 'post a few months back' (http://archimago.blogspot.com/2014/12/musings-passion-audiophilia-faith-and.html)) that reviewers like these operate within. One other thought. Realize that it would usually be false advertising for a company to advertise directly that their product "sounds better" when there is no proof. For example, Chord's claims of superior sound from their ethernet cable and the UK Advertising Standards Association. However, if the "audiophile press" becomes the mouth piece to make such claims, I guess this distances the companies from direct claims of false advertising, right? In this way, reviews such as these end up being no different than the late night -*"infomercial"*-. As others have observed, there seems to be a paucity of negative reviews (and may I also add, a bizarre love of Synergistic gear from this reviewer in particular). Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103355 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
