Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear.


How many reviews have you read were it takes at least 2 paragraphs for the the reviewer to actually give 
hint this article is actually audio related or even gives mention to what he or she’s reviewing. Get to the subject matter. Leave out your less than perfect dramatic writing skills and lets start hearing about the actual review. I’d rather hear about comparisons between audio components than analogies between wine and taste related to transparency and how that gives rise to what they are getting ready say. What does wine have to do with audio transparency, nothing! Also they have a tendency to talk more about recordings that I’m sure 99% of the readers of the article have never heard of, or would ever listen to.
And when you looking for some sign of what they actually think of the components they’re reviewing they never give you a straight answer; it’s always something that leaves, at least for myself, asking, well where’s the answer. 
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Showing 4 responses by geoffkait

I’m pretty sure all audio reviewers and audio e magazines have to have some motivation to review things and write and publish reviews. These guys aren’t independently wealthy, you know. Well, actually some of them are.
Got links? Or maybe quotes. I like to see things first hand. Those statements by 6M dude seem a little preposterous. On the other hand he can run his company any way he wants to. 
I suggest taking what you find by searching the web with a grain of salt, dude.
I helped raise money for Hunter S. Thompson’s bid for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado. But I spent all the money on cheap wine. He was running on the Power to the People ticket. ✊ I’m not hot doggin’ ya.