Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews?


The latest cover story In the Absolute Sound triumphs the latest 3rd generation YG loudspeakers & their very best, latest technology. While the accolades commence (& do they ever), they only say, "the aluminum- coned midrange driver are carried over from the series 2" conspicuously omitting to mention nothing whatsoever has been done to it - ever (unlike virtually all their competitors who've had numerous major improvements to their MRs). It’s exactly the same driver that came with the speaker when it was first introduced decades plus ago. Their claims for it have not been verified by any 3rd party ever & no audio company has tried to copy their aluminum drivers ever, either. Entry level Paradigms perhaps, but they have the wisdom to understand aluminum cannot be made to compete with the beryllium they use on their upper end product.

Regarding the revised silk dome tweeter, "you may think your speakers excel in this area but until you’ve heard something like the 3s...you may have never heard true high frequency refinement". So a complete dismissal (with no comparisons of any kind of course) of all Diamond, Beryllium, ribbon, electrostatic etc. tweeters, just like that.

Is it just me or is there (from the Wizard of Oz) a clearly implied, "Ignore that man behind the curtain! !" message, as YG simultaneously has a full page, 4 color ad in the same issue & has been an extremely heavy advertiser for years in the magazine?

I’m reminded of the con man’s credo - You can fool some of the people all the time & all the people some of the time - & that’s enough. I had thought that’s not an especially good, long term business model. Maybe I’m wrong on this last, here.

john1

@moonwatcher "this isn't the forum for it"

So why bring it up? Leave your politics at home. This is an audio forum.

The i beleve the majority of reviews believe are tainted. Either the author is on the take with free or demo/ long term “borrowing “ of the equipment or the person ownes it and needs to feel like they need to justify their purchase. 
i read them but with a grain of salt.

I stopped subscribing to TAS years ago and now only subscribe to Stereophile. Robert Harley at TAS has some good articles, but it turns me off they do no measurements! The problems with these magazines are they for the most part only review products from companies who advertise with them. How can any reviewer say something bad about a product when that company is a customer that funds their magazine. How is it possible to be objective when you are in this situation? On YouTube they even have a video where Steve Guttenberg and Herb Reichert explain why they NEVER give bad reviews! I’m SURE they are not being honest on the reasons. I get my Audio information from Many sources including Audio forums and also attend various shows including AXPONA. Magazines and YouTube reviews are only good for getting general information about a product and still have their uses though.