FAKE NEWS - NEGATIVE REVIEWS NOT ALLOWED!!

There’s a flip side to any coin. How good is his customer base, the average audiophile’s room? Pretty horrid, I would say. It is usually some living room with glass everywhere, etc, all kinds of suboptimal conditions.

Exactly right!

I had no idea myself many years ago BEFORE i used a dedicated room to do as hobby 2 years acoustics experiments non stopped ( i am retired).

After the results and the way i learned to play with a system /room, i never trusted anymore any users reviews about S. Q. Save statistical analyse about a gear pieces qualities and reported defects.

I discovered Jay years ago here and i was flabbergasted by his reviews of very costly gear in an empty room with no acoustics ...He discovered acoustics power recently.😊

Anyway the room acoustics must be coupled to a specific system and speakers...

Another fact most people completely underestimated...

As the necessary ears measures and HTRF measures if you aspire to high fi with any stereo system ...All stereo system by design are an impediment for spatial acoustics qualities (Choueiri)

Read acoustics articles it is way more interesting than reviews...I advise this to all...

I am not a reviewer and i already used some very well known reviewed product, i bought it and never spoke about it again by name , it was pure trash... Especially in an audio forum where there is many users...😊 I bought it because some reviewers dont censure themselves or have no idea about audio i dont know ...My friend was with me listening and he refuse to bought it ...😋

I have read an editors comment saying if he didn’t like or wouldn’t recommend it, they wouldn’t print the review. [For whatever that is worth].

then nevermind what a reviewer said read between lines and read about what he never dare to speak about ...

If i censure myself here about a product reviewers do the same ...ASR reviewers measured then they dont need to censure their opinions. I trust them only for low cost products. I reasd many users to confirm their measures revelations though ,. Measures are not enough ...  For high end you need more than specs verification ...

Positive review or negative reviews are unequal as for their meanings for me...

A piece of gear can be evaluated for his design quality but to be evaluated in some system context with a qualitative and a measured synergy level ( they are not the same for me) is another thing and an evaluation in some acoustical environment is also a third things completely ...

Measured confirmed specs of a piece of gear are not always enough to discard or promote a piece of gear in my opinion . It is only an element ..

I will not even indicate but cannot put it under the rug the importance of the reviewer not only his audio gear history but his acoustics experience and his own musical interests and biases .

A negative review may appear less ambiguous in meanings than a positive one but it is not the case generally ... Does the negative review refer to the design quality only of the gear piece or result from a bad synergy with other pieces of gear or a system ? Or does the negative review result more of some specific acoustic environment not optimal at all for it? Or from the reviewer biases ?

It is why giving negative reviews ask for more work , or more caution, or more parameters inspections before speaking ... And the consequences may be hard for an industry...

Reviewers know that...

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It is why i prefer statistical users  and reviewers  analysis... I bought my pieces of gear without ever listening to them before ... When i did my job of analysis i winned.

Save in a case where it was no synergy then i return the amplifier... 😁