I’ll put my point more positively:
Sometimes we benefit from reviewers who translate their experience into tools, techniques, and vocabulary which can help someone who also plans to learn and then listen and experiment for themselves.
We are in agreement about that, I assume.
Well said i agree with your common sense yes...
But my point in this thread as a motive, is that all reviewers, of high end gear or low cost one, minimize or put acoustics knowledge under the rug...
They must sell first, then they must inform about a piece of gear.....They are not there to spoke about acoustics...
When they review gear they do it in the same room they own not in a dedicated room for a specific system...( ASR for example even review speakers borrowing often only one not a pair and they reduce acoustics to some digital measures, and Jay put all speakers in the same acoustic not so well controlled environment)
Then my point is : all reviewers do not help us to inform ourselves about our own basic ignorance...
Anyway most reviewers associated acoustics knowledge in audio to panels, end of story...
As an exemple: if i ask Jay or cheapaudioman
"how did i improve imaging and soundstage in my system with this dac, pre-amp,amp speakers?"
The probability they recommend me a new and better piece of gear is very high?
They probably ignore how to create a good ratio between ASW and LEV, if they even know what these acronyms means ?
Thats my point...
It is not that we are scammed by sellers in audio, we are all scammed by our own ignorance...
Scapegoating someone because he sell low cost Chinese products or because he sell very high end costly product will not change truth and reality...
