Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama

The point is there are reviews with no feet actually posted on Tekton’s website that do not use the feet on the speakers that he knocked for the review.

 This is just another MQA kerfuffle again.

@atmasphere 

WOW - so there can be no negative reviews because the reviewer has a bone to pick. That is a condescending attitude. 

Then why send out equipment to be reviewed at all except to stroke the ego of the manufacturer? 

@atmasphere Your reply is part of the issue. A good reviewer is there to give information to their audience, not stroke the egos of the manufacturers. That was the way IT USED to be. 

I will use a car review as an example. How would you deal with a review like this?

Her Name Is Rio… And She’s Crap | The Truth About Cars

I remember reading this after I had a Rio as a rental - I totally agreed with it.

How can products improve if no one is there to give honest opinions about them?

@rooze Exactly. It seems some want it only their way.

This especially true since prices in the audio world are going up faster than Elon Musk's rockets. 

The point is, I haven’t seen a negative review of ANY audio product in the press in a long time. It is usually glowing words.

Going to ask an honest question, with a experience of mine from another consumer product. I worked for a whiskey producer, who I won’t name, and before I was working there, they would buy bulk whiskey from a bulk manufacturer. They would bottle it and it said on the bottle, it was not made there, but said the recipe was a family recipe. A reviewer found out and pointed out it was no different than others from the large manufacturer. The company and founder sued to get the reviewer to remove the negative review. So, you are saying that the reviewer was not honest?

I understand protecting a company but it is so over the top now. Understand, I think it is this attitude of the audio companies that are turning people off.

Put shoes on of a consumer, first and look at it this from the outside.

I think you are disingenuous at best. Would you want Boeing/Airbus to do what your saying? I could go on. Look at the pickle Boeing is in now...

Just remember, the FTC has sued companies for hiding bad reviews.

Consumer Review Fairness Act: What Businesses Need to Know | Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)

Amir does have an obvious slant, but measurements are important in making buying decisions. Hence, why all the flowery wordsmiths of the main audiophile press, I ignore. I make the decisions with MY EARS, not theirs.

I have watched all the videos, Eric did it right - he was upfront and open about it. Tekton left a bad taste in his mouth, because it was so passive/aggressive.

I have heard Tekton's many times, as I know people who have many pairs of them. None of them have ever impressed me with their sound, but that is me.

@atmasphere  I have issues with you saying negative reviews are because someone has an axe to grind. Maybe, but how does one define that?

I can say too many positive reviews, such as the MQA fiasco in the main audio magazines tell me it is the EXACT OPPOSITE problem. Too many positive reviews and not enough HONEST REVIEWS.

@atmasphere I worked at place that got negative reviews and got sued also and lost. They are still in business. So I say that is not true. If you think this way, you should not be facing any customers, because your ego can’t deal with a bad reaction.

You are putting onus on the reviewer, not yourself. You blame the reviewer, not what is made. I worked in QC/QA for a long time so I know about commercial products.

Just because a review is negative, does not mean it isn't deserved.