In Reply to: Cumbersome? posted by Rick W on March 7, 2007 at 08:17:58:
IMNSHO a reviewer should have a single STABLE reference system of high quality. He should also have a reasonably short list of reference quality recordings, across musical genres and preferably ones that are currently available. (Reviewing analog components may present a problem here.) He should then substitute the component being reviewed for the one used as his stable reference and describe in detail what he hears on several of his reference disks, to wit, what differences he hears, if any. That should all be done BEFORE he makes any judgments or recommendations.That way the reader would eventually find comfort with what the standard is for a particular reviewer. That way the reader can assess the new component next to one acknowledged to be of high quality.
That's how it used to be done.
That's how it is done no longer (generally).
That's the pity.
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- Re: Beg to Disagree - Mel 07:12:26 03/08/07 (0)