Topic: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers (Read 15411 times)

HideousPride · « **Reply #110 on:** July 06, 2015, 05:22:49 PM »

I think Anax is my favorite reviewer in terms of telling me whether something is good or crap. I like a lot of the same gear he does, so from a personal perspective his is probably the most similar to my tastes.

Muppetface, Anakchan, and Lachlan are reviewers that don't always share my taste in music/sonic preferences, but provide their own definitive point of view as to why a product is good or bad. I generally can't suffer through long reviews, but they definitely make it informative and entertaining.

Griffon · « **Reply #111 on:** July 06, 2015, 05:43:05 PM »

Quote from: n3rdling on July 06, 2015, 08:22:17 AM

The Mahler thing is largely a regurgitation of the info/impressions I gave him of high end HPs through tons of PMs over the course of maybe half a year.

N3erdling, this is definitely no small statement. You've gotta to clarify this. Do you mean that comparison has little to non originality, or do you mean it actually includes your thoughts but you chose to remain anonymous/Mahler failed to credit you?

Marvey · « **Reply #112 on:** July 06, 2015, 05:55:03 PM »

I'm sure Mahler used a lot of resources. No different than us bouncing ideas off each other.

Tari · « **Reply #113 on:** July 06, 2015, 05:58:20 PM »

Shameless repost:

Who to trust?

When I first entered the hobby, it was anyone with a higher post count and more expensive gear who would bother answering unsolicited private messages. Especially if they didn't talk down to me like they were delivering wisdom from the mountaintop.

Then it was "reviewers" that had followings - megathreads that reached tens or hundreds of pages. They tended to have splashy features on forum home pages and had numbered rankings. When they switched something to #1, it instantly made the manufacturer of that product thousands of dollars. They were big for a reason, right?

Then it was the counter movement to these cults of personality. Anything the wonderbread mainstream guys like was actually junk. Try the stuff no one's heard, its so much better.

Then it was those who eschewed "I like this better" reviews altogether. They were more obsessed with measurements than Miss America contestants and wanted to see teardown pics before products were even built.

Then it was those with similar interests to mine. Mention an artist I'm into, make an in-joke about the Hitchhiker's Guide, connect with me on a personal level and make me feel reviewer and reader have a connection.

Then it was those who had a combination of the previous elements I had looked for: experience, cachet, a bit of a cult built about themselves but they put themselves down enough to make me think it was all just in fun, who embraced measurements without making a shrine to them, and were fun to talk to.

Then it was just myself that I trusted.

Then I realized I couldn't trust myself.

Thus chastened, I came back onto the forums a humbler man. Who was I not to trust others if I was not worthy of trust myself? Heck, I'd trust anyone with a higher post count and more expensive gear who would bother answering unsolicited private messages...

Anaxilus · « **Reply #114 on:** July 06, 2015, 06:00:24 PM »

I love ljokerl reviews. He has so many data points and does the best, most consistent job of balancing empirical qualities versus what various subjective tastes might prefer. Reminds me I haven't talked to him in ages and need to send a shout out.

I actually stuck up for Mahler's impressions when that came out over there. I thought it was perfectly adequate and beneficial within the context and audience he was trying to address. I think people gave him a lot of flak because they presumed he was offering a definitive universal piece. He wasn't.

Anaxilus · « **Reply #115 on:** July 06, 2015, 06:03:27 PM »

Quote from: Tari on July 06, 2015, 05:58:20 PM

Shameless repost:

That explains the Grados.

frenchbat · « **Reply #116 on:** July 06, 2015, 08:01:14 PM »

With a few exceptions, I tend to trust only the people I've met and got along with IRL, Anakchan, Nathan from Headfonia (though he has a tendency to gloss everything with some lego powder), MKubota, among others. Exceptions are for some guys here with whom I know I share views in one way or another, Anax and Marv, Sorro.

Sorrodje · « **Reply #117 on:** July 06, 2015, 08:09:17 PM »

Quote from: Anaxilus on July 06, 2015, 06:00:24 PM

I love ljokerl reviews.

Oh Yeah. His work deserves a lot of praise.

@Tari : Sooooooo true

.. In fact, I trust more some people or there than myself LOL !

ultrabike · « **Reply #118 on:** July 06, 2015, 09:31:07 PM »

Quote from: Solderdude on July 06, 2015, 09:14:26 AM

What about the famous headphone reviewer ... Dale Thorn ?

He's creppy.

anetode · « **Reply #119 on:** July 06, 2015, 09:37:32 PM »

Quote from: Solderdude on July 06, 2015, 09:14:26 AM

What about the famous headphone reviewer ... Dale Thorn ?

The second shooter on the grassy knoll? I don't trust him, his account is nothing but a front for the military industrial complex

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