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Who shouldn't be trusted?

Steve Guttenberg @ CNET
- 94 (11.6%)
Mike Mercer
- 91 (11.2%)
Mike Fremer @ Stereophile
- 32 (3.9%)
Headphonia.com
- 66 (8.1%)
What Hi-Fi?
- 58 (7.2%)
24bit / Michael Piskor @ Headfonics.com
- 38 (4.7%)
John Grandberg / Project86 @ Head-Fi.com
- 28 (3.5%)
hifiguy528 @ Head-Fi.com
- 64 (7.9%)
Macedonian Hero @ Head -Fi.com
- 48 (5.9%)
Srajan Ebaen @ SixMoons.com
- 72 (8.9%)
Skylab @ Head-Fi.com
- 31 (3.8%)
Chris Connaker @ ComputerAudiophile.com
- 30 (3.7%)
Jude Mansilla @Head-Fi.com
- 116 (14.3%)
Michael Lavorgna (late add - redo vote if you want to add)
- 24 (3%)
TAS / Robert Harley (late add - redo vote if you want to add)
- 19 (2.3%)

Total Members Voted: 162

Voting closes: March 28, 2018, 05:02:01 PM


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elwappo99

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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #40 on: July 04, 2015, 12:40:29 AM »
Quote from: madaboutaudio on July 03, 2015, 11:23:52 PM
Video that cracks me up every time I watch it: 

Best review of a headphone ever:



Hands down my favorite headphone video ever. His face and expression just matched perfectly with that treble heat.

If you watch it enough, you can see him squirm in anticipation of the treble peaks coming up.

.......Yes I've watched it that many times.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #41 on: July 04, 2015, 01:46:10 AM »
24bit was recently called out in the comments on his review of the Flare R2A and R2Pro for trying to flip the review samples.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #42 on: July 04, 2015, 02:35:30 AM »
Quote from: spoony on July 04, 2015, 12:34:13 AM
Most DAC chips are pretty cheap, you know?... It's not just about the DAC.

Relatively cheap yes, not that cheap. Most top spec sigma delta chips run around $10.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #43 on: July 04, 2015, 03:38:29 AM »
Anybody here understands what Srajan is trying to say?  ;D
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #44 on: July 04, 2015, 03:56:46 AM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on July 04, 2015, 02:35:30 AM
Relatively cheap yes, not that cheap. Most top spec sigma delta chips run around $10.

IMO what we're paying for the most is the person(s)' knowledge of properly implementing the chip. And this goes also for the rest of audio gear.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #45 on: July 04, 2015, 04:00:34 AM »
I donno headfonia wasn't that bad when Mike was around, they just cater to a certain audience back then though, they owned it.  Just when you read their reviews look out negative sentences and if its followed up by a paragraph of great things you know they have a glaring problem.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #46 on: July 04, 2015, 07:26:58 AM »
For me, Mike Mercer's reviews are what really bug me the most of all the reviewers out there. Sure, he's enthusiastic about stuff, but you can only take him so seriously, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WRITES IN ALL CAPS ALL THE

TIME!!!!!!,

AND GRAMMERZ!

I don't like the photos he takes either. They're like ISO 9000 photos most of the time and they're always really grainy and have poor contrast. I think my Motorola RAZR flip phone from 2005 took as good of photos.



Jude's reviews seem pretty much like paid advertisements too, but at least he seems much more approachable. He seems like a really cool guy too and I'd like to meet him in-person one of these days like at CanJam@RMAF. Also, he takes some really nice product photos.



hifiguy528....I used to enjoy his YouTube videos early on, but then he was getting things for free left and right and I stopped taking him seriously.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #47 on: July 04, 2015, 12:07:43 PM »
Quote from: kothganesh on July 04, 2015, 03:38:29 AM
Anybody here understands what Srajan is trying to say?  ;D

I don't think even Srajan himself can make that claim. I've read better reviews google-translating Japanese articles.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #48 on: July 04, 2015, 02:59:01 PM »
My two picks are Gutternberg and Mercer. Their threshold for what should be considered high-end audio is as abysmally low as it can get. I'm ashamed to admit that some of my early purchases were influenced by these guys, but after learning the lesson the hard way, here I am.

What can you tell me about these guys/gals? How reliable are their reviews?

- John Atkinson @ Stereophile
- Tyll Hertsen @ Innerfidelity
- Spritzer (Birgir) @ Mjolnir Audio
- MuppetFace (Romy)
- Warren P. Chi
- Anakchan (Sean)
- Currawong (Amos)

On a side note, I'm curious about what Anaxilus's real name is (all I know is that people call him Mike).
I believe purrin/purr1n/merv's was Marv Chen.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #49 on: July 04, 2015, 03:11:46 PM »
Quote from: songmic on July 04, 2015, 02:59:01 PM
My two picks are Gutternberg and Mercer. Their threshold for what should be considered high-end audio is as abysmally low as it can get. I'm ashamed to admit that some of my early purchases were influenced by these guys, but after learning the lesson the hard way, here I am.

What can you tell me about these guys/gals? How reliable are their reviews?

- John Atkinson @ Stereophile
- Tyll Hertsen @ Innerfidelity
- Spritzer (Birgir) @ Mjolnir Audio
- MuppetFace (Romy)
- Warren P. Chi
- Anakchan (Sean)
- Currawong (Amos)

On a side note, I'm curious about what Anaxilus's real name is (all I know is that people call him Mike).
I believe purrin/purr1n/merv's was Marv Chen.

Personally, I have a lot of time for Muppetface's opinions and advice and her writing is a treasure. She knows what she likes and she writes about music quite a bit which is a good sign.
Tyll from what I've read is a rarity with a gentlemanly respect for both manufacturers alike. Marv calls a spade a spade and that's why I'm here and although he's probably now bound by various factors i'm sure his honesty will not diminish. Others I really cannot comment as i've not paid too mugh attention to.

Btw, any opinin on John Darko? (DAR Digital audio review) seems quite a good read but i'm not familiar with a lot of the gear he reviews.
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