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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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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #50 on: July 04, 2015, 03:26:55 PM »
Darkos reviews always read like an advertisement for Viagra.  "I was on the beach lost without my music before the ak120ii, now everything is different the world's opened up"
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #51 on: July 04, 2015, 04:52:11 PM »
Quote from: songmic on July 04, 2015, 02:59:01 PM
- John Atkinson @ Stereophile

- MuppetFace (Romy)


JA is definitely the most honest guy working at Stereophile. You're generally not going to find outright negativity from him, but you can get an idea of what he thinks is up to snuff and what isn't. When it comes to speakers for example, you can pretty much just skip over whatever the reviewer says, and jump straight to JA's measurements and impressions for the "real story."

I like Muppet, but she has some strange tastes in headphones. She's usually pretty forthcoming though about what she likes for her own reasons vs. what she thinks somebody else should buy. When it comes to vinyl, the girl knows her shit, even if we don't see entirely eye to eye (ahem, Rega).
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #52 on: July 04, 2015, 05:00:11 PM »
Darko is a lot better than Lavorgna and Connaker, if far from perfect. He's usually pretty open to criticism at least, and doesn't just go silent like Chris.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #53 on: July 04, 2015, 05:07:39 PM »
hifiguy528 is only outclassed in his shilling by Jude and his idiot brother nomax.

MacedonianHero is a complete jackass, whom I am entirely convinced is fucking deaf.

Unfortunately I didn't know half the reviewers on the list, so I can't really comment further.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #54 on: July 04, 2015, 05:13:33 PM »
Quote from: songmic on July 04, 2015, 02:59:01 PM

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)

Generally all of the above are good/useful if you are familiar with their respective tastes and/or editorial constraints.

Quote from: DaveBSC on July 04, 2015, 05:00:11 PM
Darko is a lot better than Lavorgna and Connaker, if far from perfect. He's usually pretty open to criticism at least, and doesn't just go silent like Chris.

Lavorgna is definitely on my shit list. Fremer at least has a wide knowledge base to draw from when writing for Analogplanet and Connaker is at least technically savvy. Lavorgna is... bleh
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #55 on: July 04, 2015, 05:18:56 PM »
Connaker is an idiot. He knows enough about computers to sound competent but not enough about electronics in general to make informed decisions about what he's recommending. He's the kind of reviewer who is incredibly dangerous.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #56 on: July 04, 2015, 05:28:33 PM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on July 04, 2015, 05:18:56 PM
Connaker is an idiot. He knows enough about computers to sound competent but not enough about electronics in general to make informed decisions about what he's recommending. He's the kind of reviewer who is incredibly dangerous.

Hey, if you need advice for best audiophile hard drive and processor combo, where else are you gonna go other than CA?
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #57 on: July 04, 2015, 05:41:52 PM »
Quote from: anetode on July 04, 2015, 05:28:33 PM
Hey, if you need advice for best audiophile hard drive and processor combo, where else are you gonna go other than CA?


Every time I read this kind of shit from Connaker I want to punch him in the boy parts.
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #58 on: July 04, 2015, 06:34:57 PM »
ok so its not just me I tried reading his caps guide and some of the claims he makes are just  facepalm
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Re: Reviewing the audiophile reviewers
« Reply #59 on: July 04, 2015, 06:44:51 PM »
Quote from: audiofrk on July 04, 2015, 06:34:57 PM
ok so its not just me I tried reading his caps guide and some of the claims he makes are just  facepalm

I might regret asking this, but got a link to his caps guide?
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