Correct those people with deep products hardly rely on forums/reviews (hopefully) - but AN isn't priced "just" at those prices and review publications would not be there reviewing $20k+ gear if no one was reading them. So I suspect there is still influence both pro and con.






As an aside so as to not start a new thread - I recently said how much I liked the ATC 150 and what do you know someone comes out with an AN E review comparing his own reference ATC 40. What he says would be about the same as what I would say comparing the ATC 150 AN Affair of the Heart – Audio Note AN-e/LX | Hifi Pig