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    Shostakovich fan Feanor's Avatar
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    I never trust a single review, not even from a reviewer with a good record in my own books. I look for corroboration amongst reviews, and not just all "thumbs up" but expressing a similar impression, explicitly or between the lines.

    I do always enjoy a comprehensive technical description of the component, even if I don't always understand all the details. (In this regard I enjoy 6 Moons reviews for example.)

    I do like objective information though I don't rely on it. For one thing, objective reviews are constrained to a certain uniformity of testing that doesn't necessarily reflect set up requirements the equipment, especially speakers.

    So for example when testing some AN speakers John Atkinson didn't set them up in room corners as AN prescribes for best results. So what would the measurements have been if they were set up as specified? We don't know. Atkinson justified his approach on the basis that he test are speakers in a certain way to ensure fair and consistent testing -- that's objectivity, right??
    Last edited by Feanor; 02-23-2010 at 07:39 AM.

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