Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph?

@seanheis1 --  just a quick observation -- Consumers Reports has been publishing reviews of all manner of goods since 1936 without the maker's permission.   Yelp is full of public comments -- many very negative -- about products and services that were made without asking the company first. You can find lots of complaints about products and services on the Better Business Bureau's web site. There are many more examples.

So,  what is important about the Tekton review not having Eric's prior approval?  Is he a special case?

@seanheis1 -- "Eric is a special case in that it has become a pubic dispute..."

Umm... if you had bothered to check out how this whole thing started, it was self-induced by Eric. The original ASR review, which was said the speaker was so-so rather than "bad", was in October 2023 and commenting (with no Eric yet) was over with in a few weeks. It sat dormant until February when Eric decided to get on his high horse and accuse ASR of publishing a false review. Then he threatened litigation. HE made it an issue with his accusations and threats.

(BTW, on a similar note, Bose sued Consumers Reports for a bad review in 1970. The case went all the way to the US Supreme Court, Bose lost.)

It would have been far smarter for Eric to wear the ASR review as a badge of honor. No product is going to appeal to every segment of the market and plenty of people -- as illustrated in this and other threads -- don’t care for ASR’s opinion. There are plenty of buyers for the "I’m interested in how it sounds, not how it measures" products. Eric’s own behavior has likely chased away many of those potential buyers.

Plenty of small boutique audio products do just fine in spite of less than glowing ASR reviews. But, they don’t threaten litigation.

@seanheis1 -- I was reacting to your specific comment in the original post that a review was done "without his [Eric's] permission".  I thought it very odd to strongly imply that a product manufacturer's "permission" is needed before anyone is allowed to publicly give their opinion about a product.   Yours was an odd choice of phrase if you meant something else.  Fine by me if that is a "reading comprehension" issue in your mind,

But, this is a public forum so no one should be surprised at the wide variety of comments in response to a topic like this.  Internet forums are not a good choice if one is looking for a safe space.

@seanheis1 -- I think you are confusing "permission" from a company for a review with notifying them, the latter which is perhaps more common with the "influencer" crowd that generates money from views and the traditional audio web sites that often started as magazines.  To my knowledge, ASR has never asked permission or given notice to a manufacturer prior to testing an item, though they have often interacted with a manufacturer after the review has been posted. I don't think any other company has reacted the way Tekton has -- it is Tekton's behavior that has caused the fracas, not the review itself. As noted before, it was a complete non-issue for months after the original review.

That said, I'm content with what's been posted in this thread and those reading are free to draw whatever conclusions they like.

So, we're back to needing permission before making public comment about a product.   Would love to have a list of those other companies that have threatened or instigated litigation over an unwanted audio review.

I think I've said what I have to say.

"without his permission" was your wording, not mine, from the opening post.  You should wear it with pride!