Stereo Times review on the Tekton Design Encore Monitor

@fsonicsmith 

Teajay likes to float previews of his reviews that will come online.  I enjoy reading them and without a doubt several of his recommendations have been hits. 

After years of reading his posts, I am familiar with and comfortable with his writing style   In the end, there will be differences in styles of reviewers and their breadth of experience.  

You have articulated your points very clearly.  But I can say that after many years of writing I can only wonder at you having the energy or desire to so distinctly make your points understood.  What was actually accomplished?   

@jetter 

What was actually accomplished?   

Not a thing, and for that, I do apologize. I am sincerely not proud of just trashing someone else for little reason other than a flowery review of a product that I would never buy. 

Not all “experts” are created equal. Also, there seems to be 3 reasons against negative professional reviews:
1) P reviewers choose interesting components for their audience, usually meaning newer designs with good reputations - so expect reliability and performance to be sorted out. They do not pick randomly, which would lead to significantly more negative reviews. 
2) P reviewers seem to avoid publishing negative reviews because in our small niche high-end audio market, such a review can have major negative financial effect on the manufacturer. Some consumers may feel like it’s bias not to objectify report the good and the bad. 
3) If a P reviewer reports negatively, future manufactures may avoid using them for fear of a negative review.

As a consumer, I’d like honesty the good and bad to help my purchase decision. But to not perspectively seriously hurt a manufacturer, I think it best not to publish a very detrimental review to give the manufacturer a chance to correct the issues

+1 fan of @teajay - one of the better/best audio reviewers/writers 

fsonicsmith

Reminder to self- don’t assign any importance to what this person writes.