What is the Silliest Accessory You Have Ever Seen.

@gmercer,


'The reviewers have become a big part of the problem!'

Yes, we're certainly seeing a lot of this impartial pushing from reviewers. 

Nauseating sycophantic creeps like Darko have totally renounced any interest in further debate.

They're on the back foot having been exposed as keyboard shills and hence all of this 'let the listener decide' rhetoric that had previously slipped their jaundiced minds.

A small suggestion?

How about a little balance, and a little more honesty?

Let Kelvin from Stereo X review illustrate a good way of keeping it real. Praise and criticism, criticism and praise.

https://youtube.com/channel/UC7kMqpL7_dqLvOnNK6rkJNA

@gmerser, There are people who will try to sell you a dead horse.

Kelvin is certainly enthusiastic.

The only honest reviewer is one that has nothing to gain from the review.

Honesty?

Get a lantern and start looking. 

Most people are honest in my world experience....

No need of a lantern.....

Most reviewers are like average audio consumers, they are mot dishonest, they dont know better way to improve than a costly upgrade... No review advocate rightfull controls installation over upgrade....Ignorance with blinders is not dishonesty....

@gmercer - your observations about the "audiophile" Ethernet switch highlights my issue with "audiophile" tweaks in general.... the high'ish prices often seem more aligned with the hype than the actual benefit resulting from products that most non-audiophiles would view as rather ordinary.

I recently stumbled on the Audio Science Review website where they measure and review a variety of audio gear.  In the case of two "audiophile" Ethernet switches they reviewed, they did not find any measured or discernable sonic differences between those two "audiophile" switches and the Netgear smart Gigabit switch they had on hand.  One of the "audiophile" switches became so hot the author "started to smell what resembled like overheating electronics" and measured a case temperature of over 100 degrees F!