Would you donate a dollar to have these Members Review a Product?

@bryhifi good , Merchant was beat into me by the old man with his Bozaks... fortunately for me, they started me out on trombone ( cause the kid down the street washed out  and rental was easy.,, ugh )
how about You pick the tune ? I do like tower of power

jbhiller OP
If someone like Ericsquires, for example, has been listening and tweaking for 30-40 years I’d be curious to hear what he has to say after living with a component for a month. Then it would be cool to contrast his view with several others who also had an opportunity to live with the same product for a month.

>>>>That should ensure the reviewer’s hearing has gone all to hell above what, about 10 kHz? That’s just great! 🤗

" Sound has nothing to do with music" - Groucho Marx speaking of Beethoven



:)

Some manufacturers (namely over at Audio Circle) pre-launch gear with a "Tour" of specific equipment, which consists of a pre-tour sign-up list, and a commitment by each person on the tour stop to:

• pay shipping to the next person on the tour, and 
• to post a short review or comments of their impressions of the gear.  

I participated in the Tortuga tube buffer tour about 1-2 years ago and things were civilized and well-run. 
As a twist on the OP's idea, maybe the folks here could talk a few manufacturers into offering a "tour" of certain equipment, either popular pieces or maybe new-to-the-market equipment where the word is not out yet.  The manufacturer gets free publicity from this group and the benefit that only people interested in the specific equipment on tour would sign up, which means the reviewer's ancillary system equipment and their personal sonic preferences should be aligned with the gear being reviewed.  One way to start would be for Audiogon to organize tours of gear by manufacturers who advertise on this site.

technick

There are reviewers who I trust, and then those who are in it for the wrong reasons, and obviously getting big kickbacks from companies for a good review. We’d be fooling ourselves to think otherwise.

That’s an extraordinary claim. Do you have any actual proof?

I’d agree that there are quite a few unreliable - even inept - reviewers. After all, there are no prerequisites for the job. But the allegation of "big kickbacks" is a bit far-fetched.