Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston

Tmsorosk, "At least stereophile told it the way it was"

you are so funny making such a statement but then again I read a few of your other threads and you seem to rely on reviews and not your own ears which tells me allot, because you seem to rely on reviews so much have you read all the other glowing reviews out there in relation to these specific amps?

Did you hear that set-up personally?

I have the latest Bryston 28 Squared in my own set-up and I know of many others who are enjoying so what are you sugesting?

In the end as many have written above reviews are entertainment and that's it right or wrong but they do have a large influience on specific individuals and I believe you fall into the specific category.

P.S. I prefer the new Salon's by far over the originals, would I own either now? NO

a review is dependent upon the rest of the chain. thus, a reviewer can affect the outcome by selecting the rest of the components to create a favorable or unfavorable result.

there is nothing wrong with saying that given a reviewer's reference compoents, he/she heard such and such./ with other components a different outcome would ensue.

Mr T, your comments are right on, however, I find it unfortunate when I read where a reviewer pans or praises something based on hearing it through a system that is in some way suboptimal for the piece being reviewed. In Stereophile, at least you get measurements that JA tries to correlate with the reviewer's impressions.

Yes , guilty , I do rely on reveiws as a starting point . AT my age you can only tote home so many two three hundred pound pairs of speakers . When you read many reveiws about a product and they mostly comply , from reviewers you have read for many years , you can narrow down the field . And to be honest , I can't recall being lead down the wrong path doing things this way . Besides I'm quite satisfied with the speakers we have in are main residence , they won't me going anywhere soon . I heard Jenny Lewis's Acid Tongue is avalible on LP . Happy listing .