Hi Sean,
Would you please clarify your post above. Which company do you believe had been perpetrating fraud, corruption and lies?
Best Regards,
Barry
Stereophile confirms new gear is getting worse....
Barry: The company that you are involved with isn't one of those i was discussing. On top of that, i'm not going to single out ANYBODY with those specific statements as i'm not THAT dumb in terms of legalities. I'll just present a scenario and let you answer it for yourself. What would you call a company whose products don't meet their own published specifications, yet continues to produce, advertise and sell them as is? As far as i know, they would be guilty of both fraud and conspiracy. Obviously, anyone that makes a living by mis-representing their products via "lying to the public" is nothing less than "corrupt"*. Unfortunately, the FTC doesn't get involved in this type of stuff like they should. When reviewers "overlook" these self-flattering yet unsubstantiated claims made by these manufacturers and report on what wonderful products these flawed pieces of junk are, they too are just as corrupt. The fact that they are willing to lie to their readers, sometimes even with evidence that completely contradicts them found in the same "review", makes them just as much of a fraud and part of the conspiracy. I really have to wonder just how much "truth in reporting" actually takes place now-a-days? It's no wonder that people don't like being told the truth. When you try to do that, all you end up doing is "confusing them with the facts". That's probably because they've been spoon-fed so many lies on a regular basis that they can no longer think for themselves or know what the truth looks like any more. Sean > PS... Do yourself a favour and respond to Stehno's comments / questions in the thread that directed you here. * They left out one very important and highly descriptive word when defining "fraud". That word would be "politician" : ) |
Hello? Is anybody there? I have taken the liberty of moving this topic back to the thread in which I was in simply because I know how to do this. threadous _postous_interruptous -IMO |
While I admit that I more admire, concerning this one narrow issue of specsmanship, companies inclined to understate measured performance rather than overstate it, there is gear which I am happy with in my own system from companies that I believe do indulge in a little 'optimism' in this area. Is this 'fraud'? If it is, I can't say I care very much as long as a component nevertheless gives all the sonic enjoyment I could ask of it. I feel it is fairly routine, for instance, for electronic gear tested in Stereophile to show S/N figures that are worse than claimed, or I/O impedance figures bearing only a passing resemblance to spec. On the other hand, amp power figures into various loads and at differing distortion levels often seem to be as frequently understated as overstated, and *both* directions of disparity could be, perhaps ironically, attributed as much to marketing considerations as anything else. When it comes to speakers and frequency response, tolerances criticized above must be taken into account with the knowledge that the way in which test results are obtained has a major impact on reported figures, and that JA's test regimen is quite limited in certain crucial respects that could cause it to diverge significantly from methods which a speaker manufacturer might deem most representative for modeling real-world performance. Anyway, I still say none of this actually establishes that new gear is 'getting worse', or is in general more at odds with its claimed specs than was older gear. |