Riaa, I’m like you in terms of gambling with a lot of equipment that I haven’t heard. See, the thing is most people don’t want to do what we do. They rather buy a component once and live with it. I know ricred1 loves Rowland and he’s had Rowland for quite sometime and that’s awesome. We go a different route and want to try everything new can afford and have access to.
I have achieved a magic thing by playing with many amplifiers and my Neolith. I feel like I can talk at length about the best amps for them but this was simply because I love to try stuff out. If I had bought any speaker and just used one single amp, I might have been unhappy because I know there’s always something out there that I might prefer but that’s what keeps me going.
i also feel like it is people like us (those who go through gear and post their comments) who really help a ton of other individuals that can’t buy many things at once. We tend to be the new platform for many because we aren’t getting paid anything. This allows me to share an intimate fact with you all: some magazines (big names) actually want you to buy many pages of advertising so you can be considered for a review. Each page is expensive to say the least (I was told about $10,000 per page) and that is a minimum. So this goes to show you how twisted things are out there that most of us don’t know about. This allows for reviews to be not 100% truthful because the magazine doesn’t want to lose return customers either. A lot of shadiness is going on between magazines and manufacturers.
I firmly believe that pretty soon magazines will be just a history book that nobody wants to open up and read. Nobody wants to read those long, drawn out reviews that talk about the weirdest music, and have an anecdote within the review that nobody gives a crap about. I think the “old” audiophile is beginning to die off and the new generation is starting to shape where this industry heads. Guys, I see it with my own parents who have a hard time using the phone gps or calling an Uber. That’s the reality of what’s happening to the old
generation and audio is no different. I cut cable tv a long time ago. Why? I hate commercials and I don’t want to watch shows when live tv wants me to. I want to watch my own content when it’s good for me and my lifestyle. I don’t have the damn time to read a 3 page review with a bunch of confusing vocabulary. Get to the point, say it’s strengths, weaknesses, gear used, who should buy it, who shouldn’t, and what other amps or components did it beat that you previously reviewed. How hard is that? And mind you, these dudes are getting PAID to do this. Give people
the meat and potatoes.
I have achieved a magic thing by playing with many amplifiers and my Neolith. I feel like I can talk at length about the best amps for them but this was simply because I love to try stuff out. If I had bought any speaker and just used one single amp, I might have been unhappy because I know there’s always something out there that I might prefer but that’s what keeps me going.
i also feel like it is people like us (those who go through gear and post their comments) who really help a ton of other individuals that can’t buy many things at once. We tend to be the new platform for many because we aren’t getting paid anything. This allows me to share an intimate fact with you all: some magazines (big names) actually want you to buy many pages of advertising so you can be considered for a review. Each page is expensive to say the least (I was told about $10,000 per page) and that is a minimum. So this goes to show you how twisted things are out there that most of us don’t know about. This allows for reviews to be not 100% truthful because the magazine doesn’t want to lose return customers either. A lot of shadiness is going on between magazines and manufacturers.
I firmly believe that pretty soon magazines will be just a history book that nobody wants to open up and read. Nobody wants to read those long, drawn out reviews that talk about the weirdest music, and have an anecdote within the review that nobody gives a crap about. I think the “old” audiophile is beginning to die off and the new generation is starting to shape where this industry heads. Guys, I see it with my own parents who have a hard time using the phone gps or calling an Uber. That’s the reality of what’s happening to the old
generation and audio is no different. I cut cable tv a long time ago. Why? I hate commercials and I don’t want to watch shows when live tv wants me to. I want to watch my own content when it’s good for me and my lifestyle. I don’t have the damn time to read a 3 page review with a bunch of confusing vocabulary. Get to the point, say it’s strengths, weaknesses, gear used, who should buy it, who shouldn’t, and what other amps or components did it beat that you previously reviewed. How hard is that? And mind you, these dudes are getting PAID to do this. Give people
the meat and potatoes.