What should be mandatory in every professional published review-

So - If you are looking for industry pricing and write nice-nice ask to review…Reviewers love equipment more than music - analytics versus emotion

@sts You couldn’t be more wrong. Go ahead and ask any publication to write a review and see how that goes. Then actually go through the whole review process from humping the boxes into your room, unboxing it and setting it up in your system, go through the burn-in process, evaluate the product in the context of several different genres of songs and then compare it to something competitive only to realize many of the things you “thought” you knew were in fact incorrect and then listen all over again. Then get all the product specs, measurements, etc. together and the write all that up together with a comprehensive, insightful, and interesting piece that’d hopefully be useful for someone to read. Then box the thing back up and hump it to UPS or FedEx to have it sent back to the manufacturer. Until you’re willing to do that, don’t make it sound as if it’s like doing nothing to get dealer pricing. Trust me, on a per-hour basis you’re better off working at a diner. And I know plenty of fellow reviewers and to a person it all starts with a love of music, but we happen to also like to find equipment that makes that music more involving and sound its best. You know nothing of what you speak. Go ahead — I dare you to try to write a professional review and see how that works out for you. Until you do that, I’d suggest you keep your completely ignorant and uninformed opinions to yourself. Thanks.

Wow sts… poked that bear didn’t ya Lol. Perhaps one should review burgers and fries then they just get fat probably retaining their sense of humour.

Cheers

First, do you believe any of the reviews done by the magazines? They have been so biased for decades and even getting worse. When was the last time you have seen a negative review? Never! Most reviews end in “the best I have had in my system”. I’m just elevating what other people have said in other posts that I agree with.
As for comparing to a prior release, they use their memory or notes which you can’t or shouldn’t do.
I would like to see a real review when they compare like components and they rate them best, 2nd best, 3rd best, etc.. Exactly what occurs in other hobby magazines.

For example, most car mags have no issues giving a $300k car a 2nd place rating. There is always a better product wether you are using your ears or your hands and legs.