What should be mandatory in every professional published review-

snapsc- fully agreed & of course what ancillary equipment was used & what other equipment was tried w/ the reviewed piece.  Stereophile is good w/ this, Absolute Sound often not. 

Reviewers have opinions just like you or I do. I’m sure nobody agrees with everyone. 

@millercarbon 

How long can it float? What do you mean? In mercury? Seawater? Molten lava? 

Specifications are technical. Where's Amir when you need him?

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The Stereophile comment is a good one. One of the main benefits of being able to post your system here is anyone who wonders what kind of a listener you are can go and see for themselves. If you want to make one thing mandatory for reviewers, this might be it. Let them write and say whatever they want. Long as we can look and see what was what when they formed their impressions. It's the audiophile version of the Rosetta Stone

Would Seem the General consensus is Research yourself, listen to your own hands on hearing. Not all reviewers are bloated blowhards that said who cares it’s you that has to be happy and that’s what matters. IMO we’re all Professionals when it comes to liking what you hear, no course involved with that, Don’t have to train a monkey to eat a banana, why should we pay a b…hard to tell us what they hear. Now if it’s specification technical that has value, but it still boils down to your personal hearing.

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