FAKE NEWS - NEGATIVE REVIEWS NOT ALLOWED!!

I would much rather the manufacturers themselves came out on YT or Audiogon, disclosed their affiliations and said what’s great about their product.

I would be delighted to hear directly from guys like Michael Borresen, Levinson, etc getting into technical aspects of their stuff, as a sales pitch, explaining how their stuff stands against the competition or not.. IMO, it would have a lot more weight to help increase their market share.

But, no... it’s all a skewed shady presentation with the dealers, promo guys (disguised as reviewers), the forum pied pipers, etc.....tired stuff...Why are these designers and engineers letting the ’know nothing’ promo guys talk about their stuff? (continues to remain the big mystery). It would be better to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth.

If an exhibit room sounds good it is. But if it sounds bad you don't know why. Is it the setup. Is it brand new gear that needs breaking in? I could go on. If you don't know why then negative comments hurt the equipment and you really don't know what equipment. Is it the software. Is it apiece of electronics. Is it the speakers? Did something fail when you heard the system? And the reviewer's bad comments can hurt a manufacturer when the equipment could be very good on a longer, real test. And if the manufacturer of the equipment is on shaky ground he could fail undeservedly. Bad reviews should ONLY come from long term use in a known environment. That's a reason I hate to read Jonathon Valens show reviews especially.

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Good post

I agree with most of what you said @deep_333.

I didn’t watch the video. I won’t give these people the air in the room, or the clicks needed to generate their income.

Attention is the currency of social media. When these outlets collide with the world of audio, you have three simplistic approaches to drawing attention. One is the “look what I just found, it’s just the thing you need to be completely satisfied with your system”…until next week when the next “thing” gets dropped shipped at their door. Most Youtubers get dropped into this category, some going as far as trying to get in on the manufacturing end by dropping a new logo on another manufacturer’s said piece of savior gear (ironically a pirate ship)

Since approach #1 is getting full of “honest reviewers”, approach #2 requires promoters (they aren’t influencing anyone) to be the protagonist, fighting for you against the industry. “I’ll tell you what others won’t, but on my Patreon channel…don’t forget to subscribe!”

We seen approach #3 first hand on this site, where shills receive industry benefit by showing up in forums only to carpet bomb the place with tens of thousands of posts, who in the end, lose all credibility and are subsequently banned.

I’d rather read the press release or hear a manufacturer’s spokesperson tell me the benefits of their product and decide for myself if it’s BS. 

I have read an editors comment saying if he didn't like or wouldn't recommend it, they wouldn't print the review.  [For whatever that is worth].