Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review

As a follow-up, here’s another crap review by the same reviewer that I only read out of morbid curiosity as I never bother reading TAS “reviews” (aka product ads) anymore, but at least this is a little more like a review than just a pure product ad (although it’s pretty damn close to one). But still and yet again, in the end I have very little idea of what the speaker actually sounds like, which is about the worst thing that can be said about a review. It is so generic it reads like it could’ve been written without even listening to the speakers at all, and all he does throughout the review is extoll the speaker’s apparent virtues in a bubble and reveals no limitations or qualifications whatsoever so apparently they’re perfect!?!  On top of that he never compares them to anything else or even bothers to disclose what speakers or any other equipment is in his reference system!!! It’s ridiculous and about as rigorous and thorough as your typical crappy youtube video review, but sadly this type of unsubstantiated and basically useless garbage is par for the course at TAS so this dude fits their mold to a “T.”

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/goldenear-t66/

@tvad Its not about perspective, it’s about a review containing basic critical elements that make it truly informative, thorough, and ultimately more useful.  Pretty much any review will be more effective if it includes a discussion of a product’s limitations or potential shortcomings (all products have them), comparisons to another product, and the equipment in the reviewer’s system used during the review.  This is basic stuff any rigorous review should include and none of which this review does.  I can attach another review but don’t feel it’s necessary as the problems here are just in this review’s multiple deficiencies and omissions that make it basically useless — it’s just a guy waxing poetic about the wonderful sound of a product in a bubble.  It’s a lazy, useless piece of drivel that can be cranked out in a matter of a couple hours because it requires none of the discipline, time, or effort to assess and include these other critical elements in the review.  The benefits to TAS of these “reviews” is they can produce more reviews more quickly while avoiding any accountability or scrutiny because there’s no check and balance on a review’s opinions and assertions.  The ability to generate ad dollars is tangible while the tangible benefits to the reader are minimal.