DCS Sending Legal Notice To Reviewer (Golden Sound) Over an Old Review of Their Bartok DAC


I saw this You Tube video which was posted by Headphones.com which at the beginning talked about the site taking the side of Golden Sound (GS) & then GS himself going through the details of what happened (his side of the story).

https://youtu.be/R7NxRFT6FiI

While I am not taking any sides until DCS comes out with their story publicly. While we all are aware that many times companies force reviewers to remove the criticism of their products by employing different ways. But what should be the way forward about the reviews for reviewers and companies?

Can we as the end consumers and as a community come-up with the framework around reviews?

 

Regards,

Audio_phool

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What would you do, dilute the First Amendment? There is already a process in place for dealing with things like this.

First amendment is applicable only if both manufacturer and the reviewer are in US. So for a lot of cases it is not going to be applicable e.g. what if the reviewer was in Hong Kong in that case do you think first amendment is going to be even applicable?

That is why a framework is needed which then could be agreed and imposed upon both manufacturers and reviewers, just like your various standards e.g ISO.

Regards,
Audio_phool

So-called professional reviewers is just an unnecessary leeching layer to the industry. They all naturally driven by free buck and indeed have no credibility.

But these manufacturers are also happy to feed such reviewers who in turn provide glorious reviews which definitely provide provide them the required attention & sales. It's a manufacturer and reviewer nexus if you may call it, so just blaming one is not the solution for sure.

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Audio_phool

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First amendment is applicable only if both manufacturer and the reviewer are in US.

That is completely mistaken. If you live in the U.S. and publish in the U.S, you are protected by the First Amendment.

... what if the reviewer was in Hong Kong ...

Hong Kong is a whole different kettle of fish. Good luck to you though if you want to work towards passing any special protections in HK.

 

@cleeds I think you missed what I was getting at, you are going to have manufacturers and reviewers all over the world, so just talking about the first amendment is irrelevant. That's why we need some sort of standards which would be adhered to by both manufacturers and reviewers which are specific to Audio Industry

 

Regards,
Audio_phool

@laoman + 1 - I wrote to dCS, told them that I buy expensive gear (a lot of MSB stuff, for example), and told them what I think of companies that sue reviewers over reviews they don't like, especially when the company says he got facts wrong and never explained to him what those facts were so he could correct them.

I thanked them for helping me by giving me one less company to have to choose from for future purchases.