Best Place for Negative Reviews?

I've found the most useful/honest comments to be random postings in various audio forums (here and elsewhere). Just Google the component in question, and start reading. Unfortunately, ya gotta wade thru some junk and jaded opinions before you get a handle on how good it really is. I'd trust 25 casual opinions, over *ONE* reviewer.

Its interesting how some see product promotion in some reviews when careful reading by folks familar with the reviewer and the products in general can find all kinds of picks and nits which would kill a purchase.

Interesting kind of conundrum - the person who needs the review the least usually can get the most out of them. Those who read reviews thinking that they are reading something more than a subjective, albeit experience based, opinion are setting themselves up for disappointment.

Ditto in spades for casual user comments which can be forthright opinions or in many cases nothing more than puffery by product supporters like salemen, dealers, distributors and their sockpuppets.

It's a swamp out there..................

I find this site and also Audioasylum to be excellent place for reviews from actual owners and not a staff looking not to offend a manufacture that contributes big advertizing bucks to their mag.