Reviewing of hifi curiosity
I often wondered:
1. When hifi magazines review their products do they review them with certain equipment?? have they a benchmark player etc
and
2 Why dont hifi magazines print what they paired the cd player/amp etc with whilst testing for the review.
Just a thought of curiosity
I personally find reviews pointless as there are so many partners to pair them with that the review team would not have time to find the perfect synergy.
We certainly spend a lot longer than that....
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Rich, to say the review pointless is a bit harsh....afterall without hifi mags we wouldn't know how good music system can be. Different room with the same gears can sound so much different, everything can effect the sound, could be your ear's wax or your mood at the time. Even if Clare listed all the reference stuffs that she test the review sample with it still doesn't mean 5 stars products or super duper test winners could be the right one for you.....just use the reviews as a guideline for your short list and trust your ears. PS I am shock to find out that WHF only give Saxon CDP just 1 star!!!!!!!
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Im sure that they do have a benchmark setup and also certain setups for different price ranges, this is just speculation so a real answer would be from one of the very knowledgeable WHF team. But im sure that they dont just take each amp have a 30 sec look/listen and then award it however many stars.