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  Reviewing the Reviewers
Check out www.high-endaudio and follow go to the "Audio Critique" page, and then to "Reviewing the Reviewers" page.

This site is run by a man named Arthur Salvatore. He has written much about all aspects of audio on his site...his recommended components, his recommended recordings, his store, etc. He writes like a lawyer, but it seems like he actually has integrity...he must not be a lawyer. :-) Seriously...anyone interested in a point by point analysis of modern audio reviews should check out this site. He's analyzed many reviews and developed his own list of "rules" that most reviews tend to follow (and he's dead-on)...usually because the writer doesn't want to say anything negative about any particular sponsor's (or buddy's) product.

He received an angry letter from Michael Fremer. The letter and his analysis are included on the site. It makes for a long read, but it can be fascinating. Besides...it's information than every audio joe (or jane) should be aware of when they read any review...especially when they're planning on pruchasing a product highlighted by a particular review.

If you want to see textbook examples of his "rules" put into practice, just check out any Soundstage review written by Marc Mickelson.

Enjoy...
Phild  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-08-01
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02-08-01   Thanks for turning me on to this site! the author struck a ...   Trelja

02-08-01   Bravo, trelga, bravo!   Helga

02-09-01   Trelja, if you think mikey is on his own "high horse&qu ...   Sean

02-09-01   I like mike.   John_l

02-09-01   Thanks phild! the high-endaudio.com site is a breath of fres ...   Jcbtubes

02-09-01   I have spent a lot of time reading through arthur's site. j ...   Trelja

02-09-01   Most of the site is his opinion, but his equipment reviews a ...   Phild

02-09-01   Trelja, have you ever had the chance to "rummage throug ...   Sean

02-10-01   Sean, i do not have any old iars. i have read from them in ...   Trelja

02-11-01   I too lament the changes in the audio press. used to look fo ...   Kitch29

02-13-01   Thank you for bringing this to our attention. i figured all ...   Soupcon

02-15-01   I finally checked out that website. i have to agree with a ...   Sean

02-15-01   I am surpised by the lack of response to this thread. where ...   Trelja

02-15-01   Trelja: i subscribe to both s'phile and tas. if i were to d ...   Cornfedboy

02-16-01   Trelja asked: where have our favorite writers gone? dick ol ...   Sean

04-24-01   Well i think we owe a lot to holt, who started it all, to hp ...   Detlof

05-17-01   this one's a real head-spinner on several levels: would it ...   Djjd

05-17-01   Yes mixed with good seasoning of selfrighteousness. can't he ...   Detlof

05-17-01   Djjd and detlof, i think you guys misunderstand mr. salvator ...   Tubegroover

05-17-01: Rcprince
I finally checked out his site and I gotta come down on the side of Detlof and Tubegroover on this one. I do agree with a lot of the points Salvatore makes (the refusal of Pearson to criticize Wilson speakers till well afterward when reviewing a later version has always galled me, although, unlike Salvatore, I don't think Pearson owes any of us a duty to be riding herd over his reviewers, and indeed he's been criticized in the past for doing so through his footnotes), but I think he ultimately goes overboard. His passion is admirable, but he's too much of a zealot for my tastes.
Rcprince  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


05-17-01   excellent article! everything that, most of us knew and sus ...   Eldragon

05-18-01   Tubegroover - you missed my point in this thread too. my qu ...   Djjd

05-18-01   Given djjd's comments the following thought comes to mind: w ...   Fpeel

05-18-01   Ok djjd, let's see what you are about. maybe now, we should ...   Trelja

05-18-01   After reading treljas' first post here, i must agree 100%. i ...   Jacks@

05-19-01   Oh come on trelja, not much point in digging for djjd's moti ...   Detlof

05-19-01   Djjd i guess the air is indeed full of irony as you antici ...   Tubegroover

05-19-01   Hi trelja - thanks for the challenge; i like a good argumen ...   Djjd

05-19-01   Djjd, i am not the attacking type of person. despite the st ...   Trelja

05-19-01   Djjd, trelja--well done! what a spirited dialogue! i learn ...   Slawney

05-20-01   I worked in las vegas hotel golden nugget, where stereophile ...   Eldragon

05-20-01   Well eldragon i myself am an existentialist when it comes to ...   Tubegroover

05-20-01   Bluntly put, the magazines are whores. but what does that m ...   Onhwy61

05-21-01   A question: honestly, aren't we all a bit infantile, speakin ...   Detlof

05-21-01   Hey, i liked trelja's nyc post - i also liked djjd's respons ...   Sedond

05-21-01   I agree with much of what you say detlof. however i think yo ...   Tubegroover

05-21-01   Tubegroover, i am very grateful for the time and energy you ...   Detlof

05-21-01   Tubegroover and detlof, agreed in principle. you seem to be ...   Katharina

05-21-01   Touché ka, i humbly must bow to your insight. it was probabl ...   Detlof

05-26-01   Fremer's response to salvatore illustrates how backward (rea ...   Slawney

05-27-01   Slawney, would you really say that salvatore's critique of & ...   Detlof

05-27-01   Detlof, the analysis i am suggesting, i believe, is a reliab ...   Slawney

05-28-01   Slawney, thankyou for your thoughtful response to my query. ...   Detlof

05-28-01   Slawney, "excercis(ing) influence" requires accept ...   Gregm

05-28-01   Greg, remember the old latin phrase "degustibus non est ...   Detlof

05-28-01   Detlof notes: "i've built a system just following my ow ...   Gregm

05-28-01   Still on topic, i think. what reviewer's judgment do you tr ...   Rbischoff

05-29-01   Phild, if you're still around: thanks for that post. i've ju ...   Kublakhan

05-29-01   Well rbischoff, trust is not the word i would use, however i ...   Detlof

05-29-01   Greg, thanks for having read my long diatribe. you are right ...   Detlof

05-30-01   Thanks kubla for introducing me to this thread. i believe th ...   Sqjudge

06-06-01   Trelja, howard cosell wow...funny how we perceive things. i ...   Tubegroover


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