Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms!
It’s almost sad, really. Some reviewers I’ve been reading for decades, when showing their rigs on YouTube, have absolutely horrible rooms. Weird shaped; too small w/o acoustic treatment; crap all over the place within the room or around the speakers; and on and on.
Had I known about the listening rooms they use to review gear in the past, I would not have placed such a value on what they were writing. I think reviewers should not just list the equipment they used in a given review, but be required to show their listening rooms, as well.
Turns out my listening room isn’t so bad, after all.
@erik_squires Yes. There's plenty of self delusion here. Professional reviewers are paid peanuts. Therefore even after buying their equipment at deep discount, they still have no money to buy nice apartments or even big rooms. They collect old equipment and free review media, so their tiny rooms will always be cluttered and way below optimum. They claim their golden ears are saving them, but perhaps they just have a good turn of phrase? Best to listen for ourselves, in our own rooms, when we can make the chance. |
