Magazine Ethics - TAS

And please, stop calling equipment reviewers journalists, they are not.

A magazine has an editorial policy that identifies their mission as one other than advertising or marketing. It’s not me calling them journalists, it’s me noting that they have self-identified that way. Many youtube channels repeatedly tell us that they are here for "us" – to give us honest opinions. *That’s* where the "journalism" label comes from. 

But the point is not the word "journalist." It is the promise of objectivity without the delivery.

Me personally, I have no time to read bad reviews. What for?

Because honest, direct and frank language is more efficient. This is the language you are using in your post, and its refreshing and easy to read. 

Why would you want to spend extra time "reading between the lines" rather than getting concise and truthful information?

Gentlemen:

We are going to do a follow up video about this article published by the Absolute Sound which was written by Robert Harley. 

We will dissect his words LIVE tomorrow - Thursday March 4th at 830pm Eastern Time on the HiFi Five Youtube channel. This is going to be one of those videos you DO NOT WANT TO MISS. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/uNbc8_REGQw

@kerrybh 

@hilde45 

Gentlemen, maybe I am naive but to me a journalist states facts, not opinion. A reviewer on the other hand gives us his opinion about a piece of equipment. It is understood in our hobby that people tastes, physiology and finances all contribute to how they feel about a piece of gear. The truth in our hobby is not necessary black and white but rather greyish. What one guy calls resolution, another guy calls harshness. I am a firm believer that people should choose systems that are pleasing to their senses even if these systems are not necessarily the most accurate. I read between the lines because I am more likely to trust a reviewer that has a taste similar to mine than one who hears things differently. At the end of the day there is no right or wrong but what pleases ME. We need to take responsibility and choose our own gear based on what we hear and not what someone else thinks. Reading about gear should only be the first step.

@bigtwin 

Sorry I am hijacking your thread. I am getting long in the tooth and seem to take longer to express myself than I used to 

Robert Harley was entitled to respond to serious accusations leveled against TAS and other print magazines, in recent posts by the YouTuber concerned.