marsilians
Well-Known Member
You have brought out a very good example where the reviewer wrote it due to some sponsorship deal from Marantz and other brands.
They push such drivel wherein poor consumers who are not very knowledgeable and dont visits sites like HFV
D) get conned. Similarly, retailers and audio stores openly quote these sort of reviews and star ratings to the same customers to peddle the products. Its a vicious cycle.I do understand most people dont have patience, knowledge or means to do A/B auditions, yet there is no reason to be fed such crap by the mags.
It appears What HiFi reviewers are comparing based on pricing as their site indicates and this is the reason there is a new "award winner" with almost every different equipment.
Another contradictory note in the review of CA 650A when they reduced a star:
When we gave the stylish Azur 650A the First Test treatment back in August 2009, it was emphatically anointed as a five-star frontrunner and a fine buy'.
So bearing in mind the number of stars reducing by a mighty one what on Earth can have gone wrong in such a relatively short space of time?
The short answer is: nothing fundamental.
....later on....
Of greater concern is the rather analytical, disengaged character that's been thrown into sharp relief.
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I pity the guys who went and bought this amp based on their initial rating of 5*
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