User reviews - how many are useful?
Looking around for inspiration, I started Googling a few brands of which I've not had any experience. I found loads of 'reviews' from buyers who started their spiel with stuff along the lines of 'this is my first high-end...' or 'I've had little experience with other...' and you just have to wonder what the point is.
Generally they're going to eulogise, because they feel they have to justify their purchase, but also if they've only had experience of something universally acknowledged as inferior, what's the point of telling the world that the new one, which cost ten times as much as the old one, is better? (Not that I'm saying that high cost means high quality, but I think we'd all agree that, for instance, a NAD PP2 is no match for almost any £200+ phono stage.)
I've got no problem with people saying how impressed/happy they are with new kit - I do it myself - but tagging it as a review can simply be misleading for anyone seeking an informed opinion.
Sorry, rant over.
Last edited by break-3; 11-03-2009 at 21:58.
Simon
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KEF Reference 201/2, Quad II Classic Integrated, Pure Sound P10, Pure Sound T10, Pro-Ject RPM 10, Pro-Ject 10cc, Goldring Legacy, Atlas Mavros speaker cable, NVA interconnects, Merlin Black Widow mains cables