Regeneration

Well, here is my non-BS assessment on this subject. I do not trust most of the reviews because I am already familiar with the ‘public relations’ game. Since most of the reviewers get samples from the manufacturer for their reviews, then they are forced to be ‘nice’. Otherwise, they will lose samples support. Most of the press just care about their ‘business’, and they don’t care to write a few positive words in their reviews just to promote themselves to get more samples.

Another case is when reviewers have close relations with manufacturers, it makes it look bad. I will try not to mention names, but I will say that I do not trust most of the US press. For example, every day you see another positive headline about Apple’s products (iPhone/iPod) on US sites, iPod is a just a normal media player, iPhone is just another cellular phone, and there are many alternatives (and many better) out there, but Apple is getting so much hype, especially in the US press, you should ask the US press why.

If you want another example, you can look at the X-Fi reviews! Everyone said good stuff about it, but no one mentioned SCP issues, except of me. That shows you how unreliable most of the reviews are.

Another case is Graphic card reviews, most of the game benchmarks are sponsored by Nvidia/ATI and optimized by their software/cheatware. I would use some unknown games to make sure Nvidia/ATI are not cheating. Therefore, if you ask me, I do not trust anyone but myself, and some other people that I know, and trust them. However, basically, I do not trust reviews, especially US sites who have close relations and private deals with PR agents.

But on the other hand, I'm being punished for being honest: Asus (Voltage story), AMD (Viral Marketing story), Nvidia (many stories), Creative Labs (X-Fi SCP story) and some more companies are punishing me for saying the truth and for being honest, so you have to understand the other sites for being 'nice' after all.

morbo

Never (im doing with out to afford this)

and collecting more

your welcome for a listening session

easy enough too build one
and Greg has great support
A true diy champ

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Unixlord

By the look of the responses someone's been skipping classes.

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blindartist

Well more people are saying yes then no, only the people that dont trust them seem to have the nerve to speak up though.

@morbo, i think im gonna have to see if i can put one of thoes together, been needing a new amp

morbo

yeah it is easy with gregs support
and unless your used too the more expensive amps on the market you will be blown away I stepped up from a large ass 70`s model NAD amp and i could not believe the difference
from what was considered one of the better amps of the early 70`s
,and i heard a marantz signature system that dont come close

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DeadSpace

voted no, i don't trust any one review site, i'll hit several looking for opinions, specs, possible issues and forums (how i came across this one). instead of trusting just one place. Always hit the manufacturer's site for white papers, manuals, etc, any info i can go over before deciding to buy anything.

IModIntel

For me it's nothing about reviews, but all about specs !

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Unixlord

Specs aren't enough. For example you won't know a headset is flimsy and uncomfortable just by reading specs. Reviews and customer comments are taken with a pinch of salt but such findings are often overwhelmingly stated.

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