John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part II

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Let say the reviewer says brand X sounds fantastic and describes what and why he thinks so. Then, later, the readers get hold of it and they all think it sucks badly. How would a fake review be of any use to a magazine. Maybe for a short time before going out of business. But SP and TAS haven't gone out of business. There is some >50% agreement going on.


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RNMarsh said:
Let say the reviewer says brand X sounds fantastic and describes what and why he thinks so. Then, later, the readers get hold of it and they all think it sucks badly. How would a fake review be of any use to a magazine. Maybe for a short time before going out of business. But SP and TAS haven't gone out of business. There is some >50% agreement going on.


-RNM
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High-end audio (in electronics, anyway) is already splitting hairs. Unless something is grossly wrong with a product then most people who buy it will love it, because it sounds not-broken, cost them a lot of money, and it's their new shiny object.
 
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Like making fine wine, we are not 'splitting hairs' in improving audio products. There is still much that can be learned that will make audio sound much better. I learn almost every week something new and actually important (to me at least) and I use it to improve my audio products and personal system as well.
 
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RNMarsh said:
Let say the reviewer says brand X sounds fantastic and describes what and why he thinks so. Then, later, the readers get hold of it and they all think it sucks badly. How would a fake review be of any use to a magazine. Maybe for a short time before going out of business. But SP and TAS haven't gone out of business. There is some >50% agreement going on.


-RNM
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Entertainment. If they started writing like the Audio Critic they would vanish fast. 6moons is also still around.
 
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And this is despite it getting increasingly hard to actual find the review text buried in the adverts. Of course Richard, at least until his monsterblocks(tm) arrive is listening to a pro audio DAC feeding pro audio amps into proaudio speakers. This would indicate pro stuff is rather good these days 🙂
 
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1audio said:
Can you provide a link? That post number was in the future when you posted. I'm interested in understanding more.
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If was about using Sysinternals Process Explorer to set Processor Affinity.

You can get it here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx


It may also be of interest to read "Troubleshooting with the Windows Sysinternals Tools," as not everything about the Sysintnernals tools is explained in the help files.

EDIT: It is also possible to set Processor Affinity with scripts or through the programmer's API.

Some other sometimes useful tools are described here:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1352792
 
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rayma said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by George Constanza
I lie every second of the day. My entire life is a sham.

Ok, I'm convinced.
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Bad logic: all crows are black birds

your logic is unsound insofar as that you impute that, therefore, all black birds are crows.

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OTH I knew several UK Hi-Fi journalists over the years, all bar one notable exception were fair and balanced in their judgements...insofar as their experience and skills allowed them. The one exception to that was a guy who was 'buyable'....but his magazine was not.
 
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Originally Posted by 1audio

I'm interested in understanding more.
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Hi, yes i thought you might be 😉

hat post number was in the future when you posted.
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? at first 🙁 Due to below, now i understand

Can you provide a link?
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I would have, but gpapag has kindly done so 🙂 before i logged back in just now.

Post back & let us know how you get on etc 🙂

I posted another about "Comparing files for Exactness" straight after that one, you & others might also find useful, but that hadn't been updated ? Anyway here it is now as Post # 92029 http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/loun...ch-preamplifier-part-ii-9203.html#post5057496
 
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chris719 said:
High-end audio (in electronics, anyway) is already splitting hairs. Unless something is grossly wrong with a product then most people who buy it will love it, because it sounds not-broken, cost them a lot of money, and it's their new shiny object.
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You are so right; selling to audiophiles is like pushing anti wrinkle cream. Perceived quality is proportionate to price, not product quality.
 
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