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Originally Posted by ariess
A bad review that tells you more about the scattered emotional state of the reviewer than the product. It’s fine for a reviewer to be less than thrilled with product. But when that product is the flagship product of a flagship company doing their flagship product (tube preamps) its more than curious. And the reviewer spends all his time comparing different tweaks and is all over the map you gotta wonder what is going on. The same reviewer, JVS, panned the Esoteric N1 about two years ago and Stereophile put it in the A category anyway! This tells me Stereophile doesn’t trust this reviewer, but why still use him?
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ariess,
Couldn't agree more with your assessment. The reviewer should present his/her evaluation of the component "as-is" with the stock cord and then comment on how various tweaks such as after market power cords, footers or rack may affect the sound. Comparison with prior models (e.g. Ref 6) with which he has experience would be helpful as well as comparison to other products in the same price range would be useful to prospective buyers. Too bad about the missed opportunity to review such a fine product from a flagship company IMO.