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Forgive the shameless plug, but this might be of interest:
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipmen...n_mf2550se.htm |
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Excellent review, Vance. Thanks for the link.
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Enjoyed the review Vance
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Thanks, guys! As with any equipment review, system context is the elephant in the room. The only "truth" is how a component sounds in *your* system and in *your* listening space. For those of us who don't get a chance to hear everything, the best option is to look for common observations among reviewers and get to know those reviewers' subjective values over the course of a number of reviews. While I have not heard it, I would bet that the 2550 at street market price is a real steal for anyone who likes solid state amplifiers with a natural "tube-like" signature.
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Vance,
Congratulations on the great review. It struck good balance between a seemingly fair approach in terms of assessment as well as it being an enjoyable and well written piece. I had actually read it the other day without realising it was yours and had thought then how much I enjoyed the review which is a less and less frequent phenomenon given the recent trends towards the explosion of overly personally styled blogfests and perhaps the tendency towards some loss of the structure of journalistic tradition in media in general. Also great to see that the reviewer had a pretty choice setup as well. Nice work. |
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Last edited by Vhiner; 08-23-2014 at 03:01 AM. |
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For a while now anybody with a GoDaddy account and a little HTML knowledge can act as an "audio reviewer" and convince manufacturers to send them gear for review. Certain established Web-zines show openly biased stances for or against manufacturers and do so in a way suggesting personal antipathies are in play. That audio reviews reflect a journalistic tradition of exposition, show evidence of methodological thoroughness, balance, technical research, and accuracy, all with a margin of grammatical awareness and use of active voice, suggest an experienced and capable editor is behind the scenes. Knowing a Web-zine's editor is one gauge of the quality within. /rant I think C-J have been evolving their house sound more in the past decade than in their previous two. That seems backwards and curious. This 'wandering' began circa 2003-04 with the release of the Premiers 350 and 140, each something of a departure from the 'golden age' of C-J's roots. Shows a bit more in their tube gear than solid-state - consider their journey between the 6H30 and the 6922- but Vance's review (nice job!) suggests maybe they're still traveling to a resolution between the analytic and the synthetic. It will be very interesting if one day they make a hybrid amp. |
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Tim,
It's probably fair to say that the struggle to develop a practical business model for media in the new world of internet publishing has been an expensive one. Clearly an early causality has been the variable quality. It's not that there isn't enthusiasm among the new breed of reviewers but truth is it takes time and mentoring to foster good journalism. Without a traditional model to keep it tested and true and to ensure compliance with deeper values we risk losing faith in what is written. In the old days the guild taught the value of truth and brought perspective to the word. That transparency and ethics are the greatest asset any writer can have is only going to become more and more evident going forward. You guys are among the flag bearers that remind us that there's more to a good review than just getting excited. The language of assessment has to extend beyond just saying what's the new best. It needs to discuss in fairness and in depth and use broadly accessible benchmarks and talk in terms of familiar criteria. The language of both context and spirit. The fact that the better writers also tend to also be musically knowledgeable as well as technically aware just probably adds to the challenge. Thanks for your efforts in this. |
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