MC performance listing

[jimtranr]

Originally Posted by rthomeint

I just wonder when did he started this numerical rating system, in the early 90s when he wrote for Stereophile and HiFi News he didn't assign a number to a review. So did he go back read all those reviews he wrote and ranked equipment then? I find it had to believe he could remember how every piece of equipment he reviewed sounded over the years. What is the perfect score? and if that is reached is there then a new perfect score? ?

As indicated here--HIFICRITIC, audio review magazine, hi fi critic--he started his ratings 25 years ago, using a 10-point scale. He adjusted the scale upward beginning about 10 years later to account for perceived technological improvements, and the scale now tops out at a presumed "perfect" of 150. Whether that constitutes "moving the goalposts" I leave up to you--as I do with the question of whether a component rated at 100 sounds "twice as good" as one bequeathed a 50.

[lotus340r]

I think he uses a fairly modest spec LP12/Aro which is rather alarming. A great fun deck for sure but hardly ideal for evaluating high resolution highend electronics.

That said, as an act2.2/350 owner im not disagreeing or anything.