johnhunt said:christ allmighty. this is a buiness like any other. service quality varies depending on the company and those that you deal with at the time,within said company.
you may think that your 'passion' for hifi should illicit some kind of magestic service regime but the truth is more economically simple. dealers/makers are as much trying to run a business,as trying to deal with fickle hobbiest individuals who's expenditure and the resultant margin is out of kilter with the passionate grief they cause.
nando said:Most Lovers Of Hi-fi Love This As A Musical Pleasure, Why Most Distributers Or Manufacturers Treat Afficinados Indifirent, Where Has The Human Pleasure Of Sharing This Wonderfull Hobby Went, Or Was It Ever There? I Think It Was, But I Think I Am Only An Individul Or Am I...
wish i was, regards.johnhunt said:Nando's
are you saying that you are a famous musician?
zanash said:That mirrors my experiences too..........
you've all read about my experiences with the preamp....we approached a respected reviewer ...who said if he got to keep the pre he would write exactly what we wanted ....in otherwords he wanted us to write the piece too. We said thanks but no thanks
70sman said:the audio industry is a by product, most dealers and makers don't love hifi, its just a means to make money, listening ear is spot on, some of the stories I have heard about major manufacturers make the mind boggle, if you only knew what went on, copying designs, lying about specs., costs to make, made in england when its made in china, designing from chip makers data sheets and claiming your own, not crediting designers, half baked poor designs, drug abuse, going bust and reinventing companies, going bust and running off with people's money, that's just the tip.
a lot of companies are actually run by people with little expertise who get outiside designers to do the designing, Anthony Michaelson for one knows nothing about audio design, and doen'st even use his own products.
naim amplifiers copied the goodmans circuit, also used by RCA, and the preamps and crossovers are EMI copies, all slightly reworked.
sadly now, the magazines are not objective, you can't really believe anything you read in them, before, they had respectability, but now they are totally dependant upon revenue from advertisers, and actually get given items to guarantee good reviews, and other favours, wining, dining, trade tickets abroad,
have you noticed now there are no bad reviews? have you wondered why some products are consistently hyped?have you also wondered why reviewers who get paid around £150 per 1000 words in magazines can afford mega expensive kit? yes that's the going rate. one article brings in around £300-£400 per month, they may not get articles for a couple of months.
basically the magazines and many makers are corrupt, there is no other word for it.
David Price of hifi world was given some transformer preamps, and origin live stuff, and ortofon cartridges. he's one of the better ones, don't mention hifi plus man who is on many payrolls
70sman said:sadly now, the magazines are not objective, you can't really believe anything you read in them, before, they had respectability, but now they are totally dependant upon revenue from advertisers, and actually get given items to guarantee good reviews, and other favours, wining, dining, trade tickets abroad,
have you noticed now there are no bad reviews? have you wondered why some products are consistently hyped?have you also wondered why reviewers who get paid around £150 per 1000 words in magazines can afford mega expensive kit? yes that's the going rate. one article brings in around £300-£400 per month, they may not get articles for a couple of months.
basically the magazines and many makers are corrupt, there is no other word for it.