Re: Re: Tony

Suppose I'll have to say something ...

 

If he read that he would laugh out loud ... but he doesn't read this forum or any of the others. He hasn't got time.

I guess he is replying to the sort of issues raised before where a certain sub brand was pushed hard. This is the general view of forums in the rest of the industry. You guys sure have a false opinion of your importance. Most of the audio industry also seems to think that the vast majority of posters aren't their real customers and having helped out in a shop I see where they are coming from. I would guess 90% of paying customers don't frequent a forum and those that do are infrequent posters not the hardcore. In a nutshell full of people with more opinion than knowledge who constantly try to run their product down but never actually buy any of it.

Personnnally I think this is a problem because the 10% that do post are proabbly the most enthusiastic enthusiasts, even though they tend not to spend a great deal of money. Don't believe me? How many audio professionals do you see regularly posting on these fora? If their really was something to gain wouldn't we see a representative from B&W, MF, Naim, Linn etc. here? Even Naim (whose forum has to the most commercially successful) keep their staff involvement to a minimum.

Funnily enough most of the industry (the big players at least) also looks at the magazines and their readership in the same way as the forums, ie. they are now a minority interest group, not the bulk of their brad and butter customers.

As to integrity, well that is for the individual to judge. But giving a good review just to borrow a box for a bit to paraphrase Merlin only makes sense if the particular box sounds good and if it sounds good then it deserves a decent review ... make any sense?

Mick,

Thanks for the praise.

Cheers

Jason