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Dave Moritz · 11-13-2007, 07:39 AM

Is it me or every time a publication reviews a piece of home theater gear that they slap a good review on everything? It seems like every review I come across the past few years might say a few negative things but go on to say how good the product really is. A good example is Sony's horrible sounding D class powered receivers. Every where I go I hear about how horrible they sound and when I listen to them I hate them. But when you read the review they go on about how good they sound and how it had no problem reproducing every frequency. Even though the previous offering I am speaking about was only rated at 1KHz. You almost get the impression that the way they slap great on everything that little JVC home theater in the box solutions not only perform as well as the dedicated receivers. But they make it sound like they have just as much power inside as well. When reviews place the hot running receiver from Onkyo up there with Denon, Pioneer Elite and Marantz it makes me wonder. Especially when you hear other issues about there poor performing video section. These are just two examples and other companies have had problems to but the issue is politically correct reviews!

It is like the politically correct world has taken over equipment reviews and everyone is afraid of being honest. Because they may piss off the company and they may not get gear sent to them. I feel it is more important to give accurate reviews and list all the problems as well as all the high points! If something performs perfectly then thats fine, but if it is lacking or is just a piece of junk. Then they should tell us so we can avoid wasting our money on it, thats why we where reading these articles wasn't it? I am in the middle of upgrading a good chunk of my home theater and when I start reading reviews and everything is written up as good. It gets frustrating especially when you start hearing about how poor something handles video or how bad something is layed out or how lacking the amplifier section is. Granted these reviewers do not have this equipment for a long time but many of the short comings should be evident when using the gear. When are we going to see honest reviewing come back to magazine reviews?

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Dave Moritz Member Location: Phoenix, Arizona Join Date: Jul 2001 Local Time: 10:16 AM Local Date: 11-18-2008 Posts: 2,442	Equipment reviews in magazines Is it me or every time a publication reviews a piece of home theater gear that they slap a good review on everything? It seems like every review I come across the past few years might say a few negative things but go on to say how good the product really is. A good example is Sony's horrible sounding D class powered receivers. Every where I go I hear about how horrible they sound and when I listen to them I hate them. But when you read the review they go on about how good they sound and how it had no problem reproducing every frequency. Even though the previous offering I am speaking about was only rated at 1KHz. You almost get the impression that the way they slap great on everything that little JVC home theater in the box solutions not only perform as well as the dedicated receivers. But they make it sound like they have just as much power inside as well. When reviews place the hot running receiver from Onkyo up there with Denon, Pioneer Elite and Marantz it makes me wonder. Especially when you hear other issues about there poor performing video section. These are just two examples and other companies have had problems to but the issue is politically correct reviews! It is like the politically correct world has taken over equipment reviews and everyone is afraid of being honest. Because they may piss off the company and they may not get gear sent to them. I feel it is more important to give accurate reviews and list all the problems as well as all the high points! If something performs perfectly then thats fine, but if it is lacking or is just a piece of junk. Then they should tell us so we can avoid wasting our money on it, thats why we where reading these articles wasn't it? I am in the middle of upgrading a good chunk of my home theater and when I start reading reviews and everything is written up as good. It gets frustrating especially when you start hearing about how poor something handles video or how bad something is layed out or how lacking the amplifier section is. Granted these reviewers do not have this equipment for a long time but many of the short comings should be evident when using the gear. When are we going to see honest reviewing come back to magazine reviews? 1080p High Definition Supporter Lossless Audio Supporter Current Library: 221 DVD's / 69 HD-DVD's / 149 Blu-ray's (218 HD Titles)