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AVSA Dec 09/ Jan 2010
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<blockquote data-quote="Ampdog" data-source="post: 48108" data-attributes="member: 144"><p>Mmmmm ....</p><p></p><p>But how is Stereophile doing this? They test some equipment without testing all equivalents. </p><p></p><p>I do not quite see it that it is AVSA's duty to do a 'shoot-out' to be fair. As Gert said, it would more or less limit you to testing amplifiers because of the facilities' problem. But in that case, you do a test on what specs are available; they are met or not, and competitors can't complain when they have not submitted their products.</p><p></p><p>Amplifiers are only one link in the chain and normally not the weakest. But I (sorry for the personal bend) do get the willies when an amplifier is lauded by a reviewer as wonderful ... 'can I ever recommend this amplifier' ... and JA's tests show that spectrum analysis is lousy; distortion of 1% at full output - if one ever had a candidate for listener fatigue .... and the circuit diagram shows which corners have been cut. That at least is measurable and repeatable and unchallengable. Oh well - that's me ....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ampdog, post: 48108, member: 144"] Mmmmm .... But how is Stereophile doing this? They test some equipment without testing all equivalents. I do not quite see it that it is AVSA's duty to do a 'shoot-out' to be fair. As Gert said, it would more or less limit you to testing amplifiers because of the facilities' problem. But in that case, you do a test on what specs are available; they are met or not, and competitors can't complain when they have not submitted their products. Amplifiers are only one link in the chain and normally not the weakest. But I (sorry for the personal bend) do get the willies when an amplifier is lauded by a reviewer as wonderful ... 'can I ever recommend this amplifier' ... and JA's tests show that spectrum analysis is lousy; distortion of 1% at full output - if one ever had a candidate for listener fatigue .... and the circuit diagram shows which corners have been cut. That at least is measurable and repeatable and unchallengable. Oh well - that's me .... [/QUOTE]
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