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An amp that sounds like a tom cat being castrated without an anaesthetic
to
them, may sound wonderful to someone else. At the beginning of the year,
I
read two reviews on a Sony AV amp, one thought it was the best thing
since
sliced bread, the other slated it!


Always best just to read a couple of Mags like Hi-Fi news and Hi-Fi+
At least these two (in particular Hi-FI news) back their reviews with some
indepth analysis.

Theres always going to be difference of opinion. Although one may not be
telling the truth!You could say it's competition laws. Or siding on the
manufacturer cause they offer loads of free equipment to review each month.

Perhaps a good test for a reviewer would be to give him a listening room
and
ten top of the range amplifiers. Let him keep them for a week and listen
until his hearts content. Then bring him back in the room blindfolded and
ask him to identify each amp as it is played back to him randomly. I
suspect
the results would be very interesting!

Well nothing like throwing him in at the deep end heh?

Steve