10,000 Word Reviews
Oct 16, 2010 at 2:47 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 22

The Monkey

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There is a point at which I think a review about audio gear ceases to be useful.  And I think most reviews are not useful from the outset, with a tendency to be more about the reviewer than the reviewed product.  Being succinct is a challenge--I wish more reviews were concisely written.  That is all.
 
Oct 16, 2010 at 3:39 PM Post #2 of 22
What about the part where a reviewer demonstrates a clever use of language?
 
Aren't a few puns, double-entendres and flowery prose an important part of deciding what gear to buy?
 
Oct 17, 2010 at 12:04 AM Post #5 of 22
My non-existent reviews usually consist of a simple phrase stating whether the product either:
 
A) Sucks 
 
or
 
B) Doesn't Suck
 
Obviously for equipment such as vacuums and artificial love companions, the positive/negative connotations can be reversed. 
 
Oct 17, 2010 at 12:53 AM Post #9 of 22
 I second the "succinct" thought. I remember the review of the Kingrex Headquaters on 6moons, that had something like a single sentence about the sound of the unit amongst numerous pages of stuff about the company.  Conveying the mental image of my thoughts on a pair of headphones or a device simply, but in a manner that conveys the impressions well, is quite a challenge.
 
Oct 17, 2010 at 2:14 AM Post #10 of 22
Most professional gear reviews aren't actually meant to be reviews. What they are meant to be is gear porn for a consumer who will never own that particular piece of equipment.
 
Oct 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM Post #14 of 22
Well, and then there is this review:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/40313/stax-sr-007-omega-ii-a-review-after-4-years-of-ownership
 
It's simply one of the best I've ever read, but it took him four years.
 
I get your point, Monkey, and it seems that some "reviews" tend to be imitations of what someone thinks a review should be, but since I've been too lazy to write one in the past couple years, I suppose I can't complain.  I do ignore the ones that just go on and on and seem to be more about the reviewer wanting to draw attention to himself than wanting to offer genuine helpful information.
 
 

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