PinkyPowers
Reviewer: The Headphone List
The reviewers of The Headphone List have talked it over, and I will indeed be reviewing Stella. Even @doctorjazz is for it, who, like many of you, lost a lot of money on The Wave project.
I will still be returning Stella afterword, but my review will not be an attempt to demonize Light Harmonic. Nor will it be an attempt to vindicate them. After looking deeper into the situation, I've found no evidence LH did anything illegal or morally questionable (well, some of the advertising...). Though they've clearly mismanaged a lot, including customer service. We all hope this offshoot company can do better on that front.
That said, I am open to further evidence or debate. But so far, no one has even attempted to prove wrong-doing, not even Ken Bell. Yet they sure have no end of accusations.
The Headphone List is behind me on this. If a piece of gear is good, people should know about it. That is a reviewer's true duty.
If this was a pre-order deal, LH's track record would be much more important to the decision. But since anyone can buy Stella, right now, the only proper audiophile question is whether or not it's good.
I will still be returning Stella afterword, but my review will not be an attempt to demonize Light Harmonic. Nor will it be an attempt to vindicate them. After looking deeper into the situation, I've found no evidence LH did anything illegal or morally questionable (well, some of the advertising...). Though they've clearly mismanaged a lot, including customer service. We all hope this offshoot company can do better on that front.
That said, I am open to further evidence or debate. But so far, no one has even attempted to prove wrong-doing, not even Ken Bell. Yet they sure have no end of accusations.
The Headphone List is behind me on this. If a piece of gear is good, people should know about it. That is a reviewer's true duty.
If this was a pre-order deal, LH's track record would be much more important to the decision. But since anyone can buy Stella, right now, the only proper audiophile question is whether or not it's good.
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