Hey
We just published our review of these beauties. What do you think?
https://ear-fidelity.com/2020/10/13/sivga-phoenix/
Nice photography!
To be quite honest here, the review seems very confusing. This is more of a poetry piece than a review - I couldn't follow a single thing you wrote.
"Everything is close and far away at the same time", this is a pretty controversial thing to say without explaining it... does not make much sense. Two completely different things.
You sound a lot like Audiophile Heaven... you made a lot of very bold claims, yet they are pretty much meaningless without explaining. Using words and phrases like "juicy", "lazy", "treble steps in front, but in a kind way"... what is this even, since when did sound have physical form...? In no time I will be reading about sound running and doing physical activities (maybe something like: Bass - She lifted the bass like a 350 lb bench press).
But here is wher I see the issue. How can you say something like "It's like a fake battle between brothers"??? What is this supposed to mean and how is it helping the reader learn about the sound performance of a product?
You go on to say "it feels like it would like to strike hard, but it can't" and literally in the next line you write "it is fast, and exact". So, what you are saying is that it "wants to" (now sound also has the power of will) strike hard, but also say it is fast and exact. Completely contradictory and opposite sides of the spectrum - if it "wants to" strike hard, it cannot be fast and exact. Fast and exact means it has good punch and impact (which the Phoenix does have in my opinion).
"Could have been deeper and richer"... Hm. Sound like you might be after a 24" subwoofers. Two on the either side of the head will do the job I think.
I personally think you have completely failed your job as a reviewer. You made some very strong and bold claims with using poetry, not musical examples - which removes all value from this review. As a fellow reviewer, I am left very confused after reading your review, and I absolutely didn't learn a thing about how Sivga Phoenix sounds to you. In other words you failed to express yourself.
I am sorry to be so critical, but I think we already have enough poets, using descriptive words and comparisons to physical things is not the way to go. It seems like you didn't even put much effort in expressing yourself - I think the output is equivalent to the input that was involved in writing this.
