Art Dudley Calls B.S. but without naming names - PLEASE DO!

When a reviewer "likes" something ...


These "rants" from a "reviewer" pop up from time to time.
It is meaningless, I think, it is done to catch a few new subscribers or to show, that oneself CAN think different (but first getting the permission for this "rant" from his boss...) or is it to show that "we" can bury a manufacturer when he won't advertise in our mag?   You'll never know ...

Some time ago we had a nice conversation here at Agon, probably you’ll find some interesting "news"


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https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/when-a-reviewer-quot-likes-quot-something

A couple of observations. 
1-Value is in the eye of the purchaser. It differs based on our engagement in the category and product considered.
2- We live in a consumer culture but each persons perception of appropriate spending is different and reflects more variables than I can discuss here. Wealthy people tend to think differently. 
I worked for a self made millionaire business owner years ago running two of his company's four divisions. I turned the businesses around making him more millions for which  he paid me Ok. I say ok because my initial contract gave me a share of the profits. He paid me on that one year, hen proceeded to "compel" a renegotiation to more of a salary based deal. He admitted this was not fair but said he needed the money to invest in the company....which I foolishly believed. While he did invest in the business, he also bought 2 new Mercedes and a Rolls Royce, for himself, his wife and his girlfriend......to him that represented a better use of money than paying a proven executive who got results or funding the strategic plans he had agreed to previously. 

hifiman5, yes it's my man cave. And thanks for the compliment.

Back to the OP, no one is naming names. From a larger perspective, the free market system will take care of the offenders, but it also may destroy the entire audiophile industry.