Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Receiver: Arcam vs Marantz vs Integra

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I think they rather love Bose...

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A jeeeez you beat me to it! I question most reviews I read regardless of if they are good or bad. Audioholics has there obvious favorites that seem to never do anything wrong, as do Secrets but not to the extent of Audioholics. I take them all with a grain of salt.................just like I do with some of the posts I read around here.

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Where did I say anything about money and needing to justify spending it?

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Relax there buddy. When did I say you said it or when did I quote you directly as saying anything? Who exactly is ignoring stuff and who isn’t?

It would seem that when one disagrees with the normal train of thought around here most of the regulars get grumpy a little too quick.

Ah,..."Consumer reports"

I recall a review of a number of "consumer" class bicycles back in the early 80s.

One actually well regarded model was given the ax over a number of poorer performing and constructed bikes, due to the fact that if squeezed too hard, the brakes would lock!

The alternative, of course, is a bike that would continue to gradually slow to the point of coming to a halt in front of, rather than to the side, of the moving truck that you may wish to avoid.

...back to audio.

Like I said, I think that they miss the boat once in a while. LOL!!!!

But, overall I still think that they do an excellent job!!!!

I don't think that it would be all that difficult to develop a standard test for receivers, pre/ pros and amps. I know that everyone would not like it, but at least we would have a baseline of somesort.

One thing that I like about Consumer Reports is that they DO NOT take advertising money from the manufacturers they test. I think that is an EXTREMELY important factor in an independent test.