Are YouTube audio reviews genuine?

Comments · 185

• JA

  @jamesstewart1357 · 2 years ago

  Rule 1: Trust nobody.

  26

• ER

  @ericdere · 2 years ago

  Another word for "paid review" or "paid promotion" is "ad".

  23

• DE

  @deanokay666 · 2 years ago

  My gripe with the audio review “thing” is, reviewers rarely do a bad review. Rather, if they don’t like a product, they simply ignore its existence. That doesn’t help buyers researching a short list of products.

  18

• SC

  @scientificaudiophile · 2 years ago (edited)

  Thanks for your honesty. I assumed saying it was sent was enough and giving it a bad review isn't a promotion, but you're right.  I went back and just marked the items I received, that I was allowed to keep as "paid promotion".  And you should have called me out - hell if any channel deserves a slap in the face, it's mine.

  11

• HA

  @Havreflan · 2 years ago

  I want everyone to declare they have gotten whatever item they're reviewing for free. I'm aware that most don't.

  6

• JI

  @jimbeveridge5185 · 2 years ago

  Appreciate your transparency David. The worst reviews IMHO are the ones where a  high profile reviewer does a hatchet job on a product in order to switch purchasers to a competitor.

  8

• BL

  @Blepherk · 2 years ago

  idk, but british accents makes me believe them automatically

  5

• DA

  @davidcarr2216 · 2 years ago

  Are YT audio reviews genuine ? HiFi reviews are all about maintaining the rabbit hole. When you've got people down the rabbit hole you can sell them something. Audio components shouldn't sound very different at all (and don't when they're properly designed). But we all know that HiFi guys love reviews which tell them that "if you put this amp on, it does this, and sounds like this, and makes your Pink Flioyd sound different (better ?), etc." So then they go to the shop and say "I want one of those amps, that do this, and sound like this, and make my Pink Floyd sound better." "Certainly sir, we've got those in stock, would you like to hear one ?" ..... "Oh yeah, I can hear it now, it does this, and sounds like this, and makes my Pink Floyd sound better". It's called Audio Populism - or telling people what they want to hear.

  6

• KE

  @kenwuesq · 2 years ago

  Reviewers also like to hide behind "long term loan," which is analogous to "no interest loan" or free stuff.  They also don't reveal that they offer equipment for sale to viewers because "they ran out of space in their basements."  If a reviewer is planning on selling the equipment, they are a retailer/salesperson and incentivized to publish a positive review.  Transparency solves all the above problems.

  13

• DA

  @DavidAlexander9999 · 2 years ago

  A number of the reviewers that I follow declare the status of the equipment they review ie whether the equipment is sent for free or if they purchased it.

  5

• RA

  @rabit818 · 2 years ago

  “I want to believe”, X-Files<br>I don’t detect conflict of interest on your reviews, I love the light sarcasm.

  2

• AR

  @artysanmobile · 2 years ago

  Your humor is as genuine as it gets.

  9