Re: Good source for objective reviews?

[Mark Zarella]

> Is there a good source, preferrably online, for objective equipment
reviews?
> My ideal resource would be a "Tom's Hardware Guide" for car audio: a large
> number of reviews on a wide variety of equipment, complete with both
> thorough measurements and commentary as well. The last non-big-box car
> audio shop in my town went under, and it's a two to three hour drive to
> anyplace that has decent shops, and it's very helpful to me to be able to
do
> research beforehand.

Carsound.com has a reviews section. I wouldn't trust a single word they say
in the text, but presumably their measurements are performed uniformly and
they provide that info on the side of the pages. Like actual power output.

[John Durbin]

That's pretty harsh ... I know Rich and David, and have talked to Brian
in the AS2000 labs on several occasions. While I have had technical
differences with one or the other of them a few times, I can tell you
they are some of the more competent, intellectually honest guys in the
business and reasonably willing to call them as they see them.

JD

Mark Zarella wrote:

>>Is there a good source, preferrably online, for objective equipment
>>
>>
>reviews?
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>>My ideal resource would be a "Tom's Hardware Guide" for car audio: a large
>>number of reviews on a wide variety of equipment, complete with both
>>thorough measurements and commentary as well. The last non-big-box car
>>audio shop in my town went under, and it's a two to three hour drive to
>>anyplace that has decent shops, and it's very helpful to me to be able to
>>
>>
>do
>
>
>>research beforehand.
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>
>Carsound.com has a reviews section. I wouldn't trust a single word they say
>in the text, but presumably their measurements are performed uniformly and
>they provide that info on the side of the pages. Like actual power output.
>
>
>
>

[Mark Zarella]

> That's pretty harsh ... I know Rich and David, and have talked to Brian
> in the AS2000 labs on several occasions. While I have had technical
> differences with one or the other of them a few times, I can tell you
> they are some of the more competent, intellectually honest guys in the
> business and reasonably willing to call them as they see them.

I get a much different impression from what they write. Some of the reviews
seem ok, but others have biased written all over them.

I also wish they would provide a resource for their testing methodology. I
can't find it anywhere on their site.