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the_lhc:
It just boggles my mind how anyone can offer an opinion on something they have no experience of. There's thousands of hi-fi products I've never heard or have only heard fleetingly at the Bristol Show once a year, I wouldn't dream of telling anyone which one of those products to buy. At best I might point someone at WHF's reviews of said kit but in this case that's not an option as the AVIs haven't been reviewed.
I just find it completely illogical to offer advice on something you know nothing whatsoever about.
Happens all the time and I do it often on here, but I never tell anyone what to buy. Are you saying that opinions can't be offered on the apparent (note, "apparent") merits of a piece of hifi? How many people do you think could offer an opinion based on knowledge? Do you think it's likely that many people hear a wide enough combination of kit to speak with confidence on the topic? I have my doubts.
No, opinions are offered based on the relative experience of the person offering the opinion in the first place. Some will be based on elements of fact, others assumptions, others on prejudices for/against and yet others on a collective of all three and quite probably more.
It's why I could suggest that someone might find Q Acoustics speakers a good fit for their requirements having never heard most of that company's product line, but merely based on two people who have bought the 1050i on here, the Hi Fi World review and award for the speaker and the WHFS&V review. There's enough in that to glean an informed insight into the product, when really, my experience is no more valid or of any more use given we all hear things differently.
As a consequence, if someone asks on here for a suggestion or two, I'll offer it and very often it'll be based on a secondhand account from elsewhere. No issue with that as I'll openly admit to it and will have a liberal sprinkling of "apparently", "might be a good option" and "by all accounts" and the like.
For a cinema reviewer, yeah, I want a qualified film journo seeing the movie and giving me the benefit of a critical opinion but I don't think this compares to combinations of different kit.
It just boggles my mind how anyone can offer an opinion on something they have no experience of. There's thousands of hi-fi products I've never heard or have only heard fleetingly at the Bristol Show once a year, I wouldn't dream of telling anyone which one of those products to buy. At best I might point someone at WHF's reviews of said kit but in this case that's not an option as the AVIs haven't been reviewed.
I just find it completely illogical to offer advice on something you know nothing whatsoever about.
Happens all the time and I do it often on here, but I never tell anyone what to buy. Are you saying that opinions can't be offered on the apparent (note, "apparent") merits of a piece of hifi? How many people do you think could offer an opinion based on knowledge? Do you think it's likely that many people hear a wide enough combination of kit to speak with confidence on the topic? I have my doubts.
No, opinions are offered based on the relative experience of the person offering the opinion in the first place. Some will be based on elements of fact, others assumptions, others on prejudices for/against and yet others on a collective of all three and quite probably more.
It's why I could suggest that someone might find Q Acoustics speakers a good fit for their requirements having never heard most of that company's product line, but merely based on two people who have bought the 1050i on here, the Hi Fi World review and award for the speaker and the WHFS&V review. There's enough in that to glean an informed insight into the product, when really, my experience is no more valid or of any more use given we all hear things differently.
As a consequence, if someone asks on here for a suggestion or two, I'll offer it and very often it'll be based on a secondhand account from elsewhere. No issue with that as I'll openly admit to it and will have a liberal sprinkling of "apparently", "might be a good option" and "by all accounts" and the like.
For a cinema reviewer, yeah, I want a qualified film journo seeing the movie and giving me the benefit of a critical opinion but I don't think this compares to combinations of different kit.