We need your user reviews!

[Andy Clough]

One of the extra features we've added to the new site is the option for you to write your own reviews of the kit you have. So if you've got an item of hi-fi or home cinema gear you'd like to wax lyrical about, this is your chance! And we'll be awarding special badges to our Top Contributors, as well as selecting the best writers to become Approved User Reviewers. Further instructions on how to submit a review are included in our news story.

Just one thing: if the product you want to write about isn't yet in our database, you won't be able to submit a review. We are working hard with all the manufacturers to get the database up to date as quickly as possible, but we do rely on them to give us the relevant info to do so. Here are some examples of recent user reviews on the new site:

http://www.whathifi.com/cambridge-audio/minx-air-200/user-reviews

http://www.whathifi.com/samsung/ue40d5520/user-reviews

http://www.whathifi.com/sony/playstation3-80gb/user-reviews

 

[MajorFubar]

I think this is a great idea, but sadly I don't think I'll ever be able to contribute very much unless you have a 'retro' or'classic' section lol. Just about the only HiFi I own from this century is my EB2 speakers and RS180 headphones :-D

 

[sublime]

Might help if the site was easier to use. I can't be bothered to wait for the page load times, the homepage is such a mess, as are most pages, that I don't visit them anymore. The forum layout is a bit better though but still have to wait 10+ second to see active topics - sorry to sound negative but one of my fave corners of the internet lays in ruins

 

[simonlewis]

Might be a while before i post a user review as well as my equipment is ancient, 2008 *biggrin* although i'm hoping to get a bigger tv soon, i'm not sure when that will be though.

 

[professorhat]

Might help if the site was easier to use. I can't be bothered to wait for the page load times, the homepage is such a mess, as are most pages, that I don't visit them anymore. The forum layout is a bit better though but still have to wait 10+ second to see active topics - sorry to sound negative but one of my fave corners of the internet lays in ruins

Why not find a few other threads to post this message on as well? Just so everyone knows how little you use the site any more 🙂

 

[sublime]

Might help if the site was easier to use. I can't be bothered to wait for the page load times, the homepage is such a mess, as are most pages, that I don't visit them anymore. The forum layout is a bit better though but still have to wait 10+ second to see active topics - sorry to sound negative but one of my fave corners of the internet lays in ruins

Why not find a few other threads to post this message on as well? Just so everyone knows how little you use the site any more 🙂

what with the site being as it is and people like you and trevc posting in the forums I may well make this my last post

 

[mark2410]

while user reviews is a good idea the site is just utterly broken in its current form.

 

[ElectroMan]

These were reviewed in February 2014, yet it's still not possible to add a user review!

Are you still waiting for Audeze to give you information? It's all there on their website.

 

[Andy Clough]

These were reviewed in February 2014, yet it's still not possible to add a user review!

Are you still waiting for Audeze to give you information? It's all there on their website.

All fixed ElectroMan, feel free to write away and submit your review:

http://www.whathifi.com/audeze/lcd-3/user-reviews

 

[Sliced Bread]

Hi Andy,

I just tried to leave a review for the CM8's however the site says that the product is not in the database, yet it has a WHF review.

Thanks

 

[Andy Clough]

Our product database is now handled by an external company, Etilize, who also supply the likes of Amazon. If the specs for a specific product are not in their database, they may not appear on the site (as is the case with the CM8s) - regardless of whether or not we have reviewed it.

Etilize is working with all the manufacturers to get the database up-to-date as quickly as possible, but the system does depend on Etilize being given the correct Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPNs) from the companies concerned. I'll add this one to the list.

 

[ElectroMan]

These were reviewed in February 2014, yet it's still not possible to add a user review!

Are you still waiting for Audeze to give you information? It's all there on their website.

All fixed ElectroMan, feel free to write away and submit your review:

http://www.whathifi.com/audeze/lcd-3/user-reviews

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Didnt work for me. Thought I would try it. Click 'Write a review' does nowt. And 'Be the first ...'

 

[Andy Clough]

Strange, I just went into the WDTV Live review, clicked on those links and the review form popped up fine. Once you click the 'be the first to review..." link give it a few seconds to allow the user review form to load. What device were you viewing the site on? Might be an issue on iPhone/iPad.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

be first .... takes me to 'My posts'. Galaxy tab 10.1

Not desparate to share my little knowledge but was keen to try it for 'the site'.

Cheers

 

[Andy Clough]

Yup, just tried it here on a Galaxy Note and had the same issue: angry email on the way to the dev team

Does work on desktop if you want to give that a go...

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Duplicate woops.

 

[mark2410]

oh for the love of christ. well i cannot say i am enamoured with your site but after just having reviewed a product for yamaha i thought since i had seen your request for user reviews i would slap it up here too. what i get in return is

Our staff have read your review and value your contribution even though it did not meet all our website guidelines. Thanks for sharing, and we hope to publish next time!

no indecation of what the issue was, no please remove this (i always do two, a full lenght of about 3000+ words and a quick review of about 500) and i had included a link to the full one rather than post the giant one. i suspect that was the issue but nothing from the infinetly unhelpfull people you now have running the site on your behalf.

if you would like it, then please contact me. i cant imagine off my own back i shall attempt to bother again and play a game of wack a mole trying to adapt something to whatever it they want. terribly dissapointed.

 

[Leisure_Lizard]

I opened a separate thread on this topic, with two posts - one for each time I attempted one of your "Write your own review" competitions - this is probably the better place to respond. I would have submitted a review of the "iFi nano IDSD" portable DAC/headphone amp - but there are no iFi products listed.

I said: "Loads of obsolete and many (frankly) disposable products available via search, none of the rather nifty, current "ifi" products." - but my guess is that there are plenty of other people in the same boat (with other brands), and most just 'go away' rather than comment like this.

The forums and user reviews you have are a great facility - if you make it easy for people to participate. I notice other comments to the effect that this, that or the other element of the website is broken. I concur, having had to swap browsers just to use the search facility. I think I'll go and listen to some music now (bog-standard PC / the IFi thingy / Sennheiser HD600s / brilliant).