whats happenig with advance acoustic?

[admin_exported]

ok i read the review on the last issue and was dissapointed i was expecting AD to come up with a nice produt as i remember even the review before that was not good but .... and here comes a doubt .... but why does AD get good erviews with an other well know hi-fi mag of wich we are gonna hide the name ( hi-fi c****E) the powe amp and pre amp combo got a 5 star review and the integrated amp got a 4 star review i think. so... is it just that whf hasent tested the same products? or is it amatter of oppinion ? this is important for me and for those who like me have some intrest in AD products so please be kind guys and reply! your loyal reader sex.

 

[Clare Newsome]

We review products comparatively - testing every product (even First Test kit) against others in its class, not in isolation.

As HFC says itself in its current issue, where it takes a five-star Best Buy down to a three-star product in a Group Test: "It's always more difficult to assess a component's relative quality in isolation."

We also judge on performance-per-pound: so it's not enough that a product is good, it has to be good-value, too. Again, that's not the approach some others take.

 

[Anonymous]

true i see the point and it does make sense

 

[Anonymous]

...although you have to give it to them for sticking those lovely VU meters on their products... (In Homer's voice) "ooooh, 70s....."

 

[JoelSim]

I think with a million squid's listening rooms and a panel vote, the WHF test seems to be the one...

Just waiting for my invitation to WHF Towers now, so that I can PR you some more...

 

[fr0g]

JoelSim:I think with a million squid's listening rooms and a panel vote, the WHF test seems to be the one...

Just waiting for my invitation to WHF Towers now, so that I can PR you some more...

But of course, the most important listening room, is your own. No millions of squids can really reproduce that. And a 2 star product can outdo a 5 star product in your own space...Its just a pity more people don't realise that, rather than buying blind based on one review.... ;(

 

[the record spot]

fr0g:JoelSim:I think with a million squid's listening rooms and a panel vote, the WHF test seems to be the one...

Just waiting for my invitation to WHF Towers now, so that I can PR you some more...

But of course, the most important listening room, is your own. No millions of squids can really reproduce that. And a 2 star product can outdo a 5 star product in your own space...Its just a pity more people don't realise that, rather than buying blind based on one review.... ;(

Oh, amen to that!

(Although admittedly, my speakers were such a purchase way back in sunny 1997!)

 

[Anonymous]

I was one of the three who recently won the competition and it was a fantastic occasion to have met the reviewing team and view all of the testing rooms including listening to What Hi-Fi's reference system. I'll never forget it.