Most Ridiculous Review Quotes

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  1. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    What are some the most over the top, absurd, ambiguous quotes from a review? Just reading the Absolute Sounds Editor’s Choice Awards and most of it is just weird. Some of it sounds like a romance novel.

    Kudos to “oxenholme” for finding this gem in the Naim CD5si review in HiFi.

    "The CD5si bends over backwards to deliver an exuberant and enjoyable performance, and it was its unmatched enthusiasm and concrete drive that we took to instantly.
     
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  2. audiomixer

    audiomixer As Bald As The Beatles

    Wuote? :D
    You still have time to fix it...
     
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  3. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    Haha, changed!
     
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  4. heathen

    heathen Forum Resident

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    You could probably take just about any Stereophile gear review, close your eyes, and put your finger on the page and hit a ridiculous quote.

    One of my favorites is when one of their reviewers claimed to hear a difference between having PS Audio M700 power amps stacked on top of each other versus sitting side-by-side. :rolleyes:
     
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  5. lwh1

    lwh1 Forum Resident

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    I think that the staff at 'What Hi-Fi' have a monthly competition amongst themselves as to who can write biggest amount of b*****ks.
    For example, a review of a wooden equipment rack contained the following nugget;
    "...effect on our system was evident within seconds. We found crisper detail, a tighter, more composed low end and better organised instrumentation with whatever we played." What?
     
  6. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    Hahaha, that’s classic.
     
  7. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    Ridiculous
     
  8. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

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    I think I remember that one. Too funny. I think they caught quite a lot of backlash for that one.
     
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  9. Jimi Floyd

    Jimi Floyd Forum Resident

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    From "The Absolute Sound"

    The (amplifier name) allowed not only a fair semblance of the famous Bayreuth acoustic to appear in my room between my (speakers name) - the orchestra warmly aglow under that theater’s famously covered pit - but also gently layered the shimmering, rosiny strings, rising like a fine mist on a morning mountain lake; it also conveyed the rich harmonics of the brass choirs, which reminded me of the warmth of the sunshine that follows.
     
  10. TheVinylAddict

    TheVinylAddict Look what I found

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    :wtf:
     
  11. punkmusick

    punkmusick Amateur drummer

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    This thread will be fun :D
     
  12. TheVinylAddict

    TheVinylAddict Look what I found

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    Yeah, because we have an ENDLESS supply of source material!!!!!! :) Jimi's quote above made me think of all the nonsense out there used to describe gear....

    Reminds me of coffee tasting -- I like fresh roasted beans, hand grind -- anyway, the cupping reviews are comical -- one time, four people reviewed a bean, the first three gave the consummate "... stone fruit, hazelnut with a hint of blueberry and orange peel overtone" ---- the fourth guy said "tastes like coffee!" Now, there's a reviewer I can trust!
     
  13. slovell

    slovell Retired Mudshark

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    You need a Roget's Thesaurus to decipher them sometimes and it's not just audiophool mags, car mags are just as bad or worse.
     
  14. delmonaco

    delmonaco Forum Resident

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    I don't drive anymore, and have zero interest in cars, and I also rarely buy magazines or newspapers, but I regularly buy certain cars mag - it's a really good laugh and great fun. :)
     
  15. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    How about the T+A CD player for $22,800.

    “May be the best all around value in digital today”

    Huh??
     
  16. Socalguy

    Socalguy Forum Resident

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    My favorite: “The whole product is a scam.”
     
  17. Bananas&blow

    Bananas&blow It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

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    [​IMG]
     
  18. Dream On

    Dream On Forum Resident

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    haha, I think we have a winner.

    To be honest, I didn't find the other ones posted in this thread to be that bad. I mean, they are pretty standard as far as reviews go. The one above, well, the excessively flowery dialogue is pretty silly.

    True. I go for freshly roasted beans and grind them myself as well, and brew my coffee properly, simply because it tastes better. But all the comparisons, I mean I guess sometimes my coffee can taste like other foods but usually I think they are really reaching with those comparisons. I've have had coffee though, that had I not known I may have mistaken for hot chocolate. And I can taste things like the acidity, or earthiness in a cup of coffee. But blueberry, plums, oranges, and all of that? Nah, I think that's just hipster silliness talking.
     
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  19. Monty12

    Monty12 Forum Resident

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    I'm glad this thread exists. I'm the audiophile amongst my friends and family so sometimes I feel I'm the only one that notices the absurdity of it.

    And now that I think about I can't pinpoint just one. Most reviews I find to be comical. And I try not to be cyinical, but sometimes I cant ignore it and I don't bother reading more.
     
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  20. Aftermath

    Aftermath Senior Member

    :biglaugh:
     
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  21. Bananas&blow

    Bananas&blow It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

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    "But the situation—I don't know whether to go so far as to call it a problem—is not simply a matter of level or of accurate reproduction of an inaccurate input signal. Although I don't hear from this tweeter what JA refers to as typical soft-dome spittiness, I do feel there is a mild amount of "splash," where high-frequency transients are spread out in time just a bit, which makes them more apparent than they should be." - Stereophile.

    Thanks Chief.
     
  22. 5-String

    5-String μηδὲν ἄγαν

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    You guys misunderstood the quote from TAS....I guess you are not familiar with this piece...the fine mist over the lake and the sun that follows refers to what Wagner describes musically in his Prelude to Act I of Parsifal, this is not poetic language by the reviewer but simply what the music tries to describe.
     
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  23. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    “I also have to say that compared with the towering prices of some rival top notch power cables, the Audioquest Dragon Source and High Current wires are something of a steal.”

    Source Version - $4,200
    High current Version - $5,200

    “Rather than the deepest notes having a wispy sense, they were clearly articulated and sustained. Indeed, it was this sense of sustain that truly made my day.”

    Power cords...

    The Absolute Sound
    February 2019
     
  24. Fruff76

    Fruff76 L100 Classic - Fan Club President Thread Starter

    Hahaha
     
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  25. avanti1960

    avanti1960 Forum Resident

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    The Absolute Sound comes up with some good ones, that's for sure.... from a cable review-

    "Its resolution was slightly subtractive in the best sense of the word"
     
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