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I read it. Yup. Not everyone has the money or opportunity to buy a few types of amps for in-home auditions. So unfortunately we heavily rely on user reviews, professional reviews and technical reviews, the last being the rarest. Therefore people like yourself and myself need to do our best to be absolutely sure which actually is not possible. But we need to get as close as possible.
Older people like myself, long for the days when we could walk into an audio shop to audition gear. But when I think about it, that was wholly subjective and unscientific with few real bench tests. So in a way, aren’t we better off today with plurality of subjective reviews and an occasional objective tests?
Are we better off?
We might be, but sure doesn't feel like it. I'm older too.
When I lived in Japan there was a shop owned and run by a real gentleman. Mr. Harada from Shizuoka. When I entered his shop I'd sit down, have a cup of green tea and chat..
Got my Maggie's from him. Her let me try them out before paying. He did that with every piece of gear I got from him. He let me audition a McIntosh integrated. Yes, it looked cool, but didn't have enough power for the Maggie's. That was in the early 90's which was a great time for me. Bills won 4 AFC Championship's in a row and Shizuoka was a very pleasant place to live. Mt. Fuji was right there, big and jaw dropping. Got to do some AM Radio work too. That was so much fun. I degress. Things take 3 months to get to me after they're shipped. I have to almost forget about it. Forghetta-bout-it.
Joe