Hello everyone. My workload of reviews continues to be very, very heavy. I provide the same set of tests regardless of desirability of the unit. Often I skip a test or two only to be asked where they are.
Question is, can we agree on a "quick review" format where stuff gets tested quickly allowing higher throughput and owner getting his gear back sooner? Or do we continue as is?
As an example, personally the moment I look at the dashboard on a DAC, I learn 90% of what is in the rest of the test, if not 100%. The dashboard takes five minutes to setup and capture. The rest of the tests multiply the effort proportionally making the job much more resource intensive.
In the case of speakers, the spinorama alone could be the main measurement for say, a DIY speaker that is not of great interest. Since I include spinorama export in the review, others have been posting directivity and such anyway. Graphs like CSD/waterfall, heatmap directivity, etc. are all time consuming to capture.
Every review right now blows an entire day. Measurements usually take a couple of hours and photographing and annotating them takes another two hours. Then there is the write-up in the post.
Anyway, the default path is to continue as is but thought I bring up the topic and see what members think.
Question is, can we agree on a "quick review" format where stuff gets tested quickly allowing higher throughput and owner getting his gear back sooner? Or do we continue as is?
As an example, personally the moment I look at the dashboard on a DAC, I learn 90% of what is in the rest of the test, if not 100%. The dashboard takes five minutes to setup and capture. The rest of the tests multiply the effort proportionally making the job much more resource intensive.
In the case of speakers, the spinorama alone could be the main measurement for say, a DIY speaker that is not of great interest. Since I include spinorama export in the review, others have been posting directivity and such anyway. Graphs like CSD/waterfall, heatmap directivity, etc. are all time consuming to capture.
Every review right now blows an entire day. Measurements usually take a couple of hours and photographing and annotating them takes another two hours. Then there is the write-up in the post.
Anyway, the default path is to continue as is but thought I bring up the topic and see what members think.