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Let me first say I'm fine with the Panther rating. I actually like the fact that it has almost nothing to do with the measurements. It gives us two different metrics(objective and subjective). However, I think the recommendation should be divorced from the panther rating.
Recommending that people purchase a $10,000 speaker that measures terribly(bad even for a $1,000 speaker) because you(as a single individual under sighted conditions) liked the sound, kinda craps on the work that Floyd Toole and Sean Olive did, imo. It's important to consider that you are just one person(no matter how many speakers you've heard) and Toole/Olive have shown conclusively that the vast majority of people prefer speakers with good measurements. I appreciate your honesty(panther rating) when your personal impressions deviate from the measurements, but I do think your purchase recommendations should heavily favor their research.
You recommend the $10,000 Wilson Tune Tot, despite telling another member here that you preferred the $3,800 Genelec 8050c. Maybe if one is a billionaire, the price difference between those two doesn't matter, and both can be recommended, but recommendations (imo) should be for the average reader.
I like that you state whether or not you enjoy the sound of a speaker(panther rating), regardless of price, but recommendations (imo)are different. Recommendations are advising purchasing decisions for readers, and for 99% of readers, price is a very important metric. You can keep your current panther rating that doesn't take price into account, but I really think your (purchase)recommendations really need to take price into account. I know it's tough, but something is better than nothing. A non rich reader of your Wilson TuneTot review who purchased that speaker based on your review would be super bummed to find that you said a speaker 1/3 the cost is even better somewhere in the pages of comments.
This truly is meant as constructive criticism. This is the best audio review site there is, which is why I care about it so much. I want the best for it.
Recommending that people purchase a $10,000 speaker that measures terribly(bad even for a $1,000 speaker) because you(as a single individual under sighted conditions) liked the sound, kinda craps on the work that Floyd Toole and Sean Olive did, imo. It's important to consider that you are just one person(no matter how many speakers you've heard) and Toole/Olive have shown conclusively that the vast majority of people prefer speakers with good measurements. I appreciate your honesty(panther rating) when your personal impressions deviate from the measurements, but I do think your purchase recommendations should heavily favor their research.
You recommend the $10,000 Wilson Tune Tot, despite telling another member here that you preferred the $3,800 Genelec 8050c. Maybe if one is a billionaire, the price difference between those two doesn't matter, and both can be recommended, but recommendations (imo) should be for the average reader.
I like that you state whether or not you enjoy the sound of a speaker(panther rating), regardless of price, but recommendations (imo)are different. Recommendations are advising purchasing decisions for readers, and for 99% of readers, price is a very important metric. You can keep your current panther rating that doesn't take price into account, but I really think your (purchase)recommendations really need to take price into account. I know it's tough, but something is better than nothing. A non rich reader of your Wilson TuneTot review who purchased that speaker based on your review would be super bummed to find that you said a speaker 1/3 the cost is even better somewhere in the pages of comments.
This truly is meant as constructive criticism. This is the best audio review site there is, which is why I care about it so much. I want the best for it.
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