If you insist on testing a speaker for sound reproduction in a manner that the manufactures does not intend, that is simply disingenuous.
What do I care how they position a flaw into a feature? My job is to evaluate a speaker as it sits and sold. And this one looked like a good budget bookshelf speaker to test as suggested by the members.
And where would this requirement end? If manufacturer said it needs 500 hours of burn in, I am supposed to follow that as well?
As I showed, people clearly asked me to test this speaker as is. Here is another example:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ike-to-see-reviewed.10943/page-51#post-478487
One person suggested and three others agreed. None chimed in with: "but oh, you must not test it without a sub."
Another member asks for it again:
Still no sign of any sub being required for my testing.
I have never tested a speaker with sub. So any expectation that such would be the case with some speaker here belongs to someone else's review site, not mine.
Once more: this speaker is sold independently and it was tested independently. Unless it stops working without a sub, it is suitable to be used and tested as such. Just like countless other bass shy speakers.
The only case any of you would have is if I broke up a typical 5.1 little speakers and sub, and only tested the little speakers. No such thing happened here. That I not only get the criticism but some insults thrown in for good measure is more than I can accept.
This experience has led me to think about how to handle review threads in the future. It seems some of you just think of these as a battleground to be fought whether you have anything constructive to say, or have any interest in the product being tested. It is my fault for encouraging such a culture by providing abundant room for a few members to abuse the freedom. What should have been a quick review -- get in, get out -- has become cause célèbre for some to throw any punches they can.
Really, did someone say I am not testing their genre of music so my evaluations have no value for him??? I must have missed the part of research that said listener votes were rejected because what music they were evaluating the speakers with was not their favorite!
Anyway, I have had enough of this from a handful of you. I am going to close the thread.