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RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Womaz - 03-Apr-2015 (03-Apr-2015, 13:01)Mikeeo Wrote:(03-Apr-2015, 10:59)IanG-UK Wrote:(03-Apr-2015, 10:35)Mikeeo Wrote: As a none UK forumite I would for sure appreciate some background to the Ann W comment. Hope it didnt offend anyone, just tongue in cheek comment. RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Mikeeo - 03-Apr-2015 (03-Apr-2015, 10:52)Pim van Vliet Wrote:(02-Apr-2015, 21:22)Mikeeo Wrote: MC reviews have always been a mystery to me and my own listening experiences though at few times they concurred. And the bass player... I guess if you have heard a lot of live music were the musicians really gel with each other to create a wholeness bigger than it parts that would be for me the live PRaT. Having that reproduced in you system well.... /Mike RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Axel - 03-Apr-2015 (03-Apr-2015, 10:17)IanG-UK Wrote:(02-Apr-2015, 22:05)Womaz Wrote: I heard Naim kit once and must admit I did like it ......but lets be honest it's the Ann Widdiecomb of hi fi So, you think he's taking the pith? RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - munkee - 04-Apr-2015 Since when does the 200 have Bluetooth? RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Harry. - 04-Apr-2015 I'm afraid I thought Mr Colloms was no longer with us, it's been so long since I have seen his name in print. I am relieved to see he is alive and well and still reviewing HiFi! To be sure, this is one of the old school reviewers who come from the era when Linn and Naim were omnipotent. The Devialet must be something of a shock for him! RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - IanG-UK - 04-Apr-2015 (02-Apr-2015, 21:52)Damon Wrote: Thanks Ian, for the teaser of the review. I'm totally comfortable with a review that finds the Devialet not to the author's liking; we all have audio preferences. Hi Damon In the UK it is £60 for four quarterly issues so I guess it is $120 in Canada and the US. As a UK resident I like it more than Stereophile because it has a UK/International focus whereas understandably I find Stereophile to have a US/International focus. What's more, HiFi Critic takes no advertising which contributes to making it a nicer read (IMO) and is allegedly more impartial (though this would be disputed by some). Its resulting tiny budget may contribute to the narrower range of brands seemingly available for review - and over its eight year life it has, IMO, moved more towards reviewing Naim at every opportunity. Perhaps because it is a brand which seems readily accessible to them. And the three main reviewers are all Naim users. I think this creates an undesirable slant on the review agenda - though I do think Martin Colloms remains the best reviewer I come across, for his obsession with detail, his technical knowledge, his ability to convey subjective impressions better than most, and his unique (?) willingness to adopt a robust scoring system which has been around for about 30 years. The magazine's shortcomings, IMO, are particularly its narrow reviewer base, an overemphasis on pace/rhythm/timing (which seemingly inevitably correlates with all things Naim), and a scoring system which has become rather crazy over the years - with some well regarded CD players scoring 10 - 20 points and one player scoring 450 points. Nevertheless, I still buy it from a decreasing choice of serious hifi magazines (3 or 4?) available in the UK. RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - IanG-UK - 05-Apr-2015 Flattery is ... Read my post numbered 2 here posted on 2nd April and then this remarkably similar post numbered 110 on 4th April on the Phantom Pink Fish thread: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=170532&page=8 I await the royalties flooding in ... RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Rufus McDufus - 05-Apr-2015 That's a straight cut and paste of your comment isn't it?! Here's the links to each, Ian's being the earlier by a day or two. http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?tid=967&pid=13325#pid13325 http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2570768&postcount=110 RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - thumb5 - 05-Apr-2015 I read the first sentence "...if this interpretation is correct" as if it should have a colon on the end, and then quote your words, Ian. Maybe I'm being unduly generous. Without a doubt, the poster should have made it obviously a quote and attributed it to you. RE: Colloms Hifi Critic 200 review - Mikeeo - 05-Apr-2015 Copyright violation! Or Ian=John ? |