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Post Subject: marketing includes dubious claims shock!Posted by guy sergeant on: 1/25/2006
Hi Romy,
B&W are the internationally acknowledged masters in using pseudo-science in their marketing and very effective it is too. If ever there was a quotient for the difference between claimed and actual performance theirs would be the largest. But why are you suddenly concerned for well being of the red necked and barbaric morons you normally so despise? If Feastrex produce a driver that sounds as bad as you say they do then they won't sell many. If customers are stupid enough to buy them purely on the strength of reviews by Steve Rochlin and others then more fool them.
I have talked to other exhibitors at shows who have told me that they had the best sound there. Often it is based purely on the drooling praise of their acolytes. You're right, it doesn't often get used in the marketing unless a magazine writes it and they repeat the quote. I've seen that happen many times.
If you read my question carefully you'd see I wasn't asking for recommendations of specific products. You suggested that anyone who declared that they had experience and expertise in a particular sphere must have achieved DEMONSTRABLE SUCCESSES in that field before they could define the benefits of design approaches relating to that field. I was interested to know which experts you considered to be good examples of amplifier or loudspeaker designer and perhaps what their demonstrable successes were. Presumably these haven't been commercially realised successes or doubtless you would use them. I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear.
I've no axe to grind on behalf of Feastrex. I'd hardly heard of them before this CES. I just feel that when there are so many people in audio doing dull, uninteresting things, a manufacturer trying to do something a little bit different is welcome. They aren't forcing anyone to buy what they make. It's like walking into your favourite bakers and seeing a new type of cake on the shelf. You don't have to buy one but it makes the shop more interesting.
best regards,
Guy
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