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RE: Beware of AVS Forum...

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In Reply to: RE: Beware of AVS Forum... posted by Jungle Jack on April 17, 2009 at 11:06:17

There is no doubt the AVS owner is extremely protective of the advertisers. I suppose I can see that, if my living depended on it. I doubt a print mag would print "articles" whose sole purpose was to lambaste a current advertiser. Or maybe they would?? Anyway, there are always other places to go to vent your frustration. :)

I have gotten away with criticising advertisers' products on AVS, but I do it by also saying something very good about them. It's never happened to me that I've bought a total POS, just wouldn't happen, but I am extremely critical of all the gear I have and can always find plenty of picky things I don't like after some experience. I am more bothered by people on AVS who don't see or refuse to acknowledge flaws in equipment, it's all "perfect" and flawless until they replace it with something "more perfect".

OPPO is great value for what they do (though they really only have 2 models now). Many of us consider DVDPs and BDPs totally disposable. Easily technically surpassed by something a few years newer that often costs less. Though many are loathe to admit it, and don't even check around/compare in case they find out the truth. A decrease in build quality is the likely downside though. DVDPs/BDPs/AVRs are the last places I'd sink much $$, they are so quickly shuffled off to irrelevancy. Spend $500 on a BDP, marvel at how good it looks for so "cheap", and throw it out after a year for the next greatest thing...keep doing this for 16 years and enjoy your $8k gradually. What you'd have after year 16 would make a total technical joke of what you would have bought in year one if you spent all that $$ up front (think VHS vs BD in the current context). Just one opinion... But I suspect you don't care about the cost, and I am a cheapskate. :)

Emotiva is a weird case. The two people I know who bought their amps returned them. You sure won't read much of that on AVS. And that's a problem, because people might get the idea they are audiophile-quality multi-channel amps for dirt cheap. Yes, some people actually think that will happen, the probably typical AVS member whose whole system costs less than $8k never mind just the DVDP. And for many on AVS, it's obvious Emotiva is their first experience with separate amps. All crticism of Emotiva is done by PM IME. It is fine enough stuff if installed in an AV closet (NOT in your listening room!) and what you mostly care about is volume. Not for the sophisticated quality music lovers, and to be fair I don't think the manufacturer suggests it for that, it's more the owners who tout it and you have to really consider their background/experience.

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