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  1. Ron Resnick

    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    In the March 2023 issue of The Absolute Sound Robert Harley, Editor-in-Chief, defends broadly and unashamedly the arrangement of long-term loans of high-end components by manufacturers to reviewers. 1) Robert writes that "[l]ong-term equipment loans are essential to writing the most accurate...
  2. Ron Resnick

    Jonathan Valin’s TAS Review of MBL X-Tremes

    “. . . the best loudspeakers I’ve heard in my home — or anyplace else, for that matter.” http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mbl-101-x-treme-omnidirectional-loudspeaker/ Congratulations to Jürgen Reis and Jeremy Bryan!
  3. Ron Resnick

    Are Professional Reviewers Repeat Hyperbole Offenders?

    My disenchantment with the reviews by professional reviewers in The Absolute Sound has increased over time. I am tired of reviews which are full of hyperbole and which lack introspection; reviews in which a new breakthrough is discovered each month; and reviews which conclude virtually every...

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