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From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
Consumer reports once published an article on high end speakers in
which they panned Bose (about 25 yrs ago). Bose sued them. The Bose
case was based upon Consumer Reports test protocols being faulty and
yielding inaccurate results. Bose came equipped with audio test experts
and tests performed by independent test houses that specialized in
audio component system testing that yielded different results....
Moral of the story is that Consumer Reports just may stack the cards in
their testing protocols so that certain products rank higher than
others for the purpose of making a profit selling magazines.
==AM==
So, just how is CR's "card stacking" different from (per the Bose
example above) anyone else's? :-) CR apparently wants to sell
magazines, while Bose apparently wants to sell Bose equipment.
Heck, if any and all "testing" fails to yield desired results, one can
still count on the ad agency to come up with something like "the
Fireball XL5 leads its class in ease of operation of courtesy light
switches...."
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>
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