A couple of observations...
First I do not own a Nuforce amp, nor have I heard one. Neither I do have any vested interest in Nuforce. Having said that it quite obvious some folks around here just get off on slagging Nuforce. Ever since Nuforce announced they were pulling out of Danny's D amp event did this became apparent. You can comb through that thread now...
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=24753...but you will see that all of those particular comments have been removed. (obviously not by Nuforce - brj take note)
On to the review by Hardware Analysis. If you look on their website you will notice almost all of their reviews are of computer related hardware. At this time they have a grand total 4 audio reviews to their name.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/reviews/I posted the link so you could see for yourself. Yep, 4 audio reviews! That's a fountain of audio reviewing experience from someone who's clearly out of his element. But Sandor Sassen is no "Johnny come lately." He has been fed up with the computer industry as of late, feeling like a martyr for being badmouthed and ridiculed by his fellow journalists. And so he has dusted off the cobwebs from his audio days, "an old hobby that's been slumbering for the past decade or so..." in efforts to release some tension. In other words, he couldn't stand the heat in his own domain. Time to find a new and more comfortable kitchen.
There’s no shortage of self appointed audio experts, so when you are the new kid on the block you need attention fast. You've got to make a name for yourself or you might have to go back to from whence you came. In Sandor's case, that would imply having to suck up the heat and deal with his cruel comrades. The easier thing to do of course is run and hide. Then take all that baggage and dump it on some poor sod to the advantage of making name for yourself.
Well Sandor Sassen, is it any wonder Nuforce refused to send you their product? Why would a manufacturer of audio equipment want to send their product off to be reviewed by someone with virtually no experience a bad reputation for the experience he has in another field?
One thing Sandor has proven is that if he’s determined to do something, he’ll succeed. Unable to procure a sample through normal channels, he “acquires” some through another source with the serial numbers removed. Atta boy, Sandor! Experienced reviewers are prudent enough to know where to draw the line and when not to proceed.
In Sandor’s novice review of the Nuforce Reference 8, there is no mention of the associated equipment used in the listening test. One can only wonder what the context of this meaningless exercise is. Not only that, he tells us nothing about his listening room. Is it 3 concrete walls with a toilet in one corner across from a bunk bed beside jail bars? There is no mention of the music or recordings being used. Was it AM radio? Who knows? All we know for sure is that the serial numbers are missing. Atta boy, Sandor!
