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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tom Bombadil" data-source="post: 3180403" data-attributes="member: 33331">I am in agreement.  I have reviewed products given to me, or loaned to me, for free and I felt completely free to say whatever I wanted about them.  If anything, I think that I felt that I could be a bit more objective about them than if I had paid for them, wherein I might have been a bit biased to justify a purchase.  Before my reviews (which were most IT and audio products, but once upon a time did include a few binoculars and telescopes) I clearly stated to the manufacturer rep that I would be absolutely as objective as I could be.  If they didn't like the review, then too bad.  As an example, I was once given an audio interconnect which sold for several hundred dollars, and I gave it an extensive evaluation period against some $20 cables I purchased from Radio Shack.  In the end, I concluded that while the expensive cable was very well constructed and had impressive looks, there was no discernible difference in sound quality between the two.  I wrote it up that way.  I have not detected any significant favoritism in Frank's reviews.  I'm not in a position to say if his reviews are without flaw or that he doesn't employ the best methodology, but I do find them of value and feel that he gives a very good faith effort.</blockquote>