What do references tell us about TIDAL?
References, reviews, awards, … To some these are the primary tool for marketing and advertising, to others merely someone else’s opinions and sentiments. Of course, we aware of the power that the written word can have if, faced with a lack of decisive rational factors, one finds her- or himself in the state of mild perplexity that the vast choice of music performing gear is bound to conjure up. We also know the rules of reciprocal action that apply where such words are being published. We know of ardent supporters of a certain product and such that will strictly only show enthusiasm for another. We have witnessed stark discrepancies between hymn-like praise in print, bitter disappointment and subsequent resale. On some occasions, it would look like the one-eyed is leading the blind. We believe it is rather more rewarding to use one’s own eyes – or ears, rather. Then again, as the saying goes in Germany, “other mothers have gorgeous daughters as well” and so, if they are to be married
