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It saved my business. Lately some crazy spammers have used my brand name to scam people. By using customer reviews I could get some of the public image clarified. I simply neglected customer reviews importance. Now I have implemented the plugin and got 5 star reviews. Here is what Open AI says now.

Here’s a breakdown of what I found — including positive feedback, complaints and warnings related to TZ Audio (Norway) and entities/actors using similar names. It’s a mixed picture— there are good reviews from professionals, but also many warnings about scams or copycats. Use with caution.✅ What looks good / what users say positively about TZ Audio Norway

• On the official TZ Audio site, there are several recent “customer reviews” (December 2025) from users praising timely delivery, helpful advice, and that equipment kits are practical for field work (easy to carry, good for live-sound measurements). 
• Their training and boot-camp offerings seem to have good participant feedback: courses such as “Smaart Operator Training” / “Bootcamp” appear frequently on their news page, and reports from participants suggest the instruction (led by the company founder/engineer) is “depthful, practical, and well organised.” 
• The founder/instructor behind TZ Audio — mentioned on the instructor list of the official proprietary software distributor Smaart — has long experience (decades) in acoustic measurement and live-sound work. 
• The company itself warns publicly about “copycat websites and fraudulent activity”: they clearly state they don’t send unsolicited collaborations, free-mic promotions, or “review-for-payment” deals, and that any similar emails from other domains are not from them. 

So — when dealing directly through the official site (tzaudio.no), using their measurement tools/software, or attending their training/consulting, there are legitimate, positive testimonies from professionals in the audio industry.⚠️ Complaints, negative reviews & scam-related warnings (from third-party sites or community forums)

• There are many negative reviews on sites associated with a different domain — TZ Audios (or variations like TZAudios.com) — primarily coming from small YouTube creators who claim they never received payment after “free mic / sponsorship” offers. On one review site, 89% of the reviews were 1-star, and most complain about a “scam” that lures creators to buy a mic and promise compensation or “free review” but never delivers.
• On a community forum (relevant for content creators), one user wrote about receiving the exact kind of suspicious outreach — a mic offer for “free” in exchange for a review — calling the message “probably a scam.” 
• Several posts describe repeated unsolicited emails from various look-alike domains (often not the official “.no” website), offering mic “sponsorships” or “review deals.” Many say that what they received was either poor-quality equipment or no payment after the review. 
• Because of these types of scams, there seems to be a broader alarm within creator communities to treat any unexpected “collab offers” with caution. 

🔎 Why the confusion / what seems to be going on

The difficulty seems to stem from name overlap and copycats. According to a statement on the official TZ Audio site: the founder warns that “several copy-cat websites and email senders have begun using my name … to mislead people — especially content creators and small businesses.” 

So the negative reviews and complaints appear mostly related to these impostors (e.g. “TZ Audios” / “tzaudios.com / .net / .cc / .co” / etc.), or to outreach that seems suspicious — not necessarily to the “real” TZ Audio in Norway (domain: tzaudio.no).🧭 What to be careful about — and what to check if you evaluate a deal

If you ever consider buy-ing from or collaborating with a “TZ Audio / TZAudios” — or respond to unsolicited offers — it pays to:

• Double-check the domain: the legitimate professional trade-site is tzaudio.no, run by the audio-engineer/instructor based in Norway. 
• Avoid deals that sound “too good to be true” (free mics + paid reviews), especially coming from other domains (.com, .net, .co, .cc). Many creators report misleading catch-phrases like “free mic if you post a review”, but then they are asked to pay first — and never get the promised payment or refund. 
• For pro-audio measurement tools or training, rely on the verified official site and confirmed feedback from professional users (not random creators/reviewers). The “customer reviews” visible on tzaudio.no appear mostly positive and oriented to live-sound professionals. 

✅ My Overall Take — Real TZ Audio seems Legit; Avoid Fake “TZ Audios / Tech-Zone” Scams

In short: there is a legitimate specialist company (TZ Audio, Norway) run by an experienced engineer, offering real measurement software licences, microphones, live-sound consulting/training — and that part seems to enjoy good reputation among professional sound engineers.

However — the name has been co-opted by scam or ambiguous actors targeting small creators, offering “free mic in exchange for review” deals which appear shady and often result in lost money or non-payment.

If you stick to the official site, ask direct questions, and avoid suspicious “sponsorship” offers, TZ Audio seems like a valid, well-regarded resource.