Are you saying you're so righteous you had to speak up?
Where were you when snake oil audio manufacturers were making outlandish claims?
J/K J/K.
Reviews encourage manufacturers to game the system, period! Why do you think manufacturers send products to "select" reviewers (like yourself and Amir) ahead of product launch? Tell me that's not misleading.
I agree companies like Topping and SMSL (I have no problem calling them out) are taking advantage of the situation by over emphasizing the importance of certain measurement results (that are well beyond human threshold) when promoting their products, which certainly is contributed by ASR's measurement focused approach. And you're right those numbers are now becoming just numbers to impress people without tangible benefits. But even if those numbers don't benefit us, how does higher SINAD hurt the consumers? And even if it did, isn't that the company's fault for misleading consumers rather than the reviewer's fault for believing those measurements are critical to gauging audio fidelity? How do you evaluate audio equipment? Aren't you doing it based on features or sound you feel are important? So to your logic, if another reviewer disagrees with your conclusion and your methods, can that person say you're misleading others? What you are implying when you say someone else's measurements are done poorly and that person's reviews are over-generalized is the point I'm trying to make. That's all.
Again, this wouldn't be a problem if you weren't a reviewer with some clout who gets paid for the reviews you do. I just wish reviewers would focus on their reviews instead of doing the same things they're accusing of others of doing. And this goes for Amir too.