....and cue the beginning of the argument between those who think AS is *not* the place to publish glowing reviews of ridiculous and absurdly overpriced tweaks and those who think that anyone who criticizes these tweaks is a narrow-minded fool whose myopic refusal to acknowledge the possibility that such tweaks create "jaw-dropping'" and "toe-tapping" differences in one's system means that one is not serious about our shared hobby!
Objectively, that the two reviews S Plaskin has posted to AudioStream feature incredibly expensive and dubious fringe products made by the same company strikes me as a curious editorial decision.
Subjectively, so much of the review strikes me as wonderful satire penned by John Cleese or Michael Palin that I don't even know where to start...
Finally, I would happily choose to pay *no attention* to this review were it not for its having been awarded a Greatest Bits, something that I've learned to pay attention to if awarded by Michael.
Michael, I'm sure I speak for many AS readers when I write that I've learned to trust your POV (been reading your thoughts on hifi since your days with 6 Moons) and would pay cash money to read your take on the Synergistic Research products.