I appreciate the viewpoint, but that then raises the murky morals of whether people with more money matter more than the rest of us. The fair thing to do is work through the backlog in order of items received.
I really don’t think it does raise that question at all. It may be that some of the owners of higher priced stuff dont make any more than many of the owners loaning lower-priced stuff. It also doesn’t entail that priority of review entails greater value of a loaner. That said, surely you can see that, let’s say, a middle-class person who loans an AVR for review is sacrificing a bit more than she does when loaning a 50 dollar cable cord/headphone/usb dongle, etc., for review? It takes quite a bit more generosity/patience/risk to loan a Trinnov than a headphone set, and if time-value of money is a factor at all, it is likely costing that owner a significant amount more to do so.