I see this crap go on in "subjective" sites. People using things we are unsure of like dark matter as some holy grail of the frailty of science and then using that as an excuse to make assertions about sound and oh cables, fuses, etc. It don't work that way. Something we don't know does not change what we do. In fact, I see that same stupid dark matter argument regularly raised by a rather obsessed and somewhat disturbed individual on Audiogon, so how about we just keep that nonsense there and stick to relevant things there? Most of those sites are a living illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect. A select, active and loud group waxing, usually not too eloquently, about things they quite obviously have no real understanding of, and always with great confidence. The huddled masses nod knowingly, or is that sycophantically (I just made that up). Always a hoot as they quickly reject science if it does not support their conclusions, but latching onto science like a rabid crocodile if it suits them, even if that science is not related and or does not say what they think it means. And such confidence do they exude, as illustrated by Dunning-Kruger decades ago of those with no clue what they are talking about, but confident in their own infallibility no matter how misplaced.
Sound familiar?
No matter how good Chord products are, Rob Watts is playing on the Dunning Kruger effect to generate sales.
Do you have a university degree in psychology and did Rob Watts ask you to share the outcome of your analysis after the consults with others?
If not, this might be just an individual opinion without true knowledge
I get allergic reactions from others who only express an opinion without further substantiation
the last one = just kidding