Yorkshireman, I am neither a moderator nor an administrator here, but as a forum member I believe there is plenty of room for room all points of view. No reason to leave if that is what you were contemplating.
However, It is fair to say that anectodal accounts of sound quality, if they they are based on uncontrolled listening tests, will produce stronger reactions here than on other forums, e.g. pinkfishmedia, where there also a long, ongoing, thread about Amir’s test of the Atom, and the majority of posts seem to come from the subjective school.
FWIW, based on my own double blind tests over the years (using a QSC ABX box) differences between decent electronics are relatively minor, to the point where they are not worth worrying about compared to speaker - room problems. Hence I’d rather buy a good. 20k speaker and a good $500 amp than a 20 k amp and 500 buck speakers, or even spend 10k on each.