Well, I’ll pose the question to you with that in mind.
Do I think it’s a COI? I think it just means if you’re concerned with it then everyone should look at the data and ignore the damn panther.
Here's the thing...
Do I think Amir is dishonest?
No, not in the slightest.
The measurements are transparent.
But when we get to the subjective impressions...
a) We all know sighted bias exists
b) Enthusiast dealers (not Best Buy big box stores) tend, in my experience, to carrying things they like the sound of
So it would be really hard to avoid cognitive bias, even if one tries to.
Which is the dilemma of cognitive bias -- you can't avoid it even if you're aware of it.
So in summary:
Yeah, look at the data, ignore the panther if he reviews these.
(I'll especially have to, given his store is my nearest Synthesis dealer, I think)