I'm confused. His profile indicates he is a Manufacturer:
www.audiosciencereview.com
He sure posts like one too! He provides info and perspective that only a Manufacturer has. Amir has stated that Topping and other manufacturers have leveraged his measurements to improve their products through active participation. Maybe there is an angle I am not clear on, but to me he is all that. I'm happy that he and his company are making money, even better through interactions with this forum. He
is a rep.
Agreed that he needs to be careful in how he answers on forums,
because he is a manufacturer. He's here in an official capacity, like it or not! So, people have correctly pointed out that he is working one side of the business while there is a small dumpster fire in another aspect of his business that he is ignoring. Perhaps we are missing each other's point... My point here is he has leveraged ASR to win the SINAD race, and produce some really high performing parts. There is a community of experts and customers who are noticing problems outside of performance.
I'm an engineer for a multinational company. I am required to follow rules, like state that I am a
manufacturer when interacting on social media regarding our products or business. Along with that are the meetings with colleagues, difficult interactions with customers, etc. Boring may be one way to characterize this, but once you wade into the waters customers have reasonable expectations. And, he is here to make money, not to have fun! I am pretty sure he is not here because he is bored with his day job and needs a social outlet with other audio nerds... Or maybe he does!
I'm actually not looking for an apology. But I absolutely am looking for indications that Topping is going to build better products in the future, specifically quality and reliability in this instance.
I agree with the rest, ASR is fine as is. People who want some sort of quality/reliability suite of tests are naïve in what would really be required, and Amir has clearly stated what the site goals are.