I know you are trying to help
but what you say is not remotely true. I have no idea if we have sold a single Revel M55XC. The line is being discontinued anyway. I have a wall between ASR and Madrona. In no case do I let one influence the other. I have given headless panther to a number of Harman products (see all the ARCAM AVR and Processor lines, Lyngdorf, etc.).
My frame of mind going into this review was, "well it has no bass, it is little so likely as i turn it up it is going to fall apart. If it doesn't at best I would give it "like it" panther." Then I play the music and I can't believe how clean, smooth the reproduction is. I did not feel to touch a single aspect of its performance with EQ correction.
As I walked over to take its picture, I thought again that maybe I should just use the "like it" panther and not invite grief. But that would be a lie. I was truly impressed with its performance bringing absolute fidelity to my listening pleasure.
The one thing you should not ask me to do is lie. That I listen to a speaker and it sounds horrible but I say it is great because the measurements are. Or vice versa. I can't have someone ask me, "but how did it sound" and I tell them it sounded great but I wrote that it was a horrible speaker.
So ultimately yes, what you say is true: subjective ratings are mine and mine alone. I am not going to take orders from anyone on the final rating I give to something. And I will stand behind them too. If you get this speaker and it doesn't sound good, I will be shocked. It will likely outperform many speakers if you don't need strong bass. It is that good!
Remember, like all Revel speakers, they have been tested in double blind to perform well. Trained listeners rated them as sounding excellent or they would not ship. So don't think I am an outlier in thinking this speaker performs, lest you not have any value for controlled testing at Harman either.