If they did spoke about the primacy of acoustic instead of suggesting upgrading multiple times each audiophile would learned to direct his focus on other less costly acoustic solutions than electronic upgrades only ... There is many acoustic solutions even for living room...
Magazine will loose their share of publicity if they did otherwise...
Yes, it can be a real eye opener if you ever see the cluttered listening rooms that some rather well known reviewers use at home.
Fair enough they may have the same space restraints as the rest of us, but purpose built, carefully set up and treated, they're not.