He reports on the equipment he tries, sometimes with lighter comparison to others in the same product grade/class. Kind of like many of us, whatever we can get our hands on. I corresponded with him a on some cables, and his perspective was about the ones he tried, and not the next-level up/down in a well known product line. I read his associated review on product-x, and while it was a bit more focused on that one product, it further reinforced the need to simply evaluate it yourself on one's own system/room/speakers before drawing any hard conclusions. Its nice to see some of the components he chooses to put together some times. Gotta demo it yourself to know more of course. Watch what stays and gets moved on for something else, if interested.