Oh and Roy's ramblings about all things Nordost and Eben aren't then

Come on Jason, you make it seem like RG is so important that he is somehow above forums. The guy might spend his life listening to music, but he is almost certainly less busy than the majority of forum users, and probably has a lower basic income than many. Great system he's managed to put together on such a low wage! That Nordost stuff must have cost a packet

The simple fact is that RG has an agenda, that being to fullfill the requirements of his publications advertisers. If he manages to make a few quid along the way, even better. But his opinion is neither untarnised nor any more valid than many forum members.

If he is so busy forcing his head up his own passage to take part in forums, he is already showing advanced signs of being a dinosaur. Check out places like AA, the majority of Sterophile scribes and many reknowned manufacturers and designers post on there on a regular basis. Maybe little RG would feel out of his depth in such esteemed company